{"id":14551,"date":"2023-02-16T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/?p=14551"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:39:46","slug":"a-message-from-simons-searchlight-about-dr-wendy-chung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/2023\/02\/16\/a-message-from-simons-searchlight-about-dr-wendy-chung\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from Simons Searchlight about Dr. Wendy Chung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 14, 2023, Boston Children\u2019s Hospital and Harvard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/boston-childrens-hospital-names-wendy-chung-md-phd-chief-of-the-department-of-pediatrics-301745680.html\">announced<\/a> the appointment of Wendy Chung as their next Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chair of Pediatrics, effective July 1, 2023. This appointment is a fitting tribute to Wendy\u2019s remarkable leadership as a pediatrician, medical geneticist and scientist dedicated to improving the health of children and families. Wendy\u2019s appointment is also a reflection of the many contributions our patient advocacy communities have made over the years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12135 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05073037\/Wendy-Chung-scaled-e1649172695666-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05073037\/Wendy-Chung-scaled-e1649172695666-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05073037\/Wendy-Chung-scaled-e1649172695666-1024x946.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05073037\/Wendy-Chung-scaled-e1649172695666-768x709.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05073037\/Wendy-Chung-scaled-e1649172695666-1536x1418.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/05073037\/Wendy-Chung-scaled-e1649172695666.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"notranslate\">Simons Foundation<\/span> Autism Research Institute (SFARI) and the <span class=\"notranslate\">Simons Foundation<\/span> remain committed to <span class=\"notranslate\">Simons Searchlight<\/span> and autism research. Wendy will continue as a PI of <span class=\"notranslate\">Simons Searchlight<\/span>. Our study\u2019s recruitment, engagement, retention, return of results and research match will continue.<\/p>\n<p>This transition will afford many exciting new opportunities to increase the impact of <span class=\"notranslate\">Simons Searchlight<\/span>. We will continue to keep our patient advocacy community informed in our monthly study update emails.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in congratulating Wendy on her appointment to one of the most influential positions in pediatrics in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping reading from Spectrum: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews.org\/news\/simons-foundation-clinical-research-head-wendy-chung-to-lead-boston-childrens-pediatrics\/?utm_source=Spectrum+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=7e14120942-NEWS+ALERT+20220214+CHUNG&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_529db1161f-7e14120942-169082066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;<span class=\"notranslate\">Simons Foundation<\/span> clinical research head Wendy Chung to lead Boston Children\u2019s pediatrics&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital and Harvard announced Wendy Chung as their next Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chair of Pediatrics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":13184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14551"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14559,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14551\/revisions\/14559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simonssearchlight.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}