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Cinnamon A. Dixon, DO, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-6118

Email: cinnamon.dixon@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Pediatric injury prevention; global health injury prevention and trauma care; dog bite prevention

Biography

Cinnamon Dixon, DO, MPH, is an assistant professor of pediatrics in the Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Global Health. Her research interests include global pediatric injury prevention and trauma care, and dog bite prevention. Her current projects include: pediatric trauma epidemiology in Campinas, Brazil; and the development of a novel intervention for child safety utilizing multimedia technology.

Outside of research, Dr. Dixon’s professional achievements have included: a 2010 World Health Organization Department of Violence and Injury Prevention internship; a Student Oral Presentation Award at the 2010 Ohio Public Health Association Combined Conference; the 2010 University of Cincinnati Department of Public Health Student Spotlight; a 2009 Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Systems Improvement at District Hospitals and Regional Training of Emergency Care in Ghana scholarship; and co-leading development of curriculum objectives for the American Academy of Pediatrics Global Child Health Education Modules Project.

Additionally, in her pediatric training, she was awarded the 2007 Children’s Mercy Hospital’s Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award, the Pediatric Critical Care Award, the Mercy Award recognizing “3^rd year resident role model”, and the prestigious Darrow Award recognizing the “Outstanding house officer of the year.”

Education and Training

BS: University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 1998.

DO: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO, 2004.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 2007.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2007.

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2010.

Master of Public Health: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2010.

Internship: Violence and Injury Prevention Internship, World Health Organization, Geneva, 2010.

Publications

Dixon CA, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Hart KW, Lindsell CJ. Dog Bite Prevention: An Assessment of Child Knowledge. J Pediatr. 2012 Feb;160(2):337-341.e2

Dixon C, Gittelman MA. Pediatric helmet use: teaching patients to use their heads. Pediatr Ann. 2008 Sep;37(9):606-12.

Boat BW, Dixon CA, Pearl E, Thieken L, Bucher S. Pediatric dog bite victims: a need for a continuum of care. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2012 May;51(5):473-7

Dixon C, Anderson J, Ruddy R, Cripe L. Infantile-onset Pompe disease: a diagnosis not to miss. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010, 26(4):293-5.

Grossoehme D, Ragsdale J, Dixon C, Berz K, Zimmer M. The changing face of medical education: the role of religion, integrative medicine, and osteopathy. The Open Medical Education Journal. 2009, 2, 80-87.

Dixon CA, Gonzalez del Rey JA. Chapter 135: Illustrated Techniques of Pediatric Emergency Procedures (7.7 Cricothyroidotomy / Percutaneous Tracheostomy; 8.1 Insertion of a Chest Tube; 8.2 Thoracentesis; 8.3 Resuscitative Thoracotomy; 10.3 Peritoneal Lavage). In: Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Bachur RC, Gorelick MH, Ruddy RM, Shaw KN (eds). Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2010.

Grants

Testing of a Video-based Dog Bite Prevention Intervention. Principle Investigator. Cincinnati Children’s Division of Emergency Medicine Small Grant Award. Jul 2010–Aug 2011.