Jan Moss, Oklahoma LEND Core Faculty in Parent-Family Issues, has been named as one of the Journal Record’s “50 Making a Difference” recognizing Oklahoma’s leading women.
Diego Chaves-Gnecco
Added: July 11, 2007
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) third year Developmental/Behavioral Pediatric Fellow Diego Chaves-Gnecco established the "Salud Para Niños" clinic. In the course of his activities with "Salud", he struggled with finding ways to obtain health insurance for immigrant patients, and became aware of the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. This group has guided him in obtaining Emergency Medical Assistance for his patients, many of whom are not US citizens, and therefore not eligible for medical assistance.
In order to share what he has learned with the Social Service staff, he was instrumental in inviting Leonardo Cuello Esq to present a two-hour program to the social work department at CHP. To further disseminate this information, it was decided to invite all medical social workers in the Pittsburgh community and on June 25, 110 participants attended Mr Cuello's program. Participants received 2 CEU credits.
UNC SPH Professor, Dr. Herbert Peterson
Added: March 21, 2007
UNC SPH Professor, Dr. Herbert Peterson, Presents Cushner Lecture at ACOG Annual Meeting
Dr. Herbert B. Peterson, professor and chair of the Department of Maternal and Child Health, delivered the 2007 Irvin M. Cushner Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, May 8 at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in San Diego, Calif. The Cushner Memorial Lecture, established in 1993, addresses a pressing health care issue, especially as it pertains to reproductive health and related public welfare issues. The presenter is someone who has raised public awareness of the issue and inspired public policy debate.
Dr. Peterson’s presentation, titled "Global Family Planning at the Dawn of the 21st Century," provided an overview of global family planning programs and practices in the context of three major sets of objectives – the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, the World Health Organization’s first Global Strategy on Reproductive Health, and the Program of Action devised by the International Conference on Population and Development.
Before he joined the School of Public Health faculty in 2004, Dr. Peterson held various research and administrative positions with the World Health Organization, U.S. Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the course of more than 20 years. He also held joint professorships in the Schools of Medicine at University of North Carolina (1994-2004) and Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. (1994-2002).
A Distinguished Service Medal he received in 1999 from the U.S. Public Health Service recognized his "exemplary service in providing visionary leadership and in conducting and translating reproductive health science to promote national and international health."
Dr. Peterson currently holds joint appointments in the Schools of Public Health and Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a fellow at the Cecil B. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC.
Janet Johnston, RN, CRNP, AE-C
Added: April 3, 2007
Janet Johnston, RN, CRNP, AE-C, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Nursing Faculty for the UAB Pediatric Pulmonary Center, located at Children’s Hospital, is the first national recipient of the Preceptor Award from the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (AFPNP), whose annual meeting is held concurrently with the annual National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) conference. Mrs. Johnston was nominated by her peers and selected from among all nominees nationwide by a panel of expert educators. Dr. Doreen Harper, Dean of the UAB School of Nursing, presented the award on March 22, 2007 at the annual NAPNAP Awards Breakfast in Orlando, Florida.
Mrs. Johnston has distinguished herself nationally as a respected author, educator, and lecturer. “The AFPNP membership feels that it is very important to recognize the critical support their community preceptors provide in the education of student pediatric nurse practitioners and tomorrow’s nursing leaders”, said Dr. Patricia Jackson Allen, President, AFPNP; Professor, Yale School of Nursing; and Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty. “Without practitioners like Mrs. Johnston, their programs would not exist nor be the quality they are today. The AFPNP applauds all of their community preceptors and Mrs. Janet Johnston in particular”.
Gail Kieckhefer, ARNP, CS-PNP, PhD at the University of Washington
Added: February 29, 2007
Congratulations to Gail Kieckhefer, ARNP, CS-PNP, PhD on the announcement of her appointment to the new Joanne Montgomery Endowed Professorship in Nursing at the University of Washington. This newly endowed professorship was established to honor Joanne Montgomery and rewards a faculty member whose teaching, research, practice and health education reflect the standards of excellence at the UW School of Nursing. It also enhances the UW’s ability to attract and retain distinguished School of Nursing faculty who advance knowledge related to critical care nursing, with special consideration for respiratory and pulmonary nursing. Dr. Kieckhefer is a Nurse Faculty member in the Pediatric Pulmonary Center at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical center and a practicing pediatric nurse practitioner. She is an expert in childhood chronic illness and has focused her career on conducting research and educating future nurses about childhood asthma. Her current research projects include a study of sleep and nocturnal asthma in children, a clinical trial study studying the effects of a parent education program on improving qualify of life for chronically ill children, and a model for educating health practitioner students on working effectively with parents of children with asthma.
