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James E. Heubi, MD
Director, Clinical Translational Research Center

513-636-4415

james.heubi@cchmc.org

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James E. Heubi, MD

Director, Clinical Translational Research Center

Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training

Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4415

Fax: 513-636-4695

Email: james.heubi@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

Inflammatory bowel disease; cholestatic liver disease; malabsorption

Research Interests

Cholesterol absorption; cholesterol metabolism; inborn errors of bile acid metabolism; bone metabolism in health and disease; TPN-related cholestestasis and its treatment

Biography

James E. Heubi, MD, has been a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist since 1979, when he joined the staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Heubi's practice includes the treatment of all disorders affecting the gastrointestinal tract, liver and biliary tract and pancreas.

Dr. Heubi's areas of practice interests include liver disease and complications related to end-stage liver disease and liver transplantation and the management of patients with "short gut" or compromised gut function requiring prolonged enteral or parenteral nutritional support.

Dr. Heubi is the Director of General Clinical Research Center at Cincinnati Children's and is the Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine.

Education and Training

MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1973.

Residency: James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 1973 to 1975.

Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1975 to 1978.

Certification: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1990.

Publications

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Mizukawa B, George A, Pushkaran S, Weckbach L, Kalinyak K, Heubi JE, Kalfa TA. Cooperating G6PD mutations associated with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and cholestasis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):840-2.

Kohli R, Kirby M, Setchell KD, Jha P, Klustaitis K, Woollett LA, Pfluger PT, Balistreri WF, Tso P, Jandacek RJ, Woods SC, Heubi JE, Tschoep MH, D'Alessio DA, Shroyer NF, Seeley RJ. Intestinal adaptation after ileal interposition surgery increases bile acid recycling and protects against obesity-related comorbidities. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010 Sep;299(3):G652-60.

Heubi JE. Child health research and the Clinical Translational Science Awards: where have we been and where are we going? Clin Transl Sci. 2010 Jun;3(3):67-8.

Hommel KA, McGraw KL, Ammerman RT, Heubi JE, Hansen M, Dunlap E, Beidel DC. Psychosocial functioning in children and adolescents with gastrointestinal complaints and disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2010 Jun;17(2):159-66.

Setchell KD, Zhao X, Jha P, Heubi JE, Brown NM. The pharmacokinetic behavior of the soy isoflavone metabolite S-(-)equol and its diastereoisomer R-(+)equol in healthy adults determined by using stable-isotope-labeled tracers. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Oct;90(4):1029-37.

Wooldridge JL, Heubi JE, Amaro-Galvez R, Boas SR, Blake KV, Nasr SZ, Chatfield B, McColley SA, Woo MS, Hardy KA, Kravitz RM, Straforini C, Anelli M, Lee C. EUR-1008 pancreatic enzyme replacement is safe and effective in patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency. J Cyst Fibros. 2009 Dec;8(6):405-17.

Graham RC, Heubi JE, Cohen MB, Li B. Teaching and tomorrow: a novel recruitment program for a pediatric subspecialty. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2009 Nov;49(5):594-8.

Burke KT, Horn PS, Tso P, Heubi JE, Woollett LA. Hepatic bile acid metabolism in the neonatal hamster: expansion of the bile acid pool parallels increased Cyp7a1 expression levels. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Jul;297(1):G144-51.

Heubi JE. Pancreatic enzyme-replacement therapy in CF: considerations for the USA. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2008 Oct;2(5):589-96.

Heubi JE, Setchell KD, Bove KE. Inborn errors of bile acid metabolism. Semin Liver Dis. 2007 Aug;27(3):282-94.

Faculty

Heidi J. Kalkwarf, PhD

513-636-3803

heidi.kalkwarf@cchmc.org

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Heidi J. Kalkwarf, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-3803

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: heidi.kalkwarf@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Calcium and bone metabolism; establishing nutrient requirements; calcium metabolism during lactation; bone mineral acquisition in children

Biography

Heidi Kalkwarf, PhD, RD, is a nutritional epidemiologist whose research interest is in the development of dietary recommendations to optimize health, particularly bone health.

