Kathleen Meert, MD, FACCM is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Central Michigan University, and Specialist-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Meert is a clinical researcher with experience conducting single- and multi-site randomized trials and prospective observational studies in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). She has been a Principal Investigator for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network since its inception in 2005, and has collaborated with several other national and international research networks. Dr. Meert serves on the NICHD National Advisory Committee for the Pediatric Critical Care and Trauma Scientist Development Program which aims to develop junior faculty as independent physician-scientists.