Community based research incubator

A space for the NEC community to engage in research questions and collaborate from inception through implementation and evaluation.

Collaborate, Connect, and Contribute

Discover opportunities for collaboration, engage with patient-families, present and share your work with the NEC community, access and work with NEC Registry patient data, and more! Join the Research Incubator.

VISION

Advancing NEC Solutions Together

Our vision is to accelerate NEC research by fostering collaboration between scientists, clinicians, and patient-families.

Our objective is to improve the prevention and treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) by bringing together multidisciplinary investigators to conduct novel research as a collective team, integrating the patientfamily voice.

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GOALS

multi-center collaboration

  1. Foster multi-center collaboration.
  2. Support the design and implementation of
    research through seed grants.
  3. Engage trainees, new researchers, and other
    interested stakeholders in NEC research.
  4. Galvanize the research community around the
    NEC Research Priorities.

PROCESS

Pathways to Nurturing Research

  • Quarterly Virtual Research Roundtables
  • Patient-family Project Advisor Match
  • NEC Investigator Mentorship Match
  • NEC Biorepository
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Latest research articles

Gain insights from the latest NEC research and connect with the powerful family stories. A holistic view of the challenges and advancements in the NEC community.

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