General Pediatrics Research

Kristen A. Copeland, MD, is a general pediatrician and a child health researcher. Her research interests are in early education settings—how the child care environment affects children’s health. In the past she has focused on child care illness policies and the temporary exclusion of children from child care settings due to illness. She studied how exclusion decisions are influenced by personal beliefs and whether they comply with national guidelines. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed literature and covered extensively by the press, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Parents Magazine.

More recently, Dr. Copeland has become interested in the opportunities child care settings offer for disease prevention and health promotion, in particular for preventing childhood obesity. Her research, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will identify the key aspects of the child care center environment—such as physical activity policies, amount and design of playground facilities, menu content, and staff attitudes and behavior that effectively promote children’s physical activity and a balanced dietary intake. The goal of her research is to produce new knowledge than can inform the development of evidence-based policies and practices for child care centers that promote active play, improve children’s diets and foster the development of lifelong healthy habits.

Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Copeland attained her bachelor’s degree in Houston, Texas at Rice University, double majoring in French and the social studies of science, technology, and medicine. She earned her MD from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She completed a pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2002 and pursued further training in public health and health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. She returned to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2004 as a faculty member in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics within the UC Department of Pediatrics.

Education and Training

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MD: University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 1999.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.

Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2004.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2002.

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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.

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.

Benjamin SE, Copeland KA, Cradock A, Walker E, Slining MM, Neelon B, Gillman MW. Menus in child care: A comparison of state regulations to national standards. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Jan;109(1):109-15.

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 Peds. 2009 Jan;154(1):79-85.e2.

Copeland, K. A., Harris, E., Wang, N., and Cheng, T. L. Compliance with AAP/APHA Illness Exclusion Guidelines for Child Care Centers among Parents, Pediatricians, and Child Care Providers. Pediatrics. 2006 Nov;118(5):e1369-80.

Copeland, K. A., Duggan, A. K., Shope, T. R.. Knowledge and Beliefs about Guidelines for Exclusion of Ill Children from Child Care. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2005 Nov-Dec;5(6):365-71.

Rose SR, Vogiatzi MG, Copeland KC. A general pediatric approach to evaluating a short child. Pediatr Rev. 2005 Nov;26(11):410-20.

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Kimberly Yolton, PhD Associate Director, NRSA General Pediatrics Research Fellowship 513-636-2815 kimberly.yolton@cchmc.org

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Kimberly Yolton, PhD

Associate Director, NRSA General Pediatrics Research Fellowship

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-2815

Email kimberly.yolton@cchmc.org

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Research Interests

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Infant and child development and behavior; environmental exposures

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Biography

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Kimberly Yolton, PhD, is a developmental psychologist and epidemiologist with over 25 years of experience studying the impact of prenatal and early life exposures on neurobehavior in infancy and throughout childhood. She was formerly the director of a follow-up clinic serving high-risk infants and young children and has extensive experience with infants and children who were prenatally exposed to substances of abuse, were born prematurely or at low birth weight, or who come from disadvantaged home environments. She was involved in the initial development of the NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS), a specialized neurobehavioral assessment tool used with healthy and high-risk newborns. She is certified to train others in the proper administration, scoring, and interpretation of the NNNS and has used the tool for clinical, research, and teaching purposes.

In addition to her extensive research experience, she has over 30 years of experience as a teacher, trainer, and mentor. She regularly conducts training for single and multi-site research studies. She is a member of the training faculty within three T32 training programs, and she has been a mentor to students at educational stages ranging from high school to postdoctoral. She is also associate director of a NRSA Fellowship program and is committed to fostering the development of the next generation of researchers.

Dr. Yolton came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a postdoctoral fellow in pediatric environmental health in 2000 and joined the faculty in 2003. She earned her master's degree in family and child development from Virginia Tech and her doctoral degree in child development and developmental psychology from The Ohio State University.

Education and Training

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PhD: Family Relations & Human Development, Developmental Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1992.

Fellowship: Pediatric Environmental Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2003.

Publications

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Bowers K KJ, Sucharew H, Yingying X, Chen A, Lanphear B, Yolton K. Infant attention a 5 post- gestational weeks is associated with autistic traits at age 5 years, but not 8 years. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 2018.

Braun JM, Kalloo G, Chen A, Dietrich KN, Liddy-Hicks S, Morgan S, Xu Y, Yolton K, Lanphear BP. Cohort Profile: The Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2017;46:24-24I.

Donauer S, Chen A, Xu Y, Calafat AM, Sjodin A, Yolton K. Prenatal Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals and Infant Neurobehavior. Journal of Pediatrics. 2015;166:736-742.

Chen A, Yolton K, Rauch SA, Webster GM, Hornung R, Sjoedin A, Dietrich KN, Lanphear BP. Prenatal Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Exposures and Neurodevelopment in U.S. Children Through 5 Years of Age: The HOME Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2014;122:856-862.

Yolton K, Cornelius M, Ornoy A, McGough J, Makris S, Schantz S. Exposure to Neurotoxicants and the Development of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and its Related Behaviors in Childhood. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 2014;44:30-45.

Yolton K, Xu Y, Sucharew H, Succop P, Altaye M, Popelar A, Montesano MA, Calafat AM, Khoury JC. Impact of low-level gestational exposure to organophosphate pesticides on neurobehavior in early infancy: a prospective study. Environmental Health. 2013; 12:79-88.

Yolton K, Khoury J, Xu Y, Succop P, Lanphear B, Bernert J, Lester B. Low-Level Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine and Infant Neurobehavior. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 2009;31:356-363.

Yolton K, Khoury J, Hornung R, Dietrich K, Succop P, Lanphear B. Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Child Behaviors. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2008;29:456-463.

Lanphear BP, Hornung R, Khoury J, Yolton K, Baghurst P, Bellinger D, Canield RL, Dietrich KN, Bornshien R, Greene T, Rothenberg SJ, Needleman HL, Schnaas L, Wasserman G, Graziano J, Roberts R. Low-level environmental lead exposure and children’s intellectual function: an international pooled analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2005;113:894-899.

Yolton K, Dietrich K, Auinger P, Lanphear BP, Hornung R. Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Cognitive Abilities among US Children and Adolescents. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2005; 113:98-103.

Grants

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Bone mineral accretion in young children. Co-Investigator. NICHD. Dec 2013-Nov 2018. R01 HD076321-01.

Faculty

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Robert T. Ammerman, PhD, ABPP Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology 513-636-4336 robert.ammerman@cchmc.org

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Robert T. Ammerman, PhD, ABPP

Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology

Scientific Director, Every Child Succeeds

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4336

Fax 513-636-7756

Email robert.ammerman@cchmc.org

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Clinical & Research Interests

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Clinical

Maternal depression; anxiety disorders.

Research

Early childhood prevention programs and interventions to optimize the development of young children; enhancements of home visiting programs that improve outcomes for mothers and children; development of in-home treatment for postpartum depression; use of motivational interviewing to improve retention in home visiting; strategies to help new mothers and fathers co-parent to foster healthy child development.

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Biography

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Robert T. Ammerman, PhD, ABPP, is a professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and scientific director of Every Child Succeeds.

Dr. Ammerman received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and completed an internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is certified in cognitive and behavioral psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.

Education and Training

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PhD: University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA, 1986.

Internship: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Pittsburgh, PA, 1986.

Certification: American Board of Professional Psychology, Diplomate in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, 1995; Ohio State Board of Psychology, 1999.

Publications

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Grants

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Engaging Fathers in Home Visitation: Incorporation of a Co-Parenting Intervention. Principal Investigator.
NIH/NICHD. Aug 2012-Jun 2017. #R01 HD069431-01A1.

Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics 513-636-3170 andrew.beck1@cchmc.org

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Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-3170

Email andrew.beck1@cchmc.org

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Specialties

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General pediatrics; public health; hospital medicine

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Dr. Beck strives to improve population health outcomes by focusing on the identification and mitigation of key social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. He sees patients as a primary care and hospitalist pediatrician. For his efforts, he has been recognized with the Cincinnati Children's Junior Faculty Award for Service and Advocacy and has been recognized by the Cincinnati Business Courier as a member of the region's 40 under 40.

Education and Training

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BA: Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2002.

MD: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006.

MPH: Harvard University, Boston, MA, 2011.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2009.

Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2009.

Publications

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Beck AF, Tschudy MM, Coker TR, Mistry KB, Cox J, Gitterman BA, Chamberlain LJ, Grace AM, Hole MK, Klass PE, Lobach KS, Ma CT, Navsaria D, Northrip KD, Sadof MD, Shah AN, Fierman AH. Determinants of Health and Pediatric Primary Care Practices. Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):1-11.

Beck AF, Florin TA (co-first author), Campanella S, Shah SS. Geographic Variation in Hospitalization for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Across One County. JAMA Pediatrics. 2015 Sep 1;169(9):846-54.

Beck AF, Bradley CL, Huang B, Simmons JM, Heaton PC, Kahn RS. The Pharmacy-Level Asthma Medication Ratio and Population Health. Pediatrics. 2015 Jun;135(6):1009-17.

Beck AF, Huang B, Chundur R, Kahn RS. Housing Code Violation Density Associated With Emergency Department And Hospital Use By Children With Asthma. Health Affairs. Nov 2014;33(11):1993-2002.

Beck AF, Henize AW, Kahn RS, Reiber KL, Young JJ, Klein MD. Forging a pediatric primary care-community partnership to support food insecure families. Pediatrics. Aug 2014;134(2):e564-e571.

Beck AF, Huang B, Simmons JM, Moncrief T, Sauers HS, Chen C, Ryan PH, Newman NC, Kahn RS. Role of Financial and Social Hardships in Asthma Racial Disparities. Pediatrics. Mar 2014;133(3).

Beck AF, Simmons JM, Sauers HS, Sharkey K, Alam M, Jones C, Kahn RS. Connecting at-risk inpatient asthmatics to a community-based program to reduce home environmental risks: care system redesign using quality improvement methods. Hospital Pediatrics. Oct 2013;3(4):326-334.

Beck AF, Moncrief T, Huang B, Simmons JM, Sauers H, Chen C, Kahn RS. Inequalities in Neighborhood Child Asthma Admission Rates and Underlying Community Characteristics in One US County. Journal of Pediatrics. Mar 2013;163(2):574-80 e1.

Beck AF, Simmons JM, Huang B, Kahn RS. Geomedicine: area-based socioeconomic measures for assessing risk of hospital reutilization among children admitted for asthma. American journal of public health. 2012 Dec;102(12):2308-2314.

Beck AF, Klein MD, Schaffzin JK, Tallent V, Gillam M, Kahn RS. Identifying and treating a substandard housing cluster using a medical-legal partnership. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov;130(5):831-838.

Frank M. Biro, MD 513-636-7938 frank.biro@cchmc.org

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Frank M. Biro, MD

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-7938

Fax 513-636-1129

Email frank.biro@cchmc.org

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Clinical & Research Interests

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Clinical

Complex medical problems of adolescence; growth; puberty

Research

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Education and Training

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MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1979.

