Research Committee


Glenn Flores MD

Chair, Research Committee

Glenn Flores, MD
Professor and Chief
UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center
Division of General Pediatrics
5323 Harry Hines Blvd, H3.104 TX 75390
Phone: 214-648-3405
Glenn.Flores@UTSouthwestern.edu  


October 2009 Committee Report

New Committee Members

  • The Committee welcomed two new members:
    • Nui Dhepyasuwan, MEd, Research Associate and Network Coordinator for CORNET (COntinuity Research NETwork of the APA)
    • Tamara Simon, MD, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Inpatient Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Co-Chair of the APA Hospitalist SIG

Young Investigator Award (YIA)
The APA Board of Directors recently announced the 2010 award cycle of the Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Awards Program. The program provides awards of up to $10,000 or $15,000 (depending upon the specific program) for research by fellows or junior faculty related to child health promotion, health services research, teaching, or patient care. Projects must be consistent with the goals of the APA; preference is given to projects that have the potential to lead to further studies. Projects supported by the Young Investigator Awards Program, as well as the start dates, numbers of awards available, and funding amounts, vary according to the specific program. The four award categories are:

  • The APA Young Investigator Program broadly funds projects in health services research, medical education, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, emergency medicine, child maltreatment, hospitalist medicine, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, and other general pediatric clinical research domains.
  • The APA Young Investigator Program supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funds either (a) studies that involve quality improvement, or (b) analysis of existing datasets (e.g., the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, HCUP KID, SED and related products, or CAHPS) without collection of new data.
  • The APA Young Investigator Program supported by The Commonwealth Fund supports studies focused on improving preventive and developmental services for young children 0-5 years old.
  • The APA Bright Futures Young Investigator Program supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics funds projects aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of and research base for health supervision in primary care

For detailed information on the YIAs, please visit the APA website
at: http://www.ambpeds.org/research/research_young_investegator_awards.cfm

Respectfully Submitted,

Research Committee Chair
Glenn Flores
Glenn.Flores@UTSouthwestern.edu

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