Associate Professor Renee Sieving
Added: January 16, 2007
U of M Researcher Receives $3 Million Grant to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
Prime Time project to help Twin City girls has “breakthrough potential”
Minneapolis/St. Paul (December 8, 2006) – Why does the teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. remain one of the highest in the industrialized world? A University of Minnesota School of Nursing researcher has received a $3 million federal grant to help find the answer.
Associate Professor Renee Sieving, PhD, RN, C, leading a multi-disciplinary team of other University researchers, will use specific strategies to steer a group of 125 Twin City teens—all of whom are attending school and community health clinics—away from risky behaviors that can lead to pregnancy. At the end of 18 months in a program called Prime Time, the group will be compared with a similar group of girls who have not participated in Prime Time, but have continued to receive usual health clinic services.
Congratulations to Sion Kim Harris, PhD, Boston LEAH faculty member, for winning the 2006 Young Professional Award from the Maternal and Child Health Section of the American Public Health Association for her significant contributions to research, education, community service, and administration in the field of maternal and child health.
Dr. Louise Iwaishi
Added: October 26, 2006
Dr. Louise Iwaishi of the University of Hawaii LEND Program is recognized in a local newspaper for her efforts to save a young patient during the recent earthquakes. The patient, 10-year old Rachel Shim, has Aicardi Syndrome, a rare disorder where patients suffer from spasms, developmental brain problems and an inability to speak or swallow on their own. Rachel is fully dependent on a tracheostomy, a hole in her throat that is hooked up to a ventilator to help her breathe. Due to the power failure caused by the earthquakes, Rachel's ventilator began running on a backup battery with a limited lifespan. Dr. Iwaishi, concerned for Rachel, went to her apartment to take the young girl and her family to the Kapiolani Women and Children's Hospital in Honolulu for emergency care. The combined efforts of Dr. Iwaishi, Rachel's family and the staff at Kapiolani helped save Rachel's life. The full text for this story is available at http://starbulletin.com/2006/10/19/news/story01.html (Not a Government Web Site).
Ms. Holly Grason
Added: October 24, 2006
Congratulations to Ms. Holly Grason from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health on receiving the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Directors Award on October 16. Dr. Peter van Dyck presented this award to Ms. Grason in recognition for her many contributions to the health of mothers and infants in the Nation.
Dr. Mary P. Koss
Added: October 24, 2006
Congratulations to Dr. Mary P. Koss for receiving the first Regents Award conferred in the University of Arizona, College of Public Health. This prestigious designation is awarded to only 3% of tenured and tenure-track faculty members for their national and international work of distinction. Her innovative research and outreach and her contributions to improving health and well-being have brought her the most prestigious recognition that the University of Arizona confers.
Mark L. Batshaw, M.D.
Added: September 8, 2006
Mark L. Batshaw, M.D., Children’s National Medical Center, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, will receive The Arc’s Distinguished Research Award for his lifelong research on urea cycle disorders and his leadership and contributions to research related to intellectual disabilities. The award will be presented at The Arc’s National Convention Research and Prevention Luncheon on Friday, October 13, 2006 in San Diego, California.
Dr. Jessica Henderson Daniel
Added: June 15, 2006
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Henderson Daniel, Director of Training in Psychology at Children’s Hospital Boston and Associate Director of the Boston LEAH Program, for winning the 2006 Excellence in Diversity Training Award from the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) for her national leadership!
Dr. Wendy Hellerstedt
Added: June 10, 2006
Dr. Wendy Hellerstedt has recently received the University of Minnesota Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award for 2006. Dr. Hellerstedt is the Project Director for the MCH Long Term Training Grant in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Rocio B. Quinonez
Added: June 8, 2006
Congratulations to Dr. Rocio B. Quinonez, faculty member at the Center for Leadership in Pediatric Dentistry at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006 winner for a Best Manuscript Award in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. The published manuscript of Dr. Quinonez’s MCHB-supported research undertaking was a scholarly product from the Center for Leadership in Pediatric Dentistry at UNC-CH and the lead author is Dr. Rocio B. Quinonez, DMD, MS, MPH, a former MCHB Trainee at UNC-CH and a new faculty member at the Center. “Assessing cost-effectiveness of sealant placement in children” (J Pub Health Dent 2005; 65: 82-9) was the
subject of Dr. Quinonez’s MPH research. Coauthors include Professor Steve Downs, a pediatrician at the University of Indiana, and Professors Christensen, Shugars and Vann at UNC-CH.
This is the second year running MCH -supported research has been recognized for the Best Manuscript Award by the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. The 2005 winner was Dr. Jessica Lee, DDS, MPH, PhD, a former trainee and current faculty member in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Health Policy/Analysis at UNC-CH. Her manuscript emanated for her Center-supported doctoral research “The effects of the women, infants and children’s program on dentally-related Medicaid expenditures” (J Pub Health Dent 2004;64:76-81), coauthored by Professors Rozier, Kotch and Vann at UNC-CH.
