National Children's Study
Funded by an $18.5 million research contract from the National Institutes of Health, the National Children’s Study will monitor more than 100,000 children nationally from before birth to age 21. In Michigan, researchers will recruit and monitor approximately 1,000 participants in Wayne County in the initial phase of the program. Michigan State University will lead Michigan’s role in the project, which is believed to be the most ambitious children’s health study of its kind in the nation. Project collaborators include MSU, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health System, Michigan Department of Community Health, and Wayne County and city of Detroit health departments.