Research Committee
Chair, Research Committee
Glenn Flores, MDProfessor 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
Young Investigator Award (YIA)
Young Investigator Award (YIA)
The Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Awards 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. We wish to acknowledge the generous support of the YIAs by the APA, The Commonwealth Fund, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The total number of applications received for the 2010 cycle of the YIA, at 110, far surpassed the total number received in 2009 or any other year. The APA Research Committee is very pleased to announce the 16 recipients of the YIAs for 2010:
APA YIAs: 2010
PI: Suzanne Dakil, MD
Project: Risk and Protective Factors for Child Maltreatment: A Qualitative Study of Parents and Caretakers
Institution: U of TX Southwestern Medical Center
Primary Mentor: Glenn Flores, MD (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas)
PI: Sara Eleoff, MD
Project: Risk Factors and Unmet Needs among Children in Kinship Care
Institution: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Primary Mentor: Peter Szilagyi, MD, MPH (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry)
PI: Todd Florin, MD
Project: Nebulized Hypertonic Saline Solution for Acute Bronchiolitis in the Emergency Department
Institution: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Primary Mentor: Joseph Zorc, MD (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
PI: Derek Williams, MD
Project: Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Children
Institution: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Primary Mentor: Kathryn Edwards, MD (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)
APA/AHRQ YIAs: 2010
PI: Janet Coffman, MPP, PhD
Project: Trends in Children's Use of Asthma Controller Medications, 2000-2007: An Analysis of Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Institution: Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
Primary Mentor: Michael Cabana, MD, MPH , MA (UCSF)
PI: Anthony Goudie, PhD
Project: The Association between Non-Urgent Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization and the Medical Home
Institution: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Primary Mentor: Lisa Simpson, MD (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
PI: Megan McCarville, MD, MPH
Project: Asthmas Severity and Environmental Exposures in Chicago Children
Institution: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Primary Mentor: Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH (Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago)
Commonwealth Fund YIAs: 2010
PI: Carolyn Brockmeyer, PhD
Project: Using Parenting Interventions in Pediatric Primary Care to Enhance Shared Book reading and Child Literacy Outcomes for Low-SES Families
Institution: NYU School of Medicine
Primary Mentor: Alan L. Mendelsohn, MD (NYU School of Medicine)
PI: Ariane Marie-Mitchell, MD, PhD, MPH
Project: Child Outcomes That Matter: Measures of Success for Prevention through Pediatric Primary Care
Institution: University of Rochester Medical Center
Primary Mentor: Thomas O'Connor, PhD (University of Rochester Medical Center)
PI: Heather O'Donnell, MD, Msc
Project: Interphysician Communication surrounding Newborn Hospital Discharge
Institution: Montefiore Medical Center
Primary Mentor: Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Children's Hospital at Montefiore)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau-BrightFutures YIAs: 2010
PI: Nina Burtchen, MD
Project: 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
Institution: NYU School of Medicine
Primary Mentor: Alan L. Mendelsohn, MD (NYU School of Medicine)
PI: Rachel Gross, MD
Project: Impact of Infant Social Emotional Problems on Childhood Obesity
Institution: Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Primary Mentor: Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Children's Hospital at Montefiore)
PI: Marjorie Rosenthal, MD
Project: A Feasibility Study of Pediatric Residents Facilitating Group Well Child Care
Institution: Yale University School of Medicine
Primary Mentor: John Leventhal, MD (Yale University School of Medicine)
PI: Sara Slovin, MD
Project: Pre-visit Parent Questionnaires and Well-Child Care for Low-Income Families
Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Primary Mentor: Cynthia Minkovitz, MD, MPP (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
PI: Tyler Smith, MD
Project: Determining ways to encourage young fathers' involvement in their children's health
Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Primary Mentor: Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
PI: Jeffrey Tom, MD
Project: Is Use of a Shared Medical Record Associated With Parents Reporting More Positive Primary Care Experiences for Their Child with Chronic Disease?
Institution: University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute
Primary Mentor: Rita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH (Seattle Children&339;s Hospital)
The 2011 YIA cycle will begin in the Fall of 2010. For detailed information on the YIAs, please visit the APA website at: http://www.ambpeds.org/research/research_young_investegator_awards.cfm
Thanks: Anonymous YIA Reviewers
We are also very grateful to the many expert YIA reviewers who participated in proposal reviews for the 2010 cycle. These include:
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Bill Barbaresi Bill Basco David Bergman Christina Bethell Greg Blaschke Iris Borowsky Kecia Carroll Dimitri Christakis Patrick Conway Bill Cooper Donna D'Alessandro Deborah Davis Eugene Dinkevich Denise Dougherty Benard Dreyer Paula Duncan Beth Edgerton Gerry Fairbrother Steve Federico Arthur Fierman Glenn Flores Tanya Froehlich Jim Guevara Donna Halloran Nancy Kelly Alex Kemper Ron Keren |
Karen Kuhlthau Chris Landrigan Iris Mabry Sanjay Mahant Cynthia Minkovitz Ginny Moyer Eddie Ochoa Kathy Poehling Cynthia Rand Daniel Rauch Shirly Russ Ed Schor Robert Sege Janet Serwint Samir Shah Judy Shaw Laura Shone Tamara Simon Raj Srivastava Chris Stille Melissa Stockwell Peter Szilagyi Joel Tieder Karen Wilson Whitney Witt Paul Young |
Invitation: APA Research Committee Meeting at 2010 PAS Meeting in Vancouver
The annual APA Research Committee Meeting will be held at the 2010 PAS meeting in Vancouver on Sunday, May 2nd, from 11:00 am - 12:30 pmin Oceanview 6 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. The session will include an exciting roster of speakers. Any APA member with an interest in research is welcome to attend!
Committee Chair
Glenn Flores
Glenn.Flores@UTSouthwestern.edu
