Public research

• We have a 70 year history of bringing science into service.
• We advocate for biomedical and epidemiological research.
• We advocate for public health programs.

For more than 70 years, the March of Dimes has been committed to bringing science into service for people by advocating in support of scientific inquiry and evidence-based clinical care with decision makers at the White House and in federal agencies, in the halls of Congress, and in state capitals across the nation.

Federal advocacy efforts

Our government affairs office lobbies for policies and funding to support research and public health programs aimed at improving the health of women, infants and children as well as preventing prematurity, birth defects and infant mortality.

State advocacy efforts

March of Dimes chapters lead legislative and regulatory initiatives to create and strengthen birth defects surveillance and data collection pertaining to the health of women, infants and children.

See also:  Federal funding for the National Children's Study, Funding for prematurity-related research, Funding for birth defects activities, Newborn screening funding, State of the Science, Folic Acid 2009