Certification: Internal Medicine, September 1983; Pediatrics, November 1986; Adolescent Medicine, February 1995.

Publications

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Wolf MS, Pajak A, Pinney SM, Windham GC, Galvez M, Rybak M, Silva MJ, Ye X, Calafat AM, Kushi LH, Biro FM, Teitelbaum SL. Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program. Associations of urinary phthalate and phenol biomarkers with menarche in a multiethnic cohort of young girls. Reprod Toxicol. 2017;67:56-64.

Deierlein AL, Wolff MS, Pajak A, Pinney SM, Windham GC, Galvez MP, Silva MJ, Calafat AM, Kushi LH, Biro FM, Teitelbaum SL; BCERP. Longitudinal associations of phthalate exposures during childhood and body size measurements in young girls. Epidemiology. 2016;27(4):492-499.

Biro FM, Kiess W. Contemporary trends in onset and completion of puberty, gain in height and adiposity. Endocr Dev. 2016;29:122-133.

Mervish N, Pajak A, Teitelbaum SL, Pinney SM, Windham GC, Kushi LH, Biro FM, Valentin-Blasini L, Blount BC, Wolff MS; BCERP. Thyroid antagonists (perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate) and childhood growth in a longitudinal study of US girls. Environ Health Perspect. 2016;124(4):542-549.

Wolff MS, Teitelbaum SL, McGovern K, Pinney SM, Windham GC, Galvez M, Pajak A, Rybak M, Calafat AM, Kushi LH, Biro FM; on behalf of the Breast Cancer and Environment Research Program. Environmental phenols and pubertal development in girls. Environ INT. 2015;84:174-180.

Windham GC, Pinney SM, Voss RW, Sjodin A, Biro FM, Greenspan LC, Stewart S, Hiatt RA, Kushi LH. Brominated flame retardants and other persistent organohalogenated compounds in relation to timing of puberty in a longitudinal study of girls. Environ Health Perspect. 2015;123(10):1046-1052.

In-Iw S, Braverman PK, Bates JR, Biro FM. The impact of health education counseling on rate of recurrent sexually transmitted infections in adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015;28(6):481-485.

Wang J, Betancourt A, Jenkins S, Biro F, Pinney SM, Chen D, Russo J, Lamartiniere CA. Altered blood proteome in girls with high urine concentrations of bisphenol A, genistein, mono-ethyl hexylphthalate and mono-benzyl phthalate. MOJ Proteomics Bioinform. 2015;2(2):00040.

Cattran AM, Kalkwarf HJ, Pinney SM, Huang B, Biro FM. Bone density and timing of puberty in a longitudinal study of girls. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015;28(3):170-172.

Hong CC, Pajak A, Teitelbaum SL, Vangeepuram N, Galvez M, Pinney SM, Windham G, Kushi LH, Biro FM, Wolff MS; Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program. Younger pubertal age is associated with allergy and other atopic conditions in girls. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2014;25(8):773-780.

William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, MSc Director of Research Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics bill.brinkman@cchmc.org

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William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, MSc

Director of Research Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Physician Lead, Rapid Evidence Adoption to improve Child Health (REACH)

Research Director, Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group

Methods Expert, Evidence and Measures Team, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Member, Center for ADHD

Member, Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Email bill.brinkman@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

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Shared decision making; knowledge translation; family centered care; quality improvement; implementation science; attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); asthma; family/self-management of chronic conditions

Biography

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Dr. Brinkman researches shared decision-making between patients, parents, and clinicians to promote high value care that is evidence-based and family-centered. He collaborates to develop interventions to facilitate shared decision-making across a wide-range of clinical contexts.

Dr. Brinkman serves as director of the Research Section in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics and the research director for the Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group, a practice-based research network. He also serves as a methods expert for the James M. Anderson Center's Evidence and Measures team. In this role, he is building an infrastructure to support shared decision-making throughout Cincinnati Children's.

Education and Training

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MD: St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 1999.

Residency: Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2002.

Chief Residency: Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2003.

Fellowship: NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship, General & Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.

MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.

MSc: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2002.

Publications

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Brinkman WB, Baum R, Kelleher KJ, Peugh J, Gardner W, Lichtenstein P, Langberg J Epstein JN. Relationship between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Care and Medication Continuity. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016; 55(4):289–294.

Brinkman WB, Epstein JN, Auinger P, Tamm L, Froehlich TE. Association of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder with Early Onset Tobacco and Alcohol Use in a National Sample of Young Adolescents. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Feb 1;147:183-9.

Brinkman WB, Hartl Majcher J, Poling L, Shi G, Zender M, Sucharew H, Britto MT, Epstein JN. Shared Decision-Making to Improve Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Care. Patient Educ Couns. 93 (2013) 95–101.

Jerardi KE, Elkeeb D, Weiser J, Brinkman WB. Rapid Implementation of Evidence Based Guidelines for Imaging after First Urinary Tract Infection. Pediatrics. 2013;132:e749–e755.

Brinkman WB, Sherman SN, Zmitrovich AR, Visscher MO, Crosby LE, Phelan KJ, Donovan EF. In their own words: Adolescent views on ADHD and their evolving role managing medication. Acad Pediatr. 2012 Jan; 12(1):53-61.

Brinkman WB, Hartl J, Rawe L, Sucharew H, Britto MT, Epstein JN. Physicians’ Shared Decision Making Behaviors in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Care. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Nov; 165(11):1013-9.

Lipstein EA, Brinkman WB, Britto MT. What Is Known about Parent’s Treatment Decisions? A Narrative Review of Pediatric Decision Making. Med Decis Making. 2012 Mar-Apr;32(2):246-58.

Brinkman WB, Sherman SN, Zmitrovich AR, Visscher MO, Crosby LE, Phelan KJ, Donovan EF. Parental Angst Making and Revisiting ADHD Treatment Decisions. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug; 124: 580-9.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Effect of Multi-Source Feedback on Resident Communication Skills and Professionalism. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jan; 161: 44-9.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Evaluation of Resident Communication Skills and Professionalism: A Matter of Perspective? Pediatrics. 2006 Oct; 18: 1371-9.

Grants

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Developing New Technologies to Improve ADHD Medication Continuity. R34, National Institute of Mental Health. Apr 2014–Mar 2017.

Collaborative Ohio Inquiry Networks (COIN) Research Center. (PI: Werner) Co-investigator. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Sep 2012–Aug 2017.

Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training. (PI: Heubi) Role: Co-Investigator, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Aug 2015–Mar 2019.

Anti-TNF Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy with Low Dose Methotrexate in Pediatric Crohn’s disease. (PI: Kappelman) Role: Co-investigator, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Oct 2015–Sep 2020.

A Decision Aid to Inform Consent for Return of Results across Genomic Sequencing Studies. (PI: Myers) Role: Co-Investigator, Cincinnati Children's Center for Pediatric Genomics. Jan 2016–Dec 2016.

Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH Director, Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care 513-636-8583 maria.britto@cchmc.org

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Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-8583

Fax 513-636-0727

Email maria.britto@cchmc.org

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Clinical & Research Interests

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Clinical

Chronic illness in adolescents; chronic disease care of adolescents; health care quality

Research

Chronic illness in adolescents; health care quality; quality of life; health care preferences of adolescents with chronic illness

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Biography

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Maria Britto, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician, professor of pediatrics, founding director of the Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care, and research faculty mentoring lead for the Anderson Center within the UC Department of Pediatrics. She holds an MPH in epidemiology and a graduate certificate in medical informatics. She served as the assistant vice president of Chronic Care Systems from 2007 to 2012.

Her research focuses on health care needs and preferences of adolescents with chronic conditions and on interventions to improve health outcomes. She is the director of the Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care, which seeks to accelerate improvement in outcomes for children and adolescents with chronic conditions by developing and evaluating new methods of care delivery and by applying innovative approaches to quality improvement in chronic diseases. She has served as a mentor for numerous NIH career development awards, as well as numerous other students, residents and junior faculty.

Education and Training

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MD: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1987.

MPH: Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995.

Residency: Medicine/Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, 1987-1991.

Chief Resident: Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, 1991-1992.

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993-1995.

Graduate Certificate: Biomedical Informatics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 2008.

Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1991; Recertified 2001; American Board of Pediatrics, 1992; Recertified 1999, 2007; American Board of Pediatrics, Certification in Adolescent Medicine, 1997; Recertified 2007 and 2011.

Licensure: Ohio, July 1995.

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Mangione-Smith R, Roth CP, Britto MT, Chen AY, McGalliard J, Boat TF, Adams JL, McGlynn EA. Development and testing of the Pediatric Respiratory Illness Measurement System (PRIMES) quality indicators. Hosp Pediatr. 2017;7(3):125-133.

Crosby LE, Joffe NE, Peugh J, Ware RE, Britto MT. Pilot of the chronic disease self-management program for adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease. J Adolesc Health. 2017;60(1):120-123.

Crosby LE, Ware RE, Goldstein A, Walton A, Joffe NE, Vogel C, Britto MT. Development and evaluation of iManage: a self-management app co-designed by adolescents with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017;64(1):139-145.

Desai AD, Burkhart Q, Parast L, Simon TD, Allshouse C, Britto MT, Leyenaar JK, Gidengil CA, Toomey SL, Elliott MN, Schneider EC, Mangione-Smith R. Development and pilot testing of caregiver-reported pediatric quality measures for transitions between sites of care. Acad Pediatr. 2016;16(8):760-769.

Lipstein EA, Lovell DJ, Denson LA, Kim SC, Spencer C, Ittenbach RF, Britto MT. High levels of decisional conflict and decision regret when making decisions about biologics. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016;63(6):e176-e181.

Lipstein EA, Lovell DJ, Denson LA, Kim SC, Spencer C, Britto MT. Parents’ information needs and influential factors when making decisions about TNF-α inhibitors. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2016;14(1):53.

Leyenaar JK, Desai AD, Burkhart Q, Parast L, Roth CP, McGalliard J, Marmet J, Simon TD, Allshouse C, Britto MT, Gidengil CA, Elliott MN, McGlynn EA, Mangione-Smith R. Quality measures to assess care transitions for hospitalized children. Pediatrics. 2016;138(2):e20160906.

Dodds CM, Britto MT, Denson LA, Lovell DJ, Saeed S, Lipstein EA. Physicians’ perceptions of shared decision making in chronic disease and its barriers and facilitators. J Pediatr. 2016;171:307-309.e1-2.

Lipstein EA, Lindly OJ, Anixt JS, Britto MT, Zuckerman KE. Shared decision making in the care of children with developmental and behavioral disorders. Matern Child Health J. 2016;20(3):665-673.

Reed JL, Zaidi MA, Woods TD, Bates JR, Britto MT, Huppert JS. Impact of post-visit contact on emergency department utilization for adolescent women with a sexually transmitted infection. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015;28(3):144-148.

