Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $6 million grant from the National Institute of Health to create a center of excellence for Maternal and Pediatric Precision in Therapeutics.

The initiative will study how to implement precision therapeutics and personalized medicine for pregnant women and children, according to a press release, in partnership with the University of California at San Diego, Ohio State University and Indiana University. Together, the institutions will form the new Maternal and Pediatric Precision in Therapeutics Hub.