She has conducted research, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), focusing on dietary calcium requirements of lactating women and the changes in bone density and in calcium metabolism that occur during lactation and after weaning. Dr. Kalkwarf's research has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and was used by the Institute of Medicine to establish the new dietary calcium intake recommendations for lactating women.

Dr. Kalkwarf also is investigating the normal patterns of bone growth and development in children and adolescents. The goals of this work are to identify the short term and long term consequences of low bone density in childhood, identify children who are at risk for osteoporosis later in life and to identify interventions to reduce this risk.

Dr. Kalkwarf came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a postdoctoral fellow in 1990 and joined the faculty in 1993. She earned her master's and doctoral degrees in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Education and Training

PhD: Cornell University; Ithaca, NY, 1991.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1990-1993.

MNS: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1983.

BS: Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1980.

Certification: Registered Dietitian, 1983.

Publications

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Copeland KA, Sherman SN, Khoury JC, Foster KE, Saelens BE, Kalkwarf HJ. Wide Variability in Physical Activity Environments and Weather-Related Outdoor Play Policies in Child Care Centers Within a Single County of Ohio. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 May;165(5):435-42.

Kalkwarf HJ, Laor T, Bean JA. Fracture risk in children with a forearm injury is associated with volumetric bone density and cortical area (by peripheral QCT) and areal bone density (by DXA).Osteoporos Int. 2011 Feb;22(2):607-16

Wosje KS, Khoury PR, Claytor RP, Copeland KA, Hornung RW, Daniels SR, Kalkwarf HJ. Dietary patterns associated with fat and bone mass in young children.Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Aug;92(2):294-303.

Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Eghtesady P, Kalkwarf HJ, Uzark K, Kehl JE, Marino BS. Predictors of poor weight gain in infants with a single ventricle.J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;157(3):407-13, 413.e1.

Kalkwarf HJ, Gilsanz V, Lappe JM, Oberfield S, Shepherd JA, Hangartner TN, Huang X, Frederick MM, Winer KK, Zemel BS. Tracking of bone mass and density during childhood and adolescence. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Apr;95(4):1690-8.

Copeland KA, Sherman SN, Kendeigh CA, Saelens BE, Kalkwarf HJ. Flip flops, dress clothes, and no coat: clothing barriers to children's physical activity in child-care centers identified from a qualitative study.Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2009 Nov 6;6:74.

Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Border WL, Kalkwarf HJ, Khoury PR, Uzark K, Eghtesady P, Marino BS. Lower weight-for-age z score adversely affects hospital length of stay after the bidirectional Glenn procedure in 100 infants with a single ventricle.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Aug;138(2):397-404.e1.

Dorn LD, Susman EJ, Pabst S, Huang B, Kalkwarf H, Grimes S. Association of depressive symptoms and anxiety with bone mass and density in ever-smoking and never-smoking adolescent girls.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Dec;162(12):1181-8.

Wosje KS, Khoury PR, Claytor RP, Copeland KA, Kalkwarf HJ, Daniels SR. Adiposity and TV viewing are related to less bone accrual in young children.J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;154(1):79-85.e2.

Kalkwarf HJ, Zemel BS, Gilsanz V, Lappe JM, Horlick M, Oberfield S, Mahboubi S, Fan B, Frederick MM, Winer K, Shepherd JA. The bone mineral density in childhood study: bone mineral content and density according to age, sex, and race.J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jun;92(6):2087-99.

Grants

Impact of peripubertal exposure to xenohormones on fat distribution and cytokines. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Apr 2010 - Mar 2012. #R21 ES017315-01A1.

Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training Grant. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Apr 2009 - Mar 2013. #UL1 RR026314-01.

Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Apr 2009 - Mar 2013. #UL1 RR026314-01.

Continued studies of environment impact on puberty. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health. Sep 2001 - Apr 2015. #U01 ES019453-0.

Genome Wide Association Study of Bone Mineral Accretion during Childhood. Co-investigator (Principal investigator of sub-contract).National Institutes of Health. Fen 2010 - Jan 2015. #R01 HD058886-01A2.

