Young Investigator Awards
The 2011 Program information will be available in September 2010.
2010 Program Overview
The APA Board of Directors announces 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 (see attached Overview). 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. Click here for instructions
- 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. Click here for instructions
- 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.
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.
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Applicants may submit more than one proposal with different research questions. No more than one award per Principal Investigator, however, will be funded in a given year. The same proposal may not be submitted twice in a given award cycle.
The Young Investigator Award Program involves a two-step selection process:
Step One:
- Submission of a two-page initial proposal to be received by October 25, 2009, at the APA central office. Only electronic submissions as an e-mail attachment are accepted. Each submission must include a brief overview of the project, purpose, methods, evaluation/analysis plan, and estimated budget. A peer-review study section, convened by the APA Research Committee Chair, Glenn Flores, will review the two-page initial proposals.
- Applicants will be notified by November 16, 2009, regarding whether they have been selected to advance to the second step.
Step Two:
- Submission of an invited full 10-page proposal by December 16, 2009. A second study section convened by the APA Research Committee Chair (including representation from the funding agencies) will review the full proposals, make recommendations for funding, and provide 1 - 2 page summary review statements for the Principal Investigator. These reviews serve not only to assist the Board in evaluating proposals for funding, but also to support young investigators by providing constructive comments from established senior researchers.
- Applicants will be notified in January 2010 whether they have been selected for funding.
Applications should be addressed to Glenn Flores, MD, Chair, APA Young Investigator Awards Program, 6728 Old McLean Village Drive, McLean, VA 22101. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. All required components must be sent together in one e-mail message to the following address: connie@academicpeds.org.
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 or Glenn Flores (214-648-3405, glenn.flores@UTSouthwestern.edu).
2010 Young Investigator 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?
