Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Connecticut Children's Medical Center is a non-profit hospital located in Hartford, Connecticut, registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) since 2003. As a corporate entity with tax-exempt status, the organization primarily focuses on pediatric healthcare research, clinical services, and medical innovation. Through federal contract and grant awards, Connecticut Children's Medical Center provides specialized research, medical services, and advanced clinical interventions targeting various pediatric health conditions and public health challenges.

The medical center's federal contract sub-awards demonstrate involvement in multi-site clinical research and collaborative medical studies. Sub-contract awards include participation in clinical protocol development with institutions like the University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and other prominent research universities. These sub-contracts typically involve patient screening, enrollment, clinical study procedures, and follow-up for complex medical research initiatives. The center serves as a critical site for conducting advanced clinical trials and coordinating research activities across multiple institutions.

Connecticut Children's Medical Center has received numerous federal grant awards from agencies such as the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. These grants support innovative research across diverse pediatric health domains, including sickle cell disease communication interventions, sexual and reproductive health communication for adolescent cancer patients, early childhood system development, suicide prevention training, inflammatory bowel disease research, and biomarker identification for conditions like Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). The grants often involve developing interventions, conducting clinical trials, creating educational tools, and advancing understanding of complex pediatric health challenges through mixed-methods research approaches.