ECHO Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes

ECHO focuses on five areas of children’s health 

Researchers from UPenn and CHOP have joined together to support a NIH program called ECHO: Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes.

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Focus Areas

Pregnancy and Birth

Breathing

Body Weight

Brain Development

Well Being

News

Penn and CHOP Researchers Receive $50 Million in NIH Grant to Study Impact on Environmental Factors on Pregnancy and Children’s Health

The Penn-CHOP ECHO program will enroll patients at Penn Medicine during pregnancy and follow the infants into childhood at CHOP.

CHOP and Penn Researchers Receive $50 Million NIH Grant to Study Impact of Environmental Factors on Pregnancy and Children’s Health

Penn and CHOP Join National Study of Environmental Impacts on Children’s Health

Air pollution, extreme heat, water quality, greenspace, and neighborhood walkability – environmental exposures can play a major role in children's health before and after birth.