Young Investigator Past Award Recipents
2011 Award Recipients
APA YIAs
- Christine Briccetti, MD
Johns Hopkins
Factors Associated with Sleep Quality in Baltimore Children
Mentor: Peter Rowe, MD
National Facilitator: Laurel Leslie
- Kandyce Larson, PhD
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Intergenerational Health Disparities: Income, Maternal Health, and Child Well-Being
Mentor: Neal Halfon, MD, MPH
National Facilitator: Robert Kahn
- Ellen Lipstein, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Adolescent Participation in Chronic Disease Treatment Decisions
Mentor: Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH
National Facilitator: Judy Shaw
- Margaret Wolff, MD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Improved Primary Care Follow-up for Adolescents with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Text Message Reminders
Mentors: Esther Sampayo, MD, MPH; Cynthia Mollen, MD, MSCE
National Facilitator: Steve Krug
APA/AHRQ YIAs
- Cade Nylund, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Pharmacologic Risk Factors for the Development of Clostridium difficile Infections in Children
Mentor: Commander Gregory Gorman, MD, MPH
National Facilitator: Samir Shah
- Glenn Rosenbluth, MD
UCSF
Impact of Decreased Heparin Dose for Flush-Lock of Implanted Venous Access Devices in Pediatric Oncology Patients
Mentor: Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH
National Facilitator: Raj Srivastava
- Mark Zonfrillo, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Long-Term Outcomes Following Pediatric Trauma
Mentor: Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE
National Facilitator: Fred Rivara
Commonwealth Fund YIAs
- Manuel Jiménez, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Understanding Barriers to Evaluation for Early Intervention Services: A Qualitative Study
Mentor: Alexander Fiks, MD, MSCE
National Facilitator: Benard Dreyer
- Marianne San Antonio, DO
Yale
Do the Conditions of Administration Affect the Reliability of Developmental Screening in the Pediatric Waiting Room?
Mentor: Carol Weitzman, MD
National Facilitator: Ruth Stein
- Katharine Zuckerman, MD
Oregon HSU
Early Identification and Diagnosis of Autism in Latino Children: A Survey of California Pediatricians
Mentor: Christina Bethell. PhD, MBA, MPH
National Facilitator: Gary Freed
MCHB-funded Bright Futures YIAs
- Nerissa Bauer, MD, MPH
Indiana University
Promoting Healthy Parent-Child Relationships in Pediatric Primary Care
Mentor: Steve Downs, MD, MS
National Facilitator: Barry Zuckerman
- Clement Bottino, MD
Harvard/Children's Hospital Boston
Assessing Unmet Social Needs and Children's Diet Quality in Pediatric Primary Care: Implementation of a Web-Based Assessment and Referral Tool
Mentors: Joanne Cox, MD and Mark Schuster, MD, PhD
National Facilitator: Tina Cheng
- Raymond Perry, MD
UCLA
Evaluating the Impact of a Sexual Health Text Messaging Service for Teens
Mentor: Paul Chung, MD, MS
National Facilitator: Charlie Irwin
- Deepa Sekhar, MD
Penn State
Improving Detection of Adolescent Hearing Loss
Mentor: Ian Paul, MD, MSc
National Facilitator: Mark Schuster
- Rashmi Shetgiri, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas
Can Pediatricians Prevent Bullying?: Parent and Community Perspectives on the Pediatrician's Role in Bullying Prevention
Mentor: Glenn Flores, MD
National Facilitator: TBA
- Pooja Tandon, MD
University of Washington
Understanding the Impact of Preschool Environments and Outdoor Time on Physical Activity
Mentor: Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
National Facilitator: Tom Robinson
Reach-Out-and-Read YIAs
- Meghan Treitz, MD
University of Colorado
Promoting Early Childhood Literacy with Low Income Families in a Primary Care Pediatric Clinic Using a Video Tutorial to Teach Dialogic Reading
Mentor: Lindsey Lane
National Facilitator: Tom DeWitt
2010 Award Recipients
APA YIAs
- Suzanne Dakil, MD
Academic Pediatric Fellow
U of TX Southwestern Medical Center
Risk and Protective Factors for Child Maltreatment: A Qualitative Study of Parents and Caretakers
- Sara Eleoff, MD
Fellow Academic General Pediatrics
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Risk Factors and Unmet Needs among Children in Kinship Care
- Todd Florin, MD
Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Nebulized Hypertonic Saline Solution for Acute Bronchiolitis in the Emergency Department
- Derek Williams, MD
Fellow, General Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Children