Jennie G. Noll, PhD
Director of Research, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

513-636-9922

jennie.noll@cchmc.org

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Jennie G. Noll, PhD

Director of Research, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-9922

Fax: 513-636-7756

Email: jennie.noll@cchmc.org

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Biography

Jennie Noll, PhD, is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology. Her primary program of research has focused on the bio-psycho-social health consequences of severe childhood abuse. Through long-term, prospective longitudinal study, Dr. Noll and her colleagues have published some of the most definitive research attesting to the abuse sequelae spanning a host of developmental outcomes including obesity, health-care utilization, teen pregnancy, premature delivery, steep disturbances, stress-responsivity, HPA activity, and cognitive abilities.

Dr. Noll has forged a particular niche within the field of child maltreatment with her focus on the comprehensive assessment of sexual attitudes and activities, as well as variations in sexual development observed in teens abused as children. In her current R01, over 500 females are being assessed longitudinally throughout adolescence in order to explicate pathways to aberrant sexual development that are directly attributable to the trauma of childhood abuse. Dr. Noll has conducted longitudinal studies of abused women spanning more than 20 years and has published numerous papers attesting to the long-term deleterious health outcomes and intergenerational impact of childhood sexual abuse.

Dr. Noll holds a joint appointment in CCHMC’s Epidemiology and Biostatistics where she applies quantitative methods and longitudinal data analyses which include time series, trajectory, structural modeling and growth curve approaches Most recently, Dr. Noll has conducted research regarding adolescent internet use patterns, exposures to sexual media, online social behaviors and risk for internet-initiated victimization.

Education and Training

BA: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1990.

PhD: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1995.

Fellowship: Forming Science Careers in Developmental Neurocognition, 1990-1995.

Publications

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Noll,JG, Grych J. Read-react-respond: an interactive model for understanding sexual revictimization. J Viol Traum. 2011.

Ratcliff M, Jenkins T, Reiter-Purtill J, Noll JG, Zeller MH. Risk-taking behaviors of adolescents with extreme obesity: normative or not?Pediatrics. 2011 May;127(5):827-34.

Noll JG, Haralson KJ, Butler EM, Shenk CE. Childhood maltreatment, psychological dysregulation, and risky sexual behaviors in female adolescents. J Pediatr Psychol. 2011 Aug;36(7):743-52.

Zeller MH, Reiter-Purtill J, Ratcliff MB, Inge TH, Noll JG. Two-year trends in psychosocial functioning after adolescent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2011 Mar 5. E-pub ahead of print.

Shenk CE, Noll JG, Putnam FW, Trickett PK. A prospective examination of the role of childhood sexual abuse and physiological asymmetry in the development of psychopathology. Child Abuse Negl. 2010 Oct;34(10):752-61.

Noll JG, Shenk CE, Yeh MT, Ji J, Putnam FW, Trickett PK. Receptive language and educational attainment for sexually abused females. Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):e615-22.

Trickett PK, Noll JG, Putnam FW. The impact of sexual abuse on female development: lessons from a multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Dev Psychopathol. 2010;23:453-476.

Noll JG, Shenk CE. The physical health consequences of childhood maltreatment: A public health perspective. J Ped Psychol. 2010:35:447-449.

Kwako LE, Noll JG, Putnam FW, Trickett PK. Childhood sexual abuse and attachment: An intergenerational perspective. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2010 Jul;15(3):407-22.

Trickett PK, Noll JG, Susman EJ, Shenk CE, Putnam FW. Attenuation of cortisol across development for victims of sexual abuse. Dev Psychopathol. 2010 Winter;22(1):165-75.

Grants

20-year intergenerational longitudinal followup of females abused as children. Principal Investigator. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 2010-2012. #R03HD060604

Treatment of Maternal Depression in Home Visitation: Mother and Child Impacts. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Health. 2010-2015. #R01MH087499

Longitudinal Determination of Outcomes of Adolescents with Fibromyalgia. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. 2009-2014. #R01AR054842.

Adolescent Bariatrics: Controlled Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Development. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 2008-2013. #R01DK080020-01A.

Adult Neurobehavioral Late Effects of Pediatric Low Grade Brain Tumors. Co-Investigator. National Cancer Institute. 2008-2013. #R01 CA132899-01.