Courtney M. Brown, MD, MSc General Pediatrics Research Committee, Co-chair 513-636-4506 courtneym.brown@cchmc.org

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Courtney M. Brown, MD, MSc

General Pediatrics Research Committee, Co-chair

Attending Physician, Pediatric Primary Care Center

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4506

Email courtneym.brown@cchmc.org

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Clinical Interests

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Preventive care; mental health

Biography

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Courtney M. Brown, MD, MSc, is a general pediatrician and a primary care researcher. Her research focuses on social and emotional development in preschool-aged children and on enhancing interdisciplinary efforts to connect families with services that promote healthy social-emotional development. She also has expertise in developing primary care quality metrics and in improving systems for reliable delivery of preventive services.

Education and Training

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MD: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2005-2008.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2008.

MSc: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2011.

Fellowship: NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2012; Quality Scholars Program in Healthcare Transformation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2014.

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Goyal N, Hall E, Greenberg J, Wexelblatt S, Kahn RS, Samaan Z, Brown CM. Care Coordination Associated with Improved Timing of Newborn Primary Care Visits. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2016;20(9):1923-1932.

Brown CM, Raglin Bignall WR, Ammerman RT. Preventive Behavioral Health Programs in Primary Care: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics. 2018;e20180611.

Cunningham NR, Moorman E, Brown CM, Mallon D, Chundi PK, Mara C, Pentiuk S, Lynch-Jordan AM, Dykes DMH, Elfers J, Farrell MK. Integrating Psychological Screening into Medical Care for Youth with Abdominal Pain. Pediatrics. 2018 Aug;142(2).

Goyal NK, Folger AT, Sucharew HJ, Brown CM, Hall ES, Van Ginkel JB, Ammerman RT. Primary care and home visiting utilization patterns among at-risk infants. J Pediatr. 2018 Jul;198:240-246.

Samaan Z, Brown CM, Morehous J, Perkins AA, Kahn RS, Mansour ME. Implementation of a Preventive Services Bundle in Academic Pediatric Primary Care Centers. Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):1-7.

Brown CM, Beck AF, Steuerwald W, Alexander E, Samaan ZM, Kahn RS, Mansour ME. Narrowing Care Gaps for Early Language Delay: A Quality Improvement Study. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2016; 55(2): 137-144.

Brown CM, Samaan ZM, Morehous JF, Perkins AA, Kahn RS, Mansour ME. Development of a Bundle Measure for Preventive Service Delivery to Infants in Primary Care. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2015; 21(4): 642-648.

Brown CM, Perkins J, Blust A, Kahn RS. A Neighborhood-Based Approach to Population Health in the Pediatric Medical Home. J Community Health. 2015; 40(1): 1-11.

Brown CM, Girio-Herrera E, Sherman SN, Kahn RS, Copeland KA. Pediatricians May Address Barriers Inadequately When Referring Low-Income Preschool-Aged Children to Behavioral Health Services. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2014;25: 406–424.

Brown CM, Copeland KA, Sucharew H, Kahn RS. Social-Emotional Problems in Preschool-Aged Children: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Intervention. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(10):1.

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Rapid Response Intervention for Children at Risk for School Suspension. Principal Investigator. Place Outcomes Research Award. Jul 2017-June 2019.

Early Childhood Education Navigator Program. Co-Investigator. PNC Bank Charitable Trust. Jul 2018-Jun 2020.

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics 513-636-5932 tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics

Medical Director, Every Child Succeeds

Associate Chair for Education

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-5932

Fax 513-803-9245

Email tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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Generalist pediatrics; community-based education and research; faculty development; medical education research

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Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, is the Carl Weihl professor of pediatrics, director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and associate chair for education in the Department of Pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He has served as president of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, chair of the steering committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network and Committee on Pediatric Education, as well as on the National Academies of Science Board on Children, Youth, and Families. He currently sits on the United States Preventative Services Task Force and the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics. He is nationally and internationally known for his publications and presentations in the areas of faculty development and community-based education and research.

Education and Training

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MD: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1976.

Residency: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Chief Resident: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1982.

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Klein M, DeWitt TG. Reliability of parent-measured axillary temperatures. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Apr;49(3):271-3.

Samaan ZM, Klein MD, Mansour ME, DeWitt TG. The impact of the electronic health record on an academic pediatric primary care center. J Ambul Care Manage. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):180-7.

DeWitt TG, Cheng TL. The role of Title VII funding in academic general pediatrics fellowships and leadership. Acad Med. 2008 Nov;83(11):1103-6.

DeWitt TG. Diversity in pediatrics: the challenge and the opportunity. Ambul Pediatr. 2008 Mar-Apr;8(2):73-6.

Muething SE, Kotagal UR, Schoettker PJ, Gonzalez del Rey J, DeWitt TG. Family-centered bedside rounds: a new approach to patient care and teaching. Pediatrics. 2007 Apr;119(4):829-32.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, Dewitt TG, Britto MT. Effect of multisource feedback on resident communication skills and professionalism: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jan;161(1):44-9.

Brinkman WB, Geraghty SR, Lanphear BP, Khoury JC, Gonzalez del Rey JA, DeWitt TG, Britto MT. Evaluation of resident communication skills and professionalism: a matter of perspective? Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1371-9.

DeWitt TG. The application of social and adult learning theory to training in community pediatrics, social justice, and child advocacy. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Part 2):755-7.

Siegel RM, Kiely M, Bien JP, Joseph EC, Davis JB, Mendel SG, Pestian JP, DeWitt TG. Treatment of otitis media with observation and a safety-net antibiotic prescription. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):527-31.

Mansour ME, Kotagal U, Rose B, Ho M, Brewer D, Roy-Chaudhury A, Hornung RW, Wade TJ, DeWitt TG. Health-related quality of life in urban elementary schoolchildren. Pediatrics. 2003 Jun;111(6 Pt 1):1372-81.

Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP Medical Director, Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic 513-636-2526 sheela.geraghty@cchmc.org

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Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP

Medical Director, Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-2526

Fax 513-636-4402

Email sheela.geraghty@cchmc.org

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Breastfeeding; breast milk pumping; human milk banking; multiple births

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Sheela R. Geraghty, MD, is a general pediatrician and lactation consultant. Dr. Geraghty is the medical director for the Cincinnati Children’s Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic. Dr. Geraghty’s research and clinical practice focuses on barriers to successful breastfeeding.

Education and Training

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BS: Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 1991.

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1995.

Residency: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 1995-1998.

Chief Residency: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 1998-1999.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2003.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2003.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2016; International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, 2016.

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O’Sullivan EJ, Geraghty SR, Rasmussen KM. Human milk expression as a sole or ancillary strategy for infant feeding: a qualitative exploratory study. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 2017;13(3).

Rasmussen KM, Felice JP, O'Sullivan EJ, Garner CD, Geraghty SR. The Meaning of "Breastfeeding" Is Changing and So Must Our Language About It. Breastfeed Med. 2017 Nov;12(9):510-514.

Felice JP, Geraghty SR, Quaglieri CW, Yamada R, Wong AJ, Rasmussen KM. "Breastfeeding" without baby: A longitudinal, qualitative investigation of how mothers perceive, feel about, and practice human milk expression. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Jul;13(3).

Felice JP, Geraghty SR, Quaglieri CW, Yamada R, Wong AJ, Rasmussen KM. "Breastfeeding" but not at the breast: Mothers' descriptions of providing pumped human milk to their infants via other containers and caregivers. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Jul;13(3).

Keim SA, Boone K, Oza-Frank R, Geraghty SR. Pumping milk without ever feeding at the breast in the Moms2Moms Study. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2017;12(7):422-429.

Young BE, Patinkin Z, Pyle L, Davidson BS, Geraghty SR, Morrrow AL, Krebs NF. Markers of oxidative stress in human milk do not differ by maternal BMI but are related to infant growth trajectories. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2017;21(6):1367-1376.

Weisband YL, Keim SA, Keder LM, Geraghty SR, Gallo MF. Early breast milk pumping intentions among postpartum women. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2017;12(1):28-32.

Oza-Frank R, Moreland JJ, McNamara K, Geraghty SR, Keim SA. Early lactation and infant feeding practices differ by maternal gestational diabetes history. Journal of Human Lactation. 2016;32(4):658-665.

Boone KM, Geraghty SR, Keim SA. Feeding At the Breast and Expressed Milk Feeding: Associations with Otitis Media and Diarrhea in Infants. Journal of Pediatrics. 2016;174:118-125.

O’Sullivan EJ, Geraghty SR, Rasmussen KM. Informal human milk sharing: A qualitative exploration of the attitudes and experiences of mothers. Journal of Human Lactation. 2016;32(3):416-24.

David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH 513-803-7278 david.hartley@cchmc.org

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David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-7278

Email david.hartley@cchmc.org

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Infectious disease epidemiology; public health surveillance; mathematical and computer modeling

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David M. Hartley, PhD, MPH, is associate professor of pediatrics at the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children's within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His work investigates the factors governing the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases by applying mathematical modeling, computer simulation, and data analytic approaches. Additionally, he is interested in applying information technology and mathematical methods to better understand and improve patient safety and communications in healthcare settings. He obtained his PhD degree in physics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1996 and his MPH degree with an emphasis in epidemiology and biostatistics from the George Washington University in 2006. Dr. Hartley has served on numerous review, advisory, and expert panels, including a White House Blue Ribbon Panel charged with addressing the threat of bioterrorism directed against livestock (2003) and the DHS-NIH Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) working group (2008-2014). He has held faculty positions at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (2003-2007) and the Georgetown University School of Medicine (2007-2014).

Education and Training

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PhD: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 1996.

MPH: George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2006.

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Smith DL, Perkins TA, Reiner Jr RC, Barker CM, Niu T, Chaves LF, Ellis AM, George DB, Le Menach A, Pulliam J, Bisanzio D, Buckee C, Chiyaka C, Cummings DAT, Garcia AJ, Gatton ML, Gething PW, Hartley DM, Johnston G, Klein EY, Michael E, Lindsay SW, Lloyd AL, Pigott DM, Reisen WK, Ruktanonchai N, Singh B, Stoller J, Tatem AJ, Kitron U, Hay SI, Scott TW. Recasting the Theory of Mosquito-Borne Pathogen Transmission Dynamics and Control. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Apr;108(4):185-87.

Hartley DM. Using social media and other Internet data for public health surveillance: The importance of talking. Milbank Q. 2014 Mar;92(1):34-9.

Barboza P, Vaillant L, Le Strat Y, Hartley DM, Nelson NP, Mawudeku A, Madoff LC, Linge JP, Collier N, Brownstein JS, Astagneau P. Factors influencing performance of Internet-based biosurveillance systems used in epidemic intelligence for early detection of infectious diseases outbreaks. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 5;9(3):e90536.

