Newborn Screening Translational Research Network

The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 and reaffirmed under the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014, authorized the Hunter Kelly Newborn Screening Research Program within the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to carry out, coordinate, and expand research in newborn screening. This is in keeping with the mission of NICHD, which is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives.