Young Investigator Awards
- Program Overview
- APA Young Investigator Award
- APA/MCHB Bright Futures Young Investigator Award
- APA Reach Out and Read Young Investigator Award
- APA/Aetna Foundation Young Investigator Award
- YIA Program FAQs
2012 Program Overview
The APA Board of Directors announces the 2012 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 Overview). The three 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.Click here for instructions
- 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.
Click here for instructions - The APA Young Investigator Award Program for Primary Care Strategies for the Promotion of Early Literacy and School Readiness Supported by
Reach Out and Read funds research projects that focus on interventions in primary care intended to support the early stages of literacy development and school readiness amoung children at risk For Reading Problems or School Failure. Click here for instructions
- The APA Aetna Foundation Young Investigator Award Program funds pediatric research by junior faculty, fellows, or residents addressing one or more of the three Aetna Foundation priority areas of: 1) obesity, 2) racial/ethnic healthcare equity, and 3) integrated healthcare.
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Additional information and detailed instructions for each program are enclosed. Please read the instructions carefully prior to preparing your submission. Questions about this program can be directed to Connie Mackay at the APA central office by calling 703-556-9222 or via email Connie@academicpeds.org
2011 Young Investigator 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