Hartley DM, Nelson NP, Arthur RR, Barboza P, Collier N, Lightfoot N, Linge JP, van der Goot E, Mawudeku A, Madoff LC, Vaillant L, Walters R, Yangarber R, Mantero J, Corley CD, Brownstein JS. An overview of Internet biosurveillance. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Nov;19(11):1006-13.

Barker CM, Niu T, Reisen WK, Hartley DM. Data-driven modeling to assess receptivity for Rift Valley fever virus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Nov 14;7(11): e2515.

Nelson NP, Brownstein J, Hartley DM. Event-based biosurveillance of respiratory disease in Mexico, 2007-2009: Connection to influenza A(H1N1)v? Euro Surveill. 2010 Jul 29;15(30).

Nelson NP, Yang L, Reilly AR, Hardin JE, Hartley DM. Event-based Internet Biosurveillance: Relation to Epidemiological Observation. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2012 Jun 18;9(1):4.

Hartley DM, Barker CM, Le Menach A, Niu T, Gaff HD, Reisen WK. The effects of temperature on the emergence and seasonality of West Nile virus in California. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 May;86(5):884-94.

Hartley DM, Morris JG Jr, Smith DL. Epidemiological Implications of Hyperinfectivity: A critical element in the ability of V. Cholerae to cause epidemics? PloS Med. 2006 Jan;3(1):e7.

Niu T, Gaff HD, Papelis YE, Hartley DM. An epidemiological model of Rift Valley fever with spatial dynamics. Comput Math Methods Med. 2012;2012:138757.

Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd Associate Division Director, Division of Hospital Medicine 513-636-9349 karen.jerardi@cchmc.org

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Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd

Associate Division Director, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-9349

Fax 513-803-9245

Email karen.jerardi@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Pediatric hospital medicine

Research

Medical education; quality measure development

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Dr. Jerardi serves as the associate division director for clinical operations. In this role she oversees the five main service lines of Hospital Medicine at both the Burnet and Liberty campuses. She is also the fellowship director of the PHM fellowship. She serves as the vice-chair of the national PHM fellowship directors and served as the first author for the curricular framework for PHM fellowships nationwide.

Her additional research interests have focused on developing quality measures for the management of children hospitalized with common infections such as urinary tract infection and pneumonia. In this area, she has served as a site leader for a two multicenter studies and as a primary investigator in an additional study of UTI inpatient care.

Education and Training

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MD: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006.

Residency: Categorical Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2009.

MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2013.

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Williams D, Shah SS, Myers A, Hall M, Auger K, Queen M, Jerardi K, McClain L, Wiggleton C, Tieder J. Identifying Pediatric Community-acquired Pneumonia Hospitalizations: Accuracy of Administrative Billing Codes. JAMA Pediatrics. 2013.

Jerardi K, Elkeeb D, Weiser J, Brinkman W. Rapid Implementation of Evidence Based Guidelines for Imaging after First Urinary Tract Infection. Pediatrics. 2013.

Myers AL, Hall M, Williams DJ, Auger K, Tieder JS, Statile A, Jerardi K, McClain L, Shah SS. Prevalence of Bacteremia in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jul;32(7):736-740.

Jerardi KE, Auger KA, Shah SS, Hall M, Hain PD, Myers AL, Williams DJ, Tieder JS. Discordant Antibiotic Therapy and Length of Stay in Children Hospitalized for Urinary Tract Infection. J Hosp Med. 2012 Oct;7(8):622-7.

Tieder JS, Hall M, Auger KA, Hain PD, Jerardi KE, Myers AL, Rahman SS, Williams DJ, Shah SS. Accuracy of hospital billing codes to detect urinary tract infection hospitalizations. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):323-30.

Jessica A. Kahn, MD, MPH Associate Chair, Academic Affairs and Career Development 513-636-7764 lydia.west@cchmc.org

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Jessica A. Kahn, MD, MPH

Associate Chair, Academic Affairs and Career Development

Director, Office of Academic Affairs and Career Development

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-7764

Email lydia.west@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Sexual and reproductive health; eating disorders; cancer prevention behaviors in adolescents

Research

Interdisciplinary clinical and epidemiologic studies related to prevention of cervical cancer and other diseases caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), in the United States and globally

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Jessica A Kahn, MD, MPH, is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent and Transition Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Kahn serves as the director of the Office of Academic Affairs and Career Development at Cincinnati Children’s. She also serves as the associate program director of the Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) KL2 program and the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 program at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Dr. Kahn sees patients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, both at the main hospital site and at Cincinnati Children's Liberty campus. Her clinical interests include sexual and reproductive health and eating disorders. Her research interests include human papillomavirus (HPV) and Pap tests in adolescent girls, HPV vaccines, and cancer prevention behaviors in adolescents.

Dr. Kahn received her undergraduate degree in architecture from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey in 1986. She received her MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992 and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts in 1999. She was chief resident in pediatrics and a fellow in adolescent medicine at the Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as a clinical fellow and instructor at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kahn's awards include the Huffman-Capraro Young Investigator Award from the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and the New Investigator Award from the Society for Adolescent Medicine. She has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, and foundations such as the American Cancer Society. She has published approximately 140 articles, and is a contributing author for several medical textbooks. She serves on national and international committees and advisory groups focusing on vaccines and other adolescent health issues.

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BArch: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1986.

MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1992.

MPH: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1999.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1995; Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1996.

Fellowship: Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1999.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1995; American Board of Pediatrics, subspecialist in Adolescent Medicine, 1999.

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Kahn JA, Widdice LE, Ding L, Huang B, Brown DR, Franco EL, Bernstein DI. Substantial decline in vaccine-type human papillomavirus (HPV) among vaccinated young women during the first 8 years after HPV vaccine introduction in a community. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;63(10):1281-1287.

Whittemore D, Ding L, Widdice LE, Brown DA, Bernstein DI, Franco EL, Kahn JA. Distribution of vaccine-type human papillomavirus does not differ by race or ethnicity among unvaccinated young women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016;25(11):1153-1158.

Mesher D, Soldan K, Lehtinen M, Beddows S, Brisson M, Brotherton JM, Chow EP, Cummings T, Drolet M, Fairley CK, Garland SM, Kahn JA, Kavanagh K, Markowitz L, Pollock KG, Söderlund-Strand A, Sonnenberg P, Tabrizi SN, Tanton C, Unger E, Thomas SL. Population-level effects of human papillomavirus vaccination programs on infections with nonvaccine genotypes. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016;22(10):1732-1740.

Vadaparampil ST, Malo TL, Sutton SK, Ali KN, Kahn JA, Casler A, Salmon D, Walkosz B, Roetzheim RG, Zimet GD, Giuliano AR. Missing the target for routine human papillomavirus vaccination: consistent and strong physician recommendations are lacking for 11- to 12-year-old males. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016;25(10):1435-1446.

Mullins TL, Zimet G, Lally M, Kahn JA. Adolescent human immunodeficiency virus care providers’ attitudes toward the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in youth. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2016;30(7):339-348.

Mullins TL, Zimet GD, Rosenthal SL, Morrow C, Ding L, Huang B, Kahn JA. Human papillomavirus vaccine-related risk perceptions and subsequent sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections among vaccinated adolescent women. Vaccine. 2016;34(34):4040-4045.

Postenrieder NR, Reed JL, Hesse E, Kahn JA, Ding L, Gaydos CA, Rompalo A, Widdice LE. Rapid antigen testing for trichomoniasis in an emergency department. Pediatrics. 2016;137(6):e20152072.

Kahn JA, Rudy BJ, Xu J, Kapogiannis B, Secord E, Gillison M. Prevalence and risk factors for oral DNA tumor viruses in HIV-infected youth. J Med Virol. 2016;88(11):1944-1952.

Higgins LM, Dirksing KN, Ding L, Morrow CD, Widdice LA, Kahn JA. Adolescents’ intention and self-efficacy to follow Pap testing recommendations after receiving the HPV vaccine. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016;12(6):1498-1503.

Kasting ML, Shapiro GK, Rosberger Z, Kahn JA, Zimet GD. Tempest in a teapot: A systematic review of HPV vaccination and risk compensation research. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016;12(6):1435-1450.

Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH Associate Chair of Community Health, UC Department of Pediatrics 513-636-4369 robert.kahn@cchmc.org

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Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH

Associate Chair of Community Health, UC Department of Pediatrics

Associate Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Physician Lead, Community and Population Health, James M. Anderson Center for Health System Excellence

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4369

Fax 513-636-7247

Email robert.kahn@cchmc.org

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Parental health as a mediator of poverty's effects on children; social and economic disparities in children's health; interaction of genes and environment in common childhood diseases

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Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH, is a general pediatrician and child health researcher. Dr. Kahn's main interest lies at the intersection of poverty and child health, trying to understand what leads to worse health among poor children, and where me might intervene most effectively. He focuses on the most common pediatric conditions such as asthma and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). His work includes both NIH-funded research, but also a focus on building practical collaborations with the most effective community agencies.

Dr. Kahn attended Princeton University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. At Children's Hospital in Boston, he completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in primary care research. At the same time, he obtained a Master of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Kahn came to Cincinnati Children's in 1999 as an assistant professor of pediatrics within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Currently, he is a professor and associate director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics. He now helps to direct the Community Health initiative in the Strategic Plan, and he is co-director of the Cincinnati Child-Health Law Partnership.

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BA: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1986.

MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 1992.

Residency: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1995.

Fellowship: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1997.

MPH: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1997.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1995, 2002.

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Hensley C, Heaton PC, Kahn RS, Luder HR, Frede SM, Beck AF. Poverty, Transportation Access, and Medication Nonadherence. Pediatrics. 2018;141(4):11 pages.

Beck AF, Riley CL, Taylor SC, Brokamp C, Kahn RS. Pervasive Income-Based Disparities In Inpatient Bed-Day Rates Across Conditions And Subspecialties. Health Affairs. 2018;37(4):551-559.

Henize AW, Beck AF, Klein MD, Morehous J, Kahn RS. Transformation of a Pediatric Primary Care Waiting Room: Creating a Bridge to Community Resources. Matern Child Health J. 2018;22(6):779-785.

Beck AF, Sandel MT, Ryan PH, Kahn RS. Mapping Neighborhood Health Geomarkers To Clinical Care Decisions To Promote Equity In Child Health. Health Affairs. 2017;36(6):999-1005.

Brown CM, Kahn RS, Goyal NK. Timely and Appropriate Healthcare Access for Newborns: A Neighborhood-Based, Improvement Science Approach. New Directions for Evaluation. 2017(153):35-50.

Johnson LH, Beck AF, Kahn RS, Huang B, Ryan PH, Olano KK, Auger KA. Characteristics of Pediatric Emergency Revisits After an Asthma-Related Hospitalization. Ann Emerg Med. 2017;7(3):277-287.

Kahn RS, Iyer SB, Kotagal UR. Development of a Child Health Learning Network to Improve Population Health Outcomes; Presented in Honor of Dr. Robert Haggerty. Acad Pediatr. 2017;17(6):607-613.

Beck AF, Huang B, Wheeler K, Lawson NR, Kahn RS, Riley CL. The Child Opportunity Index and Disparities in Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations Across One Ohio Metropolitan Area 2011-2013. J Pediatrics. 2017;190-200-206.

Auger KA, Kahn RS, Simmons JM, Huang B, Shah AN, Timmons K, Beck AF. Utilizing address information to identify hardships reported by families of children hospitalized with asthma. Acad Pediatr. 2016;170:695-703.

McDowell KM, Kercsmar CM, Huang B, Guilbert TW, Kahn RS. Medical and social determinants of health associated with intensive care admission for asthma in children. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016;13:1081-1088.

Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd Director, Education Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics 513-636-4506 melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd

Director, Education Section, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Director, General Pediatrics Master Educator Fellowship

Director, Primary Care and Community Pediatrics Pathway of the Pediatric Residency

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4506

Fax 513-636-4506

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Medical education; health disparities; primary care pediatrics

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Melissa Klein, MD, Med, is an associate professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her medical training at Albany Medical College and her pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She more recently earned her Master of Education at the University of Cincinnati. Her main interests are medical education, specifically related to teaching residents how to address social determinants of health in pediatric settings. She is involved in education within the institution as one of the associate directors of the Pediatric Residency Training Program and the education section director in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics.

Dr. Klein is also interested in investigating and addressing health disparities. As part of this role, she serves as the physician champion of education for Child HeLP, the Medical-Legal Partnership serving patients in the pediatric primary care centers. She is also involved a program, collaborating with the FreeStore FoodBank, to reduce food insecurity in infants seeking care in the outpatient primary care center.

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MD: Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 1995.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-1998.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1998-1999.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1999; recertification, 2006.

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Klein MD, Alcamo AM, Beck AF, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, Henize A, Kahn RS. Can a Video Curriculum on the Social Determinants of Health Affect Residents’ Practice and Families’ Perceptions of Care? Acad Pediatr. 2014 Mar-Apr;14(2):159-66.

Klein MD, Schumacher DJ, Sandel M. Assessing and Managing the Social Determinants of Health: Defining an Entrustable Professional Activity to Assess Residents’ Ability to Meet Societal Needs. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Jan-Feb:4(1):10-3.

Klein M, O’Toole JK, McLinden D, DeWitt TG. Training Tomorrow’s Medical Education Leaders: Creating a General Pediatric Master Educator Fellowship. J Pediatr. 2013 Mar;162(3):440-441.

Klein M, Niebuhr V, D’Alessandro D. Innovative online faculty development utilizing the power of social media. Acad Pediatr. 2013 Nov-Dec;13(6):564-9.

O’Toole JK, Solan LG, Burkhardt MC, Klein MD. Watch and Learn: An Innovative Video Trigger Curriculum to Increase Resident Screening for Social Determinants of Health. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Apr;52(4):344-50.

Klein MD, Beck AF, Henize AW, Parrish DS, Fink EE, Kahn RS. Doctors and Lawyers Collaborating to HeLP Children - Outcomes from a Successful Partnership between Professions. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Aug;24(3):1063-73.

O’Toole JK, Burkhardt MC, Solan LG, Vaughn L, Klein MD. Resident Confidence Addressing Social History: Is It Influenced By Availability of Social-Legal Resources? Clin Pediatr (Phil). 2012 Jul;51(7):625-31.

Beck AF, Klein MD, Schaffzin JK, Tallent V, Gillam M, Kahn RS. Identifying and treating a substandard housing cluster using a medical-legal partnership. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov;130(5):831-8.

Demartini TL, Beck AF, Klein MD, Kahn RS. Access to Digital Technology Among Families Coming to Urban Pediatric Primary Care Clinics. Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e142-8.

Burkhardt MC, Beck AF, Conway PH, Kahn RS, Klein MD. Enhancing Accurate Identification of Food Insecurity Using Quality Improvement Techniques. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb;129(2):e504-10.

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Public Health Service Act, Title VII. Health Resources and Services Administration. Principal Investigator. Oct 2011 - Oct 2016. #D55HP23195.

Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence 513-803-5015 peter.margolis@cchmc.org

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Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD

Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-5015

Fax 513-636-0171

Email peter.margolis@cchmc.org

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Peter Margolis, MD, PhD, is the co-director of the James M. Anderson Center for Health System Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His work encompasses the application and study of systems improvement methods across a broad range of areas including primary and sub-specialty care, communities and public health settings to improve the health outcomes of children, families and communities. Over the last 20 years, he and his research team have developed innovative approaches that engage patients, their families, clinicians, scientists and communities in developing network-based learning health systems that simultaneously improve care, spawn innovation and accelerate research. This work has repeatedly demonstrated significant impact on the process and outcomes of care. Dr. Margolis has worked extensively with the certifying boards and specialty societies to assist them in designing programs that will enable physicians to meet new Maintenance of Certification requirements focused on systems thinking and performance in practice. He was co-PI of an NIH Transformative Research Grant focused on developing learning health systems for children with chronic illness by harnessing the inherent motivation and expertise of all stakeholders involved. Dr. Margolis has extensive experience in large scale comparative effectiveness research, the creation of large scale interoperable data systems, managing large project teams and engaging individuals from diverse backgrounds to co-produce improved care and research. He is currently PI and Co-PI of two PCORnet networks (ImproveCareNow, PEDSnet). He also serves as chair of the PCORnet Council which is aimed at transforming research infrastructure in the US. Recently, the ImproveCareNow Network which he leads was awarded the Drucker Prize, the largest non-profit management and innovation award in the US.

Dr. Margolis obtained his MD from New York University and his pediatric training at the University of Colorado, where he also served as chief resident in pediatrics. He spent three years in the National Health Service Corps in Rochester, NY, and Los Angeles, CA before pursuing a fellowship in clinical epidemiology. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he also earned his PhD in Epidemiology. Dr. Margolis was also a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Faculty Scholar at UNC.

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MD: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1980.

PhD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1990.

Chief Resident: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1983-1984.

Resident: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1980-1983.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1985.

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Forrest CB, Crandall WV, Bailey LC, Zhang P, Joffe MM, Colletti RB, Adler J, Baron HI, Berman J, del Rosario F, Grossman AB, Hoffenberg EJ, Israel EJ, Kim SC, Lightdale JR, Margolis PA, Marsolo K, Mehta DI, Milov DE, Patel AS, Tung J, Kappelman MD. Effectiveness of anti-TNFα for Crohn disease: research in a pediatric learning health system. Pediatrics. 2014 Jul;134(1):37-44.

Forrest CB, Margolis PA, Bailey LC, Marsolo K, Del Beccaro MA, Finkelstein JA, Milov DE, Vieland VJ, Wolf BA, Yu FB, Kahn MG. PEDSnet: a National Pediatric Learning Health System. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul-Aug;21(4):602-6.

Forrest, CB, Margolis, PA, Seid, M, Colletti, RB. PEDSnet: how a prototype pediatric learning health system is being expanded into a national network. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Jul;33(7):1171-7.

Seid M, Margolis PA, Opipari-Arrigan L. Collaborative Chronic Care Networks (C3Ns) to transform chronic illness care. Pediatrics. 2013 Jun;131 Suppl 4:S219-23.

Fore D, Goldenhar LM, Margolis PA. Using goal-directed design to create a novel system for improving chronic illness care. JMIR Res Protoc. 2013 Oct 29;2(2):e43.

Kaplan HC, Adler J, Saeed SA, Eslick I, Margolis PA. A Personalized Learning System for Improving Patient-Physician Collaboration. Harvard Business Review, HBR Blog Network. 2013 Oct.

Kaplan HC, Froehle CM, Cassedy A, Provost LP, Margolis PA. An exploratory analysis of the model for understanding success in Quality. Health Care Manage Rev. 2013 Oct-Dec;38(4):325-38.

Margolis, PA, Peterson LE, Seid M. Collaborative Chronic Care Networks (C3Ns) to Transform Chronic Illness Care. Pediatrics. 2013 Jun;131:(4):eS219-23.

Zuckerman B, Margolis PA, Mate KS. Heath Services Innovation: the time is now. JAMA. 2013 Mar 20;309(11):1113-4.

Crandall WV, Margolis PA, Kappelman MD, King EC, Pratt JM, Boyle BM, Duffy LF, Grunow JE, Kim SC, Leibowitz I, Schoen BT, Colletti RB; for the ImproveCareNow Collaborative. Improved Outcomes in a Quality Improvement Collaborative for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Pediatrics. 2012 Apr;129(4):e1030-41.

Jareen K. Meinzen-Derr, PhD 513-636-7789 jareen.meinzen-derr@cchmc.org

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Jareen K. Meinzen-Derr, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

UC Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, UC Department of Environmental Health

Phone 513-636-7789

Fax 513-636-7509

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Pediatric hearing impairment; cochlear implant research; neonatal outcomes

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Dr. Meinzen-Derr has a prolific publication background in the areas of health outcomes and clinical care for children who are deaf / hard of hearing and developmental disabilities. She is focused specifically on understanding the mechanisms behind language and functional outcomes in the subset of children with hearing loss who also have an additional developmental disability. In addition to hearing and deafness research, Dr. Meinzen-Derr collaborates on clinical research regarding premature infants. She currently teaches courses as part of the Clinical Research Training Program at the University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health and supports the educational curricula for fellow research education within the Divisions of Neonatology, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and Pediatric Otolaryngology. She contributes to the biostatistics and epidemiology modules of the Pediatrics Fellowship Core curriculum and leads the experimental design lectures in neonatology and developmental and behavioral pediatrics. She has developed an online curriculum for the graduate program in biostatistics and epidemiology in the Department of Environmental Health and for the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training.

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PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.

MPH: Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 1997.

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South AP, Jones DE, Hall ES, Huo S, Meinzen-Derr J, Liu L, Greenberg JM. Spatial Analysis of Preterm Birth Demonstrates Opportunities for Targeted Intervention. Matern Child Health J. 2011 Feb 3.

Binder S, Hill K, Meinzen-Derr J, Greenberg JM, Narendran V. Increasing VLBW Deliveries at Subspecialty Perinatal Centers via Perinatal Outreach. Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):487-93.

Morrow AL, Meinzen-Derr J, Huang P, Schibler KR, Cahill T, Keddache M, Kallapur SG, Newburg DS, Tabangin M, Warner BB, Jiang X. Fucosyltransferase 2 Non-Secretor and Low Secretor Status Predicts Severe Outcomes in Premature Infants. J Pediatr. 2011 May;158(5):745-51.

Meinzen-Derr J, Wiley S, Grether S, Choo DI. Children with cochlear implants and developmental disabilities: A language skills study with developmentally matched hearing peers. Res Dev Disabil. 2011 Mar-Apr;32(2):757-67.

