Our Programs

Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), founded in 1986, is the practice-based research network of the AAP. Its mission is to improve the health of children and enhance primary care practice by conducting and fostering national collaborative practice-based research.​

Primary Care Research Network

About PROS

• Practice-based research network of the AAP
• Established in 1986
• > 400 unique practices have participated in at least 1 study since 2010
• Based at AAP headquarters in the Chicago area
• Collaborates with researchers around the country

Our Mission

To improve the health of children and enhance primary care practice by conducting and fostering national collaborative practice-based research.

Guiding Principles

• Pediatric practice is the appropriate laboratory for studying primary care issues
• The wisdom of our member pediatricians is wed to scientifically sound research methods
• Collaborate with other research groups
• Serve as a resource to other research networks
• Disseminate results to influence clinical policies and improve care
• Contribute to the evidence base and study the best ways to implement that evidence
• Ensure our projects are consistent with the mission of the AAP and further its goals and objectives

Our Core Values

• PROS is dedicated to:
  • Defining and advancing the best care for all children
  • Performing research that is meaningful to pediatricians
  • Creating a community of caring researchers and pediatricians
  • Fostering ongoing research relationships and camaraderie to advance child health research and invigorate pediatricians
  • Cultivating relationships within the broader child health research community
• PROS values the unique contributions of every member and participant
• PROS studies emphasize and strive for: elegance, simplicity and practicality ​

CER² Consortium

The Comparative Effectiveness Research through Collaborative Electronic Reporting ​(CER²) consortium:

Capable of supporting research on a wide range of topics.

Dataset inludes:
> 2 million children
7 organizations
222 practice sites
27 states

Clinical Studies

PROS studies advance the knowledge on which pediatric primary care is based. This list comprises our active study topics.

Telehealth
A study to identify strategies for using telemedicine in primary care in ways that improve child health and health equity.

Reducing adolescent drinking
Adolescent Substance use Prevention Intervention Research study

COVID-19, Influenza vaccines, and Text Messages
The goal of the study is to better understand the effectiveness and implementation of COVID-19 vaccine and influenza (flu) vaccine text message reminders . 

Suicide prevention  
A study to collect preliminary feasibility and effectiveness data on a digital suicide prevention intervention.