A Prospective Investigation of the Mechanisms Involved in Teen Pregnancy. Principal Investigator. 2007-2012. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. #R01HD052533. Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training National Center for Research Resources. National Institute of Health. 2001-2011. #UL1RR026314

Scott W. Powers, PhD, ABPP
Director, Center for Child Behavior and Nutrition Research and Training

513-636-8106

scott.powers@cchmc.org

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Scott W. Powers, PhD, ABPP

Director, Center for Child Behavior and Nutrition Research and Training

Director, Office for Clinical and Translational Research

Director, Behavioral Core, Clinical Translational Research Center

Co-Director, Headache Center

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-8106

Fax: 513-636-7544

Email: scott.powers@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Preschoolers and toddlers; dietary adherence / nutrition and behavior; cystic fibrosis; chronic illness, coping and adherence; pediatric pain; pediatric headache; encopresis

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Education and Training

AB: Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, 1985.

MS: Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, 1987.

PhD: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1991.

Residency: Clinical Psychology, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI.

Fellowship: Pediatric Psychology, Brown University School of Medicine / Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.

Certification: Clinical Psychology, Ohio State Board of Psychology, 1992.

Publications

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Stark LJ, Opipari-Arrigan L, Quittner AL, Bean J, Powers SW. The effects of an intensive behavior and nutrition intervention compared to standard of care on weight outcomes in CF. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2011 Jan;46(1):31-5.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Johnston M, Ting TV, Graham BT, Lynch-Jordan AM, Verkamp E, Passo M, Schikler KN, Hashkes PJ, Spalding S, Banez G, Richards MM, Powers SW, Arnold LM, Lovell D. Relationship between school absenteeism and depressive symptoms among adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Oct;35(9):996-1004.

Kashikar-Zuck S, Flowers SR, Verkamp E, Ting TV, Lynch-Jordan AM, Graham TB, Passo M, Schikler KN, Hashkes PJ, Spalding S, Banez G, Richards MM, Powers SW, Arnold LM, Lovell D. Actigraphy-based physical activity monitoring in adolescents with juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome. J Pain. 2010 Sep;11(9):885-93.

Hershey AD, Kabbouche MA, Powers SW. Treatment of pediatric and adolescent migraine. Pediatr Ann. 2010 Jul;39(7):416-23.

Hershey AD, Burdine D, Kabbouche MA, Powers SW. Genomic expression patterns in medication overuse headaches. Cephalalgia. 2010 Jun 2.

Wang X, Xiang J, Wang Y, Pardos M, Meng L, Huo X, Korostenskaja M, Powers SW, Kabbouche MA, Hershey AD. Identification of abnormal neuromagnetic signatures in the motor cortex of adolescent migraine. Headache. 2010 Jun;50(6):1005-16.

Lynch-Jordan AM, Kashikar-Zuck S, Crosby LE, Lopez WL, Smolyansky BH, Parkins IS, Luzader CP, Hartman A, Guilfoyle SM, Powers SW. Applying quality improvement methods to implement a measurement system for chronic pain-related disability. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Jan-Feb;35(1):32-41.

Opipari-Arrigan L, Powers SW, Quittner AL, Stark LJ. Mealtime problems predict outcome in clinical trial to improve nutrition in children with CF. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010 Jan;45(1):78-82.

Stark LJ, Quittner AL, Powers SW, Opipari-Arrigan L, Bean JA, Duggan C, Stallings VA. Randomized clinical trial of behavioral intervention and nutrition education to improve caloric intake and weight in children with cystic fibrosis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Oct;163(10):915-21.

Slater S, Crawford MJ, Kabbouche MA, LeCates SL, Cherney S, Vaughan P, Segers A, Manning P, Burdine D, Powers SS, Hershey AD. Effects of gender and age on paediatric headache. Cephalalgia. 2009 Sep;29(9):969-73.

Grants

Cincinnati Translational Therapeutics Development Network Center. Co-Investigator. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Jan 2009 - Jan 2014.

Longitudinal Determination of Outcomes of Adolescents with Fibromyalgia. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disorders. Aug 2009 - Aug 2014. #R01 AR054842-A2.

Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Co Director. National Center for Research Resources. Mar 2009 - Feb 2014. #UL1 RR026314.

