Sushant Srinivasan, MD, associate professor, Critical Care, was awarded a $7,200 subaward through collaborators from the University of Michigan, and supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The five-year R01 project, titled “Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in children and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) initiation strategies impact on Neuro-Development (ASCEND),” will characterize the one-year outcomes of children supported by EMCO to determine if and when EMCO should be initiated in children with severe lung injury.