Slaughter JL, Meinzen-Derr J, Rose SR, Leslie ND, Chandrasekar R, Linard SM, Akinbi HT. The effects of gestational age and birth weight on false-positive newborn-screening rates. Pediatrics. 2010 Nov;126(5):910-6.

Choo D, Meinzen-Derr J. Universal newborn hearing screening in 2010. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Oct;18(5):399-404. Review.

Akinbi H, Meinzen-Derr J, Auer C, Ma Y, Pullum D, Kusano R, Reszka KJ, Zimmerly K. Alterations in the host defense properties of human milk following prolonged storage or pasteurization. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Sep;51(3):347-52.

Kaplan HC, Tabangin ME, McClendon D, Meinzen-Derr J, Margolis PA, Donovan EF. Understanding variation in vitamin A supplementation among NICUs. Pediatrics. 2010 Aug;126(2):e367-73.

Isemann B, Meinzen-Derr J, Akinbi H. Maternal and neonatal factors impacting response to methadone therapy in infants treated for neonatal abstinence syndrome. J Perinatol. 2011 Jan;31(1):25-9.

Giambra BK, Meinzen-Derr J. Exploration of the relationships among medical health history variables and aspiration. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Apr;74(4):387-92.

Grants

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Early Language and Independent Functional Expectations (LIFE) of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Principal Investigator. March of Dimes. 2014-2017.

Patterned experience for preterm infants. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health. 2011-2016.

Monica Mitchell, PhD Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology 513-636-4336 monica.mitchell@cchmc.org

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Monica Mitchell, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology

Senior Director, Community Relations

Co-director, Innovations

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4336

Fax 513-636-7756

Email monica.mitchell@cchmc.org

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Health disparities; sickle cell disease; obesity; community-based research; school-based mental health; qualitative research methods; using technology in psychological interventions and program evaluation; public policy

Research

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Monica Mitchell, PhD, received her doctorate from Vanderbilt University in 1998, and completed her residency and postdoctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 1998 and 2001 respectively. During her postdoctoral fellowship, she completed a supplement grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to examine family variables related to nutritional intake and mealtime behavior problems.

In 2001, Dr. Mitchell received a K01 grant to examine nutritional status and depression in children with sickle cell disease. This study was part of a five-year K01 career development grant she received from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that involves assessing growth, development and behavioral functioning in children with sickle cell disease.

Dr. Mitchell has published more than 20 articles, including in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Headache, Diabetes Care and Pediatrics. Dr. Mitchell has also served on the Journal of Pediatric Psychology's Editorial Board since 2005, and is past chair of the Diversity Committee of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (Division 54 of the American Psychological Association). Most recently, she was appointed to a three year term to the Committee on Youth, Children and Families for APA.

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PhD: Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, 1999.

Predoctoral Internship: Pediatric/Child Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 1998.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Division of Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2001.

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Avani C. Modi, PhD Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology 513-636-4336 avani.modi@cchmc.org

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Avani C. Modi, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology

Director, Center for Adherence

Co-Director, New Onset Seizure Clinic

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4336

Fax 513-803-0415

Email avani.modi@cchmc.org

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Adjustment and adaptation in pediatric epilepsy

Research

Treatment adherence; health-related quality of life; epilepsy; obesity; cystic fibrosis; sickle cell disease; bariatric surgery

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Avani Modi, PhD, is an associate professor for Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the director of the Center for Adherence and Self Management at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Her research lab focuses on adherence to pediatric medical regimens, including the measurement of adherence, identifying barriers to effective disease management, and developing and evaluating family-based interventions to improve adherence, especially within pediatric epilepsy. She also has an interest in the development of health-related quality-of-life outcome measures.

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BS: Duke University, Durham, NC, 1998.

MS: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2001.

PhD: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2004.

Internship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.

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Supporting Treatment Adherence Regimens in Pediatric Epilepsy. Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health-Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Apr 2013 - Mar 2018. R01HD073115.

Adolescent Bariatrics: Assessing Health Benefits and Risks. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Jul 2006 - Aug 2016. UM1 DK07249301.

Nicholas J. Ollberding, PhD 513-803-4432 nicholas.ollberding@cchmc.org

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Nicholas J. Ollberding, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-4432

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Nutritional epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; dietary assessment and analysis methodology; molecular epidemiology

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Dr. Ollberding earned his PhD in behavioral nutrition with a specialization in nutritional epidemiology from Columbia University and completed postdoctoral fellowships in cancer epidemiology and prevention at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the University of Chicago. To date, he has published more than 20 peer-reviewed research articles in prestigious journals including the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Blood, and Cancer Prevention Research. In addition, his research has been presented at national conferences and he has authored a book chapter in the area of nutritional epidemiology. Dr. Ollberding was the recipient of the Zerkowski Habas Foundation and Grace McLeod Scholarships while at Columbia University and received a National Cancer Institute funded postdoctoral fellowship.

Dr. Ollberding’s research is motivated by the fact that while diet and obesity are major contributors to morbidity and mortality in the U.S., few Americans consume diets in accordance with recommendations for optimal health or disease prevention. Specifically, his work aims to better understand the role of diet in the etiology and progression of cancer and other chronic diseases, as well as the impact of environmental- and policy-level factors on dietary behaviors including obesity. At Cincinnati Children’s, Dr. Ollberding conducts and provides support for nutritional and cancer epidemiology studies.

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PhD: Columbia University, New York, 2009.

MPhil: Columbia University, New York, 2009.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.

BS: Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2004.

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Ollberding NJ, Kim Y, Wilkens LR, Shvetsov YB, Henderson BE, Le Marchand L, Kolonel LN, Goodman MT. Prediagnostic adiponectin, leptin, and C-reactive protein and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women in the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2013 Mar;6(3):188-95.

Ollberding NJ, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, Caces DB, Smith SM, Wright ME, Weisenburger DD, Chiu B C-H. Phytanic acid and the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma . Carcinogenesis . 2013 Jan;34(1):170-5.

Ollberding NJ, Maskarinec G, Conroy SM, Morimoto Y, Franke AA, Cooney RV, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Goodman MT, Hernandez BY, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN. Prediagnostic Carotenoid Levels and the Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: The Multiethnic Cohort . Blood . 2012 Jun 14;119(24):5817-23.

Ollberding NJ, Wilkens LR, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L. Meat consumption, heterocyclic amines and colorectal cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study . Int J Cancer . 2012 Oct 1;131(7):E1125-33.

Ollberding NJ, Cheng I, Wilkens LR, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L. Genetic variants, prediagnostic circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors, insulin, and glucose and the risk of colorectal cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Study . Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev . 2012 May;21(5):810-20.

Ollberding NJ, Lim U, Wilkens LR, Setiawan VW, Shvetsov YB, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN, Goodman MT. Legume, Soy, and Isoflavone Intake and Endometrial Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study . J Natl Cancer Inst . 2012 Jan 4;104(1):67-76.

Ollberding NJ, Nigg CR, Geller KS, Horwath CC, Motl RW, Dishman RK. Food outlet accessibility and fruit and vegetable consumption . Am J Health Promot . 2012 Jul;26(6):366-70.

Ollberding NJ, Maskarinec G, Wilkens LR, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN. Comparison of modifiable health behaviors between persons with and without cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort . Public Health Nutr . 2011 Oct;14(10):1796-804.

Ollberding NJ, Nomura AY, Wilkens LR, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Colorectal Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study . Int J Cancer. 2011 Oct 15;129(8):1899-906.

Ollberding NJ, Wolf RL, Contento I. Food label use and its relation to dietary intake among US adults . J Am Diet Assoc . 2010 Aug;110(8):1233-7.

Scott W. Powers, PhD, ABPP, FAHS Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology 513-803-1701 jennifer.hembree@cchmc.org

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Scott W. Powers, PhD, ABPP, FAHS

Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology

Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation Endowed Chair
Scientific Director, Clinical Research and Trials
Co-Director, Headache Center
Director, Center for Child Behavior and Nutrition Research and Training

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-1701

Fax 513-636-7544

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Clinical trials; migraine/headache; pediatric pain; adherence medicine; nutrition and behavior; cystic fibrosis

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Education and Training

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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. American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), 2003.

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Kroon Van Diest AM, Ramsey R, Kashikar-Zuck S, Slater S, Hommel K, Kroner JW, LeCates S, Kabbouche MA, O'Brien HL, Kacperski J, Allen JR, Peugh J, Hershey AD, Powers SW. Treatment Adherence in Child and Adolescent Chronic Migraine Patients: Results from the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Amitriptyline Trial. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2017 Jan 21.

Kroner JW, Peugh J, Kashikar-Zuck SM, LeCates SL, Allen JR, Slater SK, Zafar M, Kabbouche MA, O'Brien HL, Shenk CE, Kroon Van Diest AM, Hershey AD, Powers SW. Trajectory of Improvement in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Migraine: Results from the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Amitriptyline Trial. Journal of Pain. 2017 Jan 17.

Powers SW, Coffey CS, Chamberlin LA, Ecklund DJ, Klingner EA, Yankey JW, Korbee LL, Porter LL, Hershey AD, CHAMP Investigators. Trial of Amitriptyline, Topiramate, and Placebo for Pediatric Migraine. New England Journal of Medicine. 2017 Jan 12;376(2):115-124.

Schwarzenberg SJ, Hempstead SE, McDonald CM, Powers SW, Wooldridge J, Blair S, Freedman S, Harrington E, Murphy PJ, Palmer L, Schrader A, Shiel K, Sullivan J, Wallentine M, Marshall BC, Leonard A. Enteral tube feeding for individuals with cystic fibrosis: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation evidence-informed guidelines. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2016 Nov;15(6):724-735.

Powers SW, Hershey AD, Coffey CS, Chamberlin LA, Ecklund DJ, Sullivan SM, Klingner EA, Yankey JW, Kashikar-Zuck S, Korbee LL, Costigan ML, Riss HH, Porter LL. The Childhood and Adolescent Migraine Prevention (CHAMP) Study: A Report on Baseline Characteristics of Participants. Headache. 2016 Apr 4.

Lahiri T, Hempstead SE, Brady C, Cannon CL, Clark K, Condren ME, Guill MF, Guillerman RP, Leone CG, Maguiness K, Monchil L, Powers SW, Rosenfeld M, Schwarzenberg SJ, Tompkins CL, Zemanick ET, Davis SD. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for Preschoolers with Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatrics. 2016 Apr;137(4).

Kroner JW, Hershey AD, Kashikar-Zuck SM, LeCates SL, Allen JR, Slater SK, Zafar M, Kabbouche MA, O’Brien HL, Shenk C, Rausch JR, Kroon Van Diest AM, Powers SW. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy plus Amitriptyline for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Migraine Reduces Headache Days to ≤ 4 per Month. Headache. 2016 Apr;56(4):711-6.