Research Training in Child Behavior and Nutrition. Principal Investigator / Program Director. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Jul 2008 - Jul 2013. #T32 DK 063929-06.

Improving mealtime functioning in families of young children with type 1 diabetes. Advisor / Mentor. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Sep 2007 - Sep 2012.

Lori J. Stark, PhD, ABPP
Director, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

513-636-7116

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Lori J. Stark, PhD, ABPP

Director, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-7116

Fax: 513-636-3677

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Specialties

Health psychology; anxiety; behavior problems; parent training; adherence to medical regimen; coping with illness; behavioral intervention

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Biography

Lori Stark, PhD, joined Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1998 as the director of Psychology.

Dr. Stark is an authority on parenting of young children. She has applied this expertise to the area of health psychology by working with parents and children to improve their adherence to medical regimes, improving coping with chronic conditions or acute stressors, and providing biobehavioral interventions to conditions such as chronic pain.

Dr. Stark's work is unique in that it utilizes behavioral and environmental interventions to enhance healthcare outcome in pediatrics. Dr. Stark's expertise is on improving nutritional outcome in children with chronic conditions such as cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Stark has received continuous funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the National Institute of Health to develop and evaluate behavioral interventions and improving nutritional outcome in children with cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Stark came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center from Brown University School of Medicine where she was Director of Pediatric Psychology at Rhode Island Hospital
and Associate Professor of Psychiatry in Human Behavior at Brown University School of Medicine. Dr. Stark earned her undergraduate degree at Boston University and her graduate degree at West Virginia University.

Dr. Stark is on the Executive Committee of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, a division within the American Psychological Association. She has written many professional publications in the field of pediatric psychology and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology and
the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Education and Training

PhD: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1985.

Internship: Clinical Psychology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 1984-1985.

Certification: Clinical Psychology, 1985.

Elaine M. Urbina, MD, MS
Director, Preventive Cardiology

513-636-8265

lipid_htm@cchmc.org

Elaine M. Urbina, MD, is an Associate Professor in Preventive Cardiology in the Heart Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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Elaine M. Urbina, MD, MS

Director, Preventive Cardiology

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-8265

Fax: 513-636-0162

Email: lipid_htm@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Pediatric high blood pressure and cholesterol, diet and exercise to prevent adult heart disease

Biography

Elaine M. Urbina, MD, graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1988. She subsequently trained in Pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco. She completed her Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1994 where she accepted an Assistant Professor position.

In addition to practicing clinical Pediatric Cardiology at Tulane, she was also Director of Preventive Cardiology and the Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory. Her research interests led her to join the world-renowned Bogalusa Heart Study, one of the longest running epidemiologic studies of CV risk factors in children. As Co-Investigator under the tutelage of Dr. Gerald S. Berenson, she initiated the non-invasive imaging program and supervised collection of CV data for over a decade.

Dr. Urbina joined Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as Associate Professor in October of 2003 and became Director of Preventive Cardiology in 2006. This new opportunity allowed her to concentrate her clinical practice on the diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure and cholesterol. She continues her research studies concentrating on non-invasive imaging methods to measure atherosclerosis with a focus on vascular function abnormalities using the modalities of:

Carotid Ultrasound
Arterial Stiffness
Endothelial Function

Her current research includes the application of these new techniques to study the roles that pre- and post-natal nutrition, overweight, high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes play in the development of hardening of the arteries.

Education and Training

MD: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, 1988.

Residency: University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1990; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 1991 (Pediatrics).

Fellowship: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1994 (Pediatric Cardiology).

Certification: Pediatrics 1991; Pediatric Cardiology 1994.

Publications

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Urbina EM, Khoury PR, McCoy C, Daniels SR, Kimball TR, Dolan LM. Cardiac and vascular consequences of pre-hypertension in youth. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). May 2011;13(5):332-342.

Urbina EM, Dolan LM, McCoy CE, Khoury PR, Daniels SR, Kimball TR. Relationship between elevated arterial stiffness and increased left ventricle mass in adolescents and young adults. J Pediatr. May 2011;158(5):715-721.

Urbina EM, Kimball TR, Khoury PR, Daniels SR, Dolan LM. Increased arterial stiffness is found in adolescents with obesity or obesity-related type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Hypertens. Aug 2010;28(8):1692-1698.

