In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Drs. Ryan Coller, Jay Berry, Allysa Ware, and Ms. Dania Champion describe the Systems and Policy Research Network (SPRNetwork), a multi-site research collaborative focused on children with special healthcare needs. They discuss the network's core research areas — child quality of life, family well-being, and family engagement — as well as recent work leveraging national Medicaid and hospitalization data to inform federal policy. They also highlight the network's Early Investigator Program, its lived experience partner advisory model, and pathways for researchers and families to get involved at SPRnetwork.org.
SPEAKERS
Ryan Coller, MD, MPH
Co-Director, SPRNetwork
Associate Professor,
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine & Complex Care,
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,
UW Health American Family Children's Hospital
Jay Berry, MD, MPH
Executive Director, SPRNetwork
Co-Director of the Children's Hospital Association Health Services Research Academy
Chief of Complex Care in the Division of General Pediatrics,
Department of Pediatrics and Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery,
Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School
Allysa Ware, PhD, MSW
Co-Director, SPRNetwork
Executive Director, Family Voices
Dania Champion, MS, BS
Network Manager, SPRNetwork
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
HOST
Kristina Malik, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director, KidStreet
Pediatrician, Special Care Clinic,
Children's Hospital Colorado
DATE
Initial publication date: April 13, 2026.
JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLE
Systems & Policy Research Network. Research. Accessed March 18, 2026. https://sprnetwork.org/research/
OTHER ARTICLES REFERENCED
Berry JG, Williams DJ, Wright SM, Sanders LM, Agarwal D, Foster C, Vasquez J, Perrin JM, Lomangino S, Hall M. US Pediatric Hospitalizations Among Children Enrolled in Medicaid. JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Jan 1;180(1):101-103. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.4537. PMID: 41247751; PMCID: PMC12624467.
TRANSCRIPT
https://cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/as/wgbphpxjfcg8npb66hc7jj7/Final_CCJCP_april_transcript_4-9-26
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Coller R, Berry J, Ware A, Champion D, Malik K. Network Effects: Multi-Site Research for Children with Medical Complexity. 04/2026. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast.
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