Powers SW, Stark LJ, Chamberlin LA, Filigno SS, Sullivan SM, Lemanek KL, Butcher JL, Driscoll KA, Daines CL, Brody AS, Schindler T, Konstan MW, McCoy KS, Nasr SZ, Castile RG, Acton JD, Wooldridge JL, Ksenich RA, Szczesniak RD, Rausch JR, Stallings VA, Zemel BS, Clancy JP. Behavioral and Nutritional Treatment for Preschool-Aged Children with Cystic Fibrosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 May;169(5):e150636.

Powers SW, Kashikar-Zuck SM, Allen JR, LeCates SL, Slater SK, Zafar M, Kabbouche MA, O'Brien HL, Shenk CE, Rausch JR, Hershey AD. Cognitive behavioral therapy plus amitriptyline for chronic migraine in children and adolescents: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2013 Dec 25;310(24):2622-30. (Critical Trials update published in JAMA: Still No Migraine Relief for Kids, Slomski A. 2016;316(24):2589.

Kashikar-Zuck SM, Ting TV, Arnold LM, Bean J, Powers SW, Graham TB, Passo MH, Schikler KN, Hashkes PJ, Spalding S, Lynch-Jordan AM, Banez G, Richards MM, Lovell DJ. Cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of juvenile fibromyalgia: A multisite, single-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Arthritis Rheumatology. 2012 Jan;64(1):297-305.

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Research Training in Child Behavior and Nutrition. Co-Principal Investigator. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Jul 2003-Jun 2018. T32 DK063929-13.

The Clinical Utility of Urinary Estrogen and Progesterone Metabolites in the Prediction of Headache in Adolescent Female Migraineurs. Co-Investigator. National Headache Foundation. Aug 2011-present.

Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training. Steering Committee; Behavioral Core. National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Aug 2016-Mar 2019. 1UL1TR001425-01.

MigraineManager: A Self-Management Health Care Resource for Pediatric Migraine. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. May 2016-Apr 2018. R21NS094476-01.

Improving Dietary Adherence: Translating a Web-intervention into CF Care. Co-Investigator. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Mar 2016-Feb 2018.

Therapeutics Development Center Network – Translational TDN Center. Co-Investigator. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Carley L. Riley, MD, MPP, MHS, FAAP Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care Medicine 513-636-4259 carley.riley@cchmc.org

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Carley L. Riley, MD, MPP, MHS, FAAP

Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4259

Email carley.riley@cchmc.org

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Pediatric critical care

Research

Well-being; population health; community health; community-based research; multi-sector research; health services research; social determinants of health; violence

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Carley Riley, MD, MPP, MHS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Riley received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and a medical doctorate from Northwestern University, a Master of Public Policy from UCLA, and a Master of Health Science from Yale University. She completed General Pediatric Residency and Chief Residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and pediatric critical care fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Riley was a scholar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at Yale University from 2013 to 2015.

Dr. Riley is actively involved in multiple national endeavors and organizations. She is a lead investigator within the Well-being Research Team, an academic-industry research collaboration between Yale University Center on Outcomes Research and Evaluation and Healthways, Inc. Within the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Dr. Riley is currently a member of the 100 Million Healthier Lives Metrics Hub as well as a 100 Million Healthier Lives Measurement Advisor. In her work with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), she serves as chair of the AAP Section on Critical Care Subcommittee on Member Engagement and Mentorship as well as a member of the AAP Measurement Alignment and Strategic Selection (MASS) Work Group. Dr. Riley is also a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Impact of Violent Injuries in the ICU Task Force. Locally, Dr. Riley serves on the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center World Sepsis Day Committee.

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MHS: Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2015.

Scholar: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2013-2015.

Clinical Fellow: Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2010-2013.

Chief Resident: Department of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2009-2010.

Resident: Department of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2007-2009.

MPP: UCLA, School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, 2008.

Intern: Department of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2006-2007.

MD: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2004.

BA: English Literature, Northwestern University, College of Arts & Sciences, Evanston, IL, 1998.

Certifications: Pediatric Critical Care, American Board of Pediatrics, November 2014; General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, October 2009; Pediatric Advanced Life Support, May 2015.

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Riley C, Sarani B, Sullivan JA, Upperman JS, Kane-Gill SL, Bailey H. Critical violent injury in the United States: A review and call to action. Critical Care Medicine. 2015.

Radabaugh CL, Ruch-Ross HS, Riley CL, Stockwell JA, Conway EE, Mink RB, Agus MS, Poss WB, Salerno RA, Vernon DD. Practice patterns in pediatric critical care medicine: results of a workforce survey. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2015 Jul 1.

Riley C, Poss WB, Wheeler DS. The evolving model of pediatric critical care delivery in North America. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2013 Jun;60(3):545-62.

Riley C, Wheeler DS. Prevention of sepsis in children: a new paradigm for public policy. Critical Care Research and Practice. 2012;2012:437139.

Riley C, Basu RK, Kissoon N, Wheeler DS. Pediatric sepsis: preparing for the future against a global scourge. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2012 Oct;14(5):503-11.

Patrick H. Ryan, PhD, MS 513-803-4704 patrick.ryan@cchmc.org

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Patrick H. Ryan, PhD, MS

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

UC Department of Environmental Health

Phone 513-803-4704

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Epidemiology; air pollution; exposure assessment

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To date, Dr. Ryan has authored more than 30 publications and has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences. He has received research funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as industry and private foundations. Dr. Ryan has also been an invited speaker at numerous national conferences and universities, a guest lecturer for environmental epidemiology courses at the University of Cincinnati, and has advised masters and doctoral students in epidemiology, biostatistics, and industrial hygiene in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati. In 2006 Dr. Ryan received a STAR award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and in 2010 he was selected as one of ten science communication fellows by Environmental Health Sciences.

Dr. Ryan is the principal investigator of the Cincinnati Anti-Idling Campaign Study, an academic-community partnership to examine and reduce the impact of traffic-related air pollution at schools on children with asthma. He is also co-PI of a collaborative study to develop and field test, in a cohort of asthmatic children, a personal sensor to measure exposure to ultrafine particles. Dr. Ryan also serves as co-investigator of the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study (CCAAPS), a longitudinal birth cohort study of the effects of diesel exhaust particles on the development of allergies and asthma. His research with the CCAAPS study includes the development of land-use regression models for air pollution exposure assessment and the association between air pollution and neurobehavioral development. Additional research includes studies of indoor pollutants and mold, environmental exposure to asbestos in Libby, MT, and the elemental composition of PM2.5.

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PhD: Epidemiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

MS: Epidemiology, University of Cincinnati, OH.

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Ryan PH, Reponen T, Simmons M, Yermakov M, Sharkey K, Garland-Porter D, Eghbalnia C, Grinshpun S. The Impact of an Anti-Idling Campaign on Outdoor Air Quality at Four Urban Schools. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2013; 15(11):2030-2037.

Newman NC, Ryan PH, LeMasters GK, Levin L, Bernstein D, Khurana-Hershey GK, Lockey JE, Villareal M, Reponen T, Grinshpun S, Sucharew H, Dietrich KN. Traffic Related Air Pollution Exposure in the First Year of Life and Behavioral Scores at Age Seven. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2013;121:731-736.

Eghbalnia C, Sharkey K, Garland-Porter D, Alam M, Crumpton M, Jones C, Ryan PH. A Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership to Reduce Vehicle Idling Near Public Schools. Journal of Environmental Health. 2013;75(9):14-20.

Ryan PH, Dihle M, Griffin S, Taylor R, Hilbert T, Adjei S, Lockey JE. Erionite in road gravel associated with interstitial and pleural changes – an occupational hazard in the western United States. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2011;53(8):893-899.

Ryan PH, Bernstein D, Reponen T, Levin L, Grinshpun S, Villareal M, Lockey J, Hershey GK, Burkle J, LeMasters GK. Exposure to traffic related-particles and endotoxin during infancy is associated with wheezing at age three. American Journal Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2009;180:1068-1075.

Appatova AS, Ryan PH, LeMasters GK, Grinshpun SA. Proximal Exposure of Public Schools and Students to Major Roadways: A Nationwide US Survey. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2008; 51(5):631-646.

Ryan PH, LeMasters GK, Levin L, Burkle J, Biswas P, Hu S, Grinshpun S, Reponen T. A Land-Use Regression Model for Estimating Microenvironmental Diesel Exposure Given Multiple Addresses From Birth Through Childhood. Science of the Total Environment. 2008;404:139-147.

Ryan PH, LeMasters GK. A review of land-use regression models for characterizing intraurban air pollution exposure. Inhalation Toxicology. 2007;19(Suppl 1):127-133.

Ryan PH, LeMasters GK, Biswas P, Levin L, Hu S, Lindsey M, Bernstein DI, Lockey J, Villareal M, Hershey GKK, Grinshpun SA. A comparison of proximity and land use regression traffic exposure models and wheezing in infants. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2007;115(2):278-284.

Ryan PH, LeMasters G, Biagini J, Bernstein D, Grinshpun SA, Shukla R, Wilson K, Villareal M, Burkle J, Lockey J. Is it traffic type, volume, or distance? Wheezing in infants living near truck and bus traffic. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2005;116:279-284. (Editor’s Choice article)

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE Director, Division of Hospital Medicine 513-636-6222 samir.shah@cchmc.org

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Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

Director, Division of Hospital Medicine

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-6222

Email samir.shah@cchmc.org

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Pediatric infectious diseases; pediatric hospital medicine; community-acquired pneumonia; bacterial meningitis; observational study designs; administrative data sources

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Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE, is a pediatric infectious diseases and pediatric hospital medicine physician whose research focuses on improving the efficiency and quality of care of children, particularly those hospitalized with common, serious infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. Ongoing projects include studying the comparative effectiveness of different antibiotics in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia and developing novel databases to conduct comparative effectiveness research.

Dr. Shah served as associate chair of the National Pneumonia Guidelines Committee, jointly sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. He is also vice chair of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network, a hospital-based research network with >120 hospital members and >$26 million in extramural research funding over the past 8 years.

Dr. Shah is senior deputy editor of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Hospital Medicine. He also serves as founding associate editor of the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and on the editorial board of JAMA Pediatrics. In addition, he is editor or co-editor of nine books in the fields of pediatrics and infectious diseases, including The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics (McGraw-Hill Education), and Symptom-Based Diagnosis in Pediatrics (McGraw-Hill Education).

Dr. Shah has received several prestigious research awards, including the Society of Hospital Medicine Excellence in Research Award, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Young Investigator Award, the Society of Hospital Medicine Teamwork in Quality Improvement Award, and the Academic Pediatric Association's Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award.

Education and Training

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BA: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.

MD: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1998.

Residency: Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2001.

Fellowship: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2005; Academic General Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

MSCE: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2001, 2008; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2005.