Urbina EM, Wadwa RP, Davis C, Snively BM, Dolan LM, Daniels SR, Hamman RF, Dabelea D. Prevalence of increased arterial stiffness in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus differs by measurement site and sex. J Pediatr. May 2010;156(5):731-737.

Urbina EM, Kimball TR, McCoy CE, Khoury PR, Daniels SR, Dolan LM. Youth with obesity and obesity-related type 2 diabetes mellitus demonstrate abnormalities in carotid structure and function. Circulation. Jun 2009;119(22):2913-2919.

Urbina EM, Bean JA, Daniels SR, D’Alessio D, Dolan LM. Overweight and hyperinsulinemia provide individual contributions to comprises in brachial artery distensibility in healthy adolescents and young adults: brachial distensibility in children. J Am Soc Hypertens. Jun 2007;1(3):200-207.

Urbina EM, Kieltkya L, Tsai J, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. Impact of multiple cardiovascular risk factors on brachial artery distensibility in young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Hypertens. Jun 2005;18:767-771.

Urbina EM, Srinivasan SR, Kieltyka RL, Tang R, Bond MG, Chen W, Berenson GS. Correlates of carotid artery stiffness in young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Atherosclerosis. Sep 2004;176(1):157-164.

Urbina EM, Srinivasan SR, Tang R, Bond MG, Kieltyka L, Berenson GS. Impact of multiple coronary risk factors on the intima-media thickness of different segments of carotid artery in healthy young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Cardiol. Nov 2002;90(9):953-958.

Urbina EM, Gidding SS, Bao W, Pickoff AS, Berdusis K, Berenson GS. Effect of body size, ponderosity and blood pressure of the left ventricular growth in children and young adults in Bodulusa Heart Study. Circulation. May 1995;91(9):2400-2406.

Grants

Accelerated CV Aging in Youth Related to CV Risk Factor Clusters. Principal Investigator. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Jan 2011-Dec 2016.

SEARCH 3: Cohort Study - Ohio site. Co-Investigator. Centers for Disease Control & National Institutes of Health. Sept 2010-Oct 2015.

Cardiovascular Effects of Dietary Fat & Exercise Challenges in Obese Children. Collaborator. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. June 2008-May 2013.

Modifying Dietary Behavior in Adolescents with Elevated Blood Pressure. Co-Investigator. Natonal Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Dec 2007-Nov 2012.

Staff

Cynthia Scharf
Project Specialist, Clinical Translational Research Center

513-803-1853

cynthia.scharf@cchmc.org

Rachel Baker, RN
Research Nurse, Clinical Translational Research Center

513-636-6905

rachel.baker@cchmc.org

Becca Harper, RN
Research Nurse. Clinical Translational Research Center

513-636-8750

rebecca.harper@cchmc.org

Amy Hartkemeyer
Business Manager, Clinical Translational Research Center

513-636-4273

amy.hartkemeyer@cchmc.org

Carrie Lynn Keininger, RN
Research Nurse, General Clinical Research Center

513-636-7581

Carrie.Keininger@cchmc.org

Theresa Kenney
Lab Supervisor, Clinical Translational Research Center

513-636-2229

theresa.kenney@cchmc.org

Becky Russo, RN
Research Nurse. Clinical Translational Research Center

513-803-5098

becky.russo@cchmc.org

Suzanne Summer, RD, LD, MS
Research Dietitian, Clinical Translational Research Center

(513) 636-2734

Suzanne.Summer@cchmc.org

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Director

James E. Heubi, MD

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Clinical Interests

Research Interests

Biography

Education and Training

Publications

Faculty

Heidi J. Kalkwarf, PhD

Specialties

Biography

Education and Training

Publications

Grants

Jennie G. Noll, PhD

Specialties

Biography

Education and Training

Publications

Grants

Scott W. Powers, PhD, ABPP

Specialties

Education and Training

Publications

Grants

Lori J. Stark, PhD, ABPP

Specialties

Biography

Education and Training

Elaine M. Urbina, MD, MS

Specialties

Biography

Education and Training

Publications

Grants

Staff