Population/Policy Research

The Research and Policy Center for Childhood and Adolescence

The Research and Policy Center for Childhood and Adolescence at the University of California, San Francisco is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Using interdisciplinary approaches, it aims to:

  • Advance knowledge through leading-edge research;
  • Translate, synthesize and disseminate state-of-the-art knowledge in clinical practice, research, and health care policy to the broader community; and
  • Train the next generation of leaders in child and adolescent health.


National Adolescent Health Information Center

The overall goal of the National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC) is to improve the health of adolescents by serving as a national resource for adolescent health information and research and to assure the integration, synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related information.