Hospitalized with Pneumonia
APA/AHRQ YIAs
- Janet Coffman, MPP, PhD
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Trends in Children's Use of Asthma Controller Medications, 2000-2007: An Analysis of Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
- Anthony Goudie, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Child Policy Research Center
The Association Between Non-Urgent Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization and the Medical Home
- Megan McCarville, MD, MPH
Fellow, General Academic Pediatrics
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Asthma Severity and Environmental Exposures in Chicago Children
Commonwealth Fund YIAs
- Carolyn Brockmeyer, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Investigating Trajectories of Shared Bookreading Interactions to Enhance Pediatric Preventive Developmental Services for Low Socioeconomic Status Families
- Ariane Marie-Mitchell, MD, PhD, MPH
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
Child Outcomes that Matter: Measures of Success for Prevention Through Pediatric Primary Care
- Heather O'Donnell, MD, Msc
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Division of General Pediatrics
Interphysician Communication Surrounding Newborn Hospital Discharge
MCHB-funded Bright Futures YIAs
- Nina Burtchen, MD
New York University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Subclinical Maternal Depressive Symptoms identified in Pediatric Primary Care: Implications for the Mother-Infant Relationship and Infant Self-regulation Six Months Postpartum in Families of Low Socio-Economic Status
- Rachel Gross, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Impact of Infant Social Emotional Problems on Childhood Obesity
- Marjorie Rosenthal, MD
Associate Research Scientist, Division of General Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
A Feasibility Study of Pediatric Residents Facilitating Group Well Child Care
- Sara Slovin, MD
Fellow, General Academic Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Pre-visit Parent Questionnaires and Well-Child Care for Low-Income Families
- Tyler Smith, MD
Fellow, General Academic Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Determining ways to encourage young fathers' involvement in their children's health
- Jeffrey Tom, MD
Fellow, General Pediatrics
National Research Service Award
University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute
Is Use of a Shared Medical Record Associated With Parents Reporting More Positive Primary Care Experiences for Their Chils with Chronic Disease?
2009 Award Recipents
APA YIAs
- Grace Lee, CHOP: Incidence of Pneumonia-Related Complications in US Children Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Post-Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era
- Shonna Yin, NYU: Use of Plain-language, Pictogram-based Medication Instruction Sheets to Improve Parent Understanding of Medication Instructions and Prevent Medication Errors in Children
- Anisha Patel, UCLA: Hydrate for a Healthy Start: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Availability and Consumption of Beverages in Child Care Facilities
APA/AHRQ YIAs
- Patricia Li, Hospital for Sick Children: A population-based study on the effect of clinical practice guidelines in the emergency department on childhood asthma admissions and bounce backs in Ontario, Canada
- Matthew Kronman, CHOP: Defining trends in antibiotic use and factors associated with broad-spectrum antibiotic overuse in childhood pneumonia
- Alexander Fiks, CHOP: Shared Decision Making in Pediatrics: A National Perspective
Commonwealth Fund YIAs
- Aasma Khandekar, Boston Medical Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Reach Out and Read
- Michael Leu, Seattle Children's: Feasibility study of an online, family-focused developmental screening instrument based on Bright Futures
- Alma Guerrero, UCLA: Quality of Preventive Care for Young Latino Children: Assessment of Disparities and Impact
MCHB-funded Bright Futures YIAs
- Darcy Thompson, Johns Hopkins: Providing nutritional anticipatory guidance to low-income Spanish-speaking parents via touch screen computer kiosks
- Allison Gorman, NYU: Obesity Prevention in Toddler and Preschool Children: Parental and Practitioner Knowledge Attitudes and Behavior
- Kristina Gustafson, MUSC: Safety First: Implementing Bright Futures Evidence Based Curriculum In a Pediatric Residency Continuity Clinic
