Partenaires Internationaux

KEK   
Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN) (disponible en anglais)       

The Dutch Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN) was set up in 2008 as a national network to enhance the coordination, speed and quality of clinical studies of medicines for children and adolescents. MCRN supports both industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical studies. In addition, MCRN provides advice on pharmaceutical development plans for clinical studies in children. The network includes many paediatricians, pharmacists and other stakeholders in paediatric drug research and has extensive knowledge and experience in conducting paediatric research. It comprises all academic and many large non-academic hospital facilities that care for children in the Netherlands.  MCRN is member of the European Medicines Agency’s (EMEA) European paediatric network of existing national and European networks.

StaR Child Health   (disponible en anglais)

StaR Child Health began in 2009 as a new initiative that seeks to improve the quality of design, conduct, and reporting of paediatric clinical research by promoting the use of modern research standards.  An international group that includes methodologists, clinicians and policy makers, are developing and promoting the use of evidence-based standards for clinical studies with children.  The objectives of StaR Child Health are to:


  • Raise awareness of the crucial importance of research design, conduct and reporting of clinical research
  • Assist in the development, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based standards for clinical research with children
  • Become a global centre providing resources and training related to the design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials with children
  • Conduct empirical research on design, conduct and reporting of clinical research in children.
Training Upcoming Leaders in Paediatric Sciences (TULIPS)     (disponible en anglais)

The aim of TULIPS is to improve the quality of paediatric research, leading to better health for children.  To achieve this aim, TULIPS has developed a curriculum that aims to support young, talented and ambitious paediatric researchers in their scientific careers.  This curriculum consists of workshops that are organized every 3 months at one of the Dutch academic hospitals, a national Young Investigator Day and a yearly Weekend Workshop on Grant writing that was organized for the first time in 2009.

From its foundation in 2006 TULIPS has worked closely together with its Canadian partner organization: Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP).  There is a regular exchange of young investigators of both programs.  Since 2009 TULIPS forms part of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kindergeneeskunde (NVK).