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Early Childhood Advocacy with DC Council

April 29, 2025/in Community Engagement, Policy/by Elizabeth (Libby) Ireson, MD and Megan Prior, MD, FAAP

April 29, 2025

On April 22nd, we joined the Under 3 DC Coalition to advocate for early childhood funding in the…

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Read Well, Live Well: Empowering Health through Literacy

April 23, 2025/in Community Engagement, Education/by Julia DeAngelo, MPH, Courtney Dennis, BS and Eiman Abdulrahman, MD

April 23, 2025

There is a strong, positive relationship between childhood literacy and health…

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Measles Resurgence: Vaccination is Key to Protecting Our Children and Public Health

March 18, 2025/in Community Engagement, Data & Research, Education, Policy/by Chaya Merrill, DrPH

March 18, 2025

Measles is not just a childhood inconvenience…

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Empowering Future Health Advocates

February 5, 2025/in Community Engagement, Education/by Courtney Dennis, BS, Desiree de la Torre, MPH, MBA and Julia DeAngelo, MPH

February 5, 2025

On Monday, January 13, 2025, members of the Community Affairs team at Children’s National had the incredible…

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Kicking Off our Advocacy in 2025

January 15, 2025/in Community Engagement, Education/by Elizabeth Davis, MHA

January 15, 2025

As we enter 2025, we are not only marking the start of a new year, but also the beginning of a new Council Period…

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Advancing Career Opportunities for High School Students

December 11, 2024/in Community Engagement, Education/by Julia DeAngelo, MPH and Courtney Dennis, BS

December 11, 2024

Children’s National Hospital and Children’s National Rehabilitation and Specialized Care…

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Increasing Coverage for Asthma Controller Therapy through Resident Advocacy

December 2, 2024/in Community Engagement, Policy/by Haley Bliss, MD, ScM, Francisco Cerda, MD, Rachel Hollander, MD and Crystal Robinson, MD

December 2, 2024

In June of 2024, we as pediatric resident physicians put our advocacy training into action…

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Unlocking Student Potential Through Safety and Belonging: A Reflection on the DCPS Learning Tour

November 13, 2024/in Community Engagement/by Courtney Dennis, BS

November 13, 2024

On October 24, 2024, I had the opportunity…

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Growing our National School-Friendly Health Systems Learning Community

November 6, 2024/in Community Engagement/by Julia DeAngelo, MPH, Desiree de la Torre, MPH, MBA and Courtney Dennis, BS

November 6, 2024

Education is a critical determinant of health that can have long-term effects…

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Intern Advocacy Day at Our Local Food Bank

October 30, 2024/in Community Engagement, Education/by Tamara Gayle, MD, MEd, MPH, Jessica Weisz, MD, Matthew Magyar, MD, Shaynel Philpotts and Olanrewaju Falusi, MD, MEd

October 30, 2024

Over 1 million of our neighbors in DC are experiencing food insecurity, and of those residents, 1 in 10…

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