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Mittal V, Hall M, Morse R, Wilson KM, Mussman G, Hain P, Montalbano A, Parikh K, Mahant S, Shah SS. Impact of institutional bronchiolitis clinical practice guideline implementation on tests and treatments. J Pediatr. 2014;165:570-576.

Neuman MI, Hall M, Gay JC, Blaschke AJ, Williams DJ, Parikh K, Hersh AL, Brogan TV, Gerber JS, Grijalva CG, Shah SS. Readmissions among children previously hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2014;134:100-109.

Queen MA, Myers AL, Hall M, Shah SS, Williams DJ, Auger KA, Jerardi KE, Statile AM, Tieder JS. Comparative effectiveness of empiric antibiotics for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2014;133:e23-e29.

Williams DJ, Hall M, Shah SS, Parikh K, Tyler A, Neuman MI, Hersh AL, Brogan TV, Blaschke AJ, Grijalva CG. Narrow vs. broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy for children hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2013;132:e1141-e1148.

Florin TA, French B, Zorc JJ, Alpern ER, Shah SS. Variation in emergency department diagnostic testing and association with outcomes in children with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2013;132:237-244.

Myers AL, Hall M, Tieder JS, Jerardi K, Auger K, Wiggleton C, Statile A, Williams DJ, McClain L, Shah SS. Prevalence of bacteremia in hospitalized pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis. J 2013;32:736-740.

Blaschke AJ, Byington CL, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Heyrend C, Rankin SC, McGowan KL, Harris MC, Shah SS. Species-specific PCR improves detection of bacterial pathogens in parapneumonic empyema compared with 16S PCR and culture. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013;32:302-303.

Neuman MI, Hall M, Hersh AL, Brogan TV, Parikh K, Newland JG, Blaschke AJ, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Tyler A, Shah SS. Influence of hospital guidelines on management of children hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e823-e830.

Ambroggio LV, Taylor JA, Tabb LP, Newschaffer CJ, Evans AA, Shah SS. Comparative effectiveness of beta-lactam monotherapy and beta-lactam-macrolide combination therapy in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. J Pediatr. 2012;161:1097-1103.

Brogan TV, Hall M, Williams DJ, Neuman MI, Grijalva CG, Farris RWD, Shah SS. Variability in processes of care and outcomes among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012;31:1036-1041.

Grants

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Understanding quality and costs in congenital heart surgery. Co-Investigator. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). April 2014-March 2019.

Improving post-discharge outcomes by facilitating family-centered transitions from hospital to home. Principal Investigator. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. May 2014-Jan 2017.

Comparative effectiveness of home intravenous vs. oral antibiotic therapy for serious bacterial infections. Site Principal Investigator. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Jan 2013-Jan 2016.

Jeffery M. Simmons, MD, MSc AVP Safety & Regulatory, James M. Anderson Center for Health Services Excellence 513-636-6601 jeffrey.simmons@cchmc.org

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Jeffery M. Simmons, MD, MSc

AVP Safety & Regulatory, James M. Anderson Center for Health Services Excellence

Safety Officer, James M. Anderson Center for Health Services Excellence

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-6601

Fax 513-803-9245

Email jeffrey.simmons@cchmc.org

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Quality improvement of care for underserved children with asthma; improving care delivery and medical education through family-centered care; resident and fellow education in pediatric hospital medicine

Research

Predictors of hospital readmission for asthma; interventions to decrease rates of admission and readmission for asthma; measuring the impact of material hardship on health outcomes

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Jeffrey M. Simmons, MD, MSc, is finishing an NRSA research fellowship and master's degree in clinical epidemiology. He has obtained both internal and external funding to complete his fellowship asthma cohort project, and plans to pursue further external funding. He intends to blend health services and quality improvement methods to study inpatient care delivery and transitions in care. Clinically, Dr. Simmons works on the General Inpatient Service (GIS) as a pediatric hospitalist. He serves as the associate director of GIS, focusing on developing the group’s research program and fellowship training program.

Education and Training

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MD: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 2000.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2003.

Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2003-2004.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2003.

Lori J. Stark, PhD, ABPP Director, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology 513-636-4336

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Lori J. Stark, PhD, ABPP

Director, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Arnold W. Strauss Endowed Chair for Mentoring

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4336

Fax 513-636-3677

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

Research

Behavioral interventions

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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.

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

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

Certification: Clinical Psychology, 1985.

Lisa M. Vaughn, PhD 513-636-9424 lisa.vaughn@cchmc.org

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Lisa M. Vaughn, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Field Service Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-9424

Fax 513-636-1695

Email lisa.vaughn@cchmc.org

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Cross-cultural psychology issues especially with Latinos, women and children; dyadic relationships (e.g., parent-child; teacher-learner, etc.); community / family education; international / global studies; social psychology related; teaching-learning processes

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Lisa M. Vaughn, PhD, is a professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine with a joint appointment in educational studies at the University of Cincinnati College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services. She is formally trained as a social psychologist, counselor, and medical educator.

Dr. Vaughn has specific training and experience in community-based participatory research, community engagement, qualitative research methodologies, and culturally relevant health care with a focus on understanding health disparities and promoting health equity specifically with minority and immigrant families and vulnerable youth.

Education and Training

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BS: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, 1993.

MA: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1996.

PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1997.

MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.

International Honors Program in Psychology: University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, 1992.

Fellowship: Medical Education Research, Association of American Medical Colleges, Group on Educational Affairs, 1999.

Licensure: Licensed Professional Counselor

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Nabors L, Adams R, Vaughn L, Sharma M, Bolling C, Cotton M, Moore C. Factors influencing children's judgments of overweight peers. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Jan 3.

Vaughn LM, Jacquez F, Zhao J, Lang M. Partnering with students to explore the health needs of an ethnically diverse, low-resource school: an innovative large group assessment approach. Fam Community Health. 2011 Jan-Mar;34(1):72-84.

Klein M, Vaughn LM. Teaching social determinants of child health in a pediatric advocacy rotation: small intervention, big impact. Med Teach. 2010;32(9):754-9.

Vaughn LM, Ireton C, Geraghty SR, Diers T, Niño V, Falciglia GA, Valenzuela J, Mosbaugh C. Sociocultural influences on the determinants of breast-feeding by Latina mothers in the Cincinnati area. Fam Community Health. 2010 Oct-Dec;33(4):318-28.

Vaughn LM, Holloway M. West African immigrant families from Mauritania and Senegal in Cincinnati: a cultural primer on children's health. J Community Health. 2010 Feb;35(1):27-35.

Vaughn LM. Families and cultural competency: where are we? Fam Community Health. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):247-56.

Vaughn LM, Rojas-Guyler L, Howell B. "Picturing" health: a PhotoVoice pilot of Latina girls' perceptions of health. Fam Community Health. 2008 Oct-Dec;31(4):305-16.

Vaughn LM, Baker RC. Do different pairings of teaching styles and learning styles make a difference? Preceptor and resident perceptions. Teach Learn Med. 2008 Jul-Sep;20(3):239-47.

Vaughn L, Baker R. Teaching in the medical setting: balancing teaching styles, learning styles and teaching methods. Med Teach. 2001 Oct;23(6):610-612.

Burklow KA, Vaughn LM, Valerius KS, Schultz JR. Parental expectations regarding discussions on psychosocial topics during pediatric office visits. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2001 Oct;40(10):555-62.

Shari Wade, PhD Director of Research, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine 513-636-7480 shari.wade@cchmc.org

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Shari Wade, PhD

Director of Research, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-7480

Fax 513-636-7360

Email shari.wade@cchmc.org

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Psychological impact of chronic medical conditions on children and their families

Education and Training

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PhD: Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988.

Fellowship: Clinical Psychology, Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Conn., 1987; Pediatric Psychology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, 1989.

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Wade SL, Cassedy A, Walz NC, Taylor HG, Stancin T, Yeates KO. The relationship of parental warm responsiveness and negativity to emerging behavior problems following traumatic brain injury in young children. Dev Psychol. 2011 Jan;47(1):119-33.

Tlustos SJ, Chiu CY, Walz NC, Holland SK, Bernard L, Wade SL. Neural correlates of interference control in adolescents with traumatic brain injury: functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the counting stroop task. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2011 Jan;17(1):181-9.

Wade SL, Walz NC, Carey J, Williams KM, Cass J, Herren L, Mark E, Yeates KO. A randomized trial of teen online problem solving for improving executive function deficits following pediatric traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2010 Nov-Dec;25(6):409-15.

Walz NC, Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Stancin T, Wade SL. Theory of mind skills 1 year after traumatic brain injury in 6- to 8-year-old children. J Neuropsychol. 2010 Sep;4(Pt 2):181-95.

Chapman LA, Wade SL, Walz NC, Taylor HG, Stancin T, Yeates KO. Clinically significant behavior problems during the initial 18 months following early childhood traumatic brain injury. Rehabil Psychol. 2010 Feb;55(1):48-57.

Wade SL, Walz NC, Cassedy A, Taylor HG, Stancin T, Yeates KO. Caregiver functioning following early childhood TBI: do moms and dads respond differently? NeuroRehabilitation. 2010;27(1):63-72.

Walz NC, Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Stancin T, Wade SL. First-order theory of mind skills shortly after traumatic brain injury in 3- to 5-year-old children. Dev Neuropsychol. 2009 Jul;34(4):507-19.

Wade SL, Oberjohn K, Burkhardt A, Greenberg I. Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a web-based parenting skills program for young children with traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2009 Jul-Aug;24(4):239-47.

Wade SL, Walz NC, Carey JC, Williams KM. Brief report: Description of feasibility and satisfaction findings from an innovative online family problem-solving intervention for adolescents following traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Jun;34(5):517-22.

Kurowski B, Wade SL, Cecil KM, Walz NC, Yuan W, Rajagopal A, Holland SK. Correlation of diffusion tensor imaging with executive function measures after early childhood traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2009 Jan 1;2(4):273-283.

Margaret H. Zeller, PhD Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology 513-636-2712 meg.zeller@cchmc.org

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Margaret H. Zeller, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Director, Fellowship

Co-director, Center for Child Behavior and Nutrition Research and Training

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-2712

Fax 513-636-7756

Email meg.zeller@cchmc.org

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Pediatric psychology; school-age children and adolescents; childhood obesity.

Research

Barriers to weight management.

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Education and Training

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BA: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 1984.

PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1996.

Internship: Pediatric Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1995-1996.

Fellowship: Pediatric Psychology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1996-1999.

Certification: Clinical Psychology, Ohio State Board of Psychology, 1997.

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Tracking Adolescents After Bariatric Surgery: Substance, HIV and Suicide Risks (teenVIEW3). Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. May 2012-April 2017. #R01DA033415.

Adolescent Bariatrics: Weight and Psychosocial Risk in Young Adulthood (VIEWpoint). Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. June 2014-May 2019. #2R01DK080020.

General Pediatrics Research