Collaborations
Pediatric Pandemic Network
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals (San Francisco & Oakland) became a Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN) hub site in 2022. The federally funded initiative’s network includes 10 children’s hospitals from diverse regions across the U.S. Through the PPN, the hospitals serve as regional hubs dedicated to improve emergency care for children (i.e., natural disasters, global health threats including pandemics, and other crises). PPN hospitals work with regional and national programs, academic institutions, community organizations, and individual experts to share educational resources and best practices.
Nicolaus Glomb, MD, is the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals site principal investigator. Brigitte French, CEM, is our hub site manager. Chris Newton, MD, FACS, FAAP, serves as the PPN's executive principal investigator.
World Health Organization
In 2017, our department was designated a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Emergency and Trauma Care. At the time, it was the first such designation in the United States, and one of only two in the world specifically dedicated to building emergency care systems. To be designated a WHO Collaborating Centre, an organization must have done at least two years of work with the WHO and show a sustained commitment to the field. Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, and Andrea Tenner, MD, MPH, led the Department of Emergency Medicine's efforts to obtain the designation.
In the time that has followed, the focus of our Collaborating Centre has expanded to encompass integrated emergency, critical, and operative care. Carol Chen, MD, MPH, and Michael Lipnick, MD, currently codirect the Collaborating Centre.