Marion Taylor Baer, PhD
Added: June 7, 2006
Congratulations to Marion Taylor Baer, PhD, Project Director of the USC Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles LEND program, who will receive the 2006 American Dietetic Association Lenna Frances Cooper Award. She will present a lecture on Nutrition and Children with Special Health Care Needs in Hawaii at the annual meeting. This award acknowledges an eminent leader in the field of nutrition.
Dr. Rita Hohlstein
Added: May 31, 2006
Congratulations to Dr. Rita Hohlstein, clinical associate professor for the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, on receiving the Wisconsin Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Leadership. During the past 35 years, Hohlstein has displayed leadership in creating, implementing and sustaining interdisciplinary training and clinical service programs at the Waisman Center. Hohlstein works within the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) with the mission of training clinicians, educations and administrators who will be working to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities and their families. In addition to her work with the UCEDD, Hohlstein has made her greatest contribution to the Maternal and Child Health Leadership Program in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities as its most consistent, dedicated and creative backer.
Amy DiVasta, MD, MSc
Added: May 23, 2006
Congratulations to Dr. Amy DiVasta, Fellow in the Boston LEAH Program, for winning the 2006 Huffman Capraro Award for Excellence in Research (Young Investigator Award) from the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG)!
Amy DiVasta, MD, MSc has just completed her Adolescent Medicine fellowship in the Boston LEAH Program and a Masters of Science degree at the Harvard Medical School. She has been recruited as a new faculty physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston and an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. DiVasta is a graduate of Wellesley College with a B.A. in Psychobiology and an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. DiVasta completed her pediatric residency training at Lucile S. Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Dr. DiVasta completed. Currently, Dr. DiVasta’s research interests include bone and cardiac health in young women with eating disorders, and consequences of medical treatments for young women with gynecologic disease.
Nancy H. Wooldridge, MS, RD, LD of the UAB PPC
Congratulations to Nancy H. Wooldridge, MS, RD, LD of the UAB PPC on her 2006 ADA Medallion Award.
The award was presented to Ms. Wooldridge in recognition of:
Her extensive contribution to the profession of dietetics
by serving in numerous leadership positions within the
American Dietetic Association and state and local dietetic
associations, including serving as Chair of the Pediatric
Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group; Council on Professional
Issue Delegate - Clinical Nutrition Practice; Chair and
Member of the ADA Nominating Committee; Member of the
Leadership Development Task Force and other workgroups
of the American Dietetic Association; and serving in several
offices and as a member of many committees of the Alabama
Dietetic Association and Birmingham District Dietetic
Association.
Her leadership in the area of pediatric pulmonary nutrition,
including the co-authorship with the Pediatric Pulmonary
Nutritionists of the publication Chronic Pulmonary
Conditions in Children: Case Studies for Nutrition Management;
serving as co-director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Center
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB); her
excellence in clinical nutrition practice providing services
to children with special health-care needs, especially
those with chronic pulmonary problems and their families;
and the promotion of the role of the registered dietitian
in the interdisciplinary teams of the Pediatric Pulmonary
Centers.
Her outstanding dedication to serving as a mentor and
a source of inspiration by offering support, time, expertise
and counsel to students and colleagues.
Her clinical expertise and excellence in education, which
she shares through instruction of graduate students, servings
as a national speaker on pediatric nutrition, participating
in pediatric pulmonary nutrition research and authoring
many publications in pediatric nutrition.
Her leadership in national maternal and child health
bureau activities including serving on a multitude of
advisory groups; co-authoring the Middle Childhood chapter
of Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition; assisting
in the establishment of the intensive course in pediatric
nutrition and the annual pediatric teleconference sponsored
by UAB.
Her dedication to the profession of dietetics and pediatric
nutrition, which she offers in a quiet and humble manner
but has resulted in an immense impact and influence on
the field.
Her keen ability to bring an alternative perspective and
for the high standards and professional ethics that guide
her professionally.
Ms. Mary Barger of Boston
University School of Public Health
Congratulations to Ms. Mary Barger of Boston University School
of Public Health on her 2006 Loretta P. Lacey MCH Academic
Leadership Award.
Ms. Mary Barger of Boston University School of Public Health
is the recipient of a 2006 Loretta P. Lacey MCH Academic Leadership
Award. The Loretta P. Lacey award was created to recognize
leadership in MCH education, research, policy development
and/or advocacy. Professor Barger has been a member of Boston
University SPH faculty since 1991 and directed the MCH Department
Nurse-midwifery education program since 1998. She serves on
the BUSPH Curriculum Committee and has been a force for innovation
in curriculum development at the SPH. In the MCH Department,
she has been a leader by example in the development of the
Department's curriculum, teaching a wide range of courses
both in the Department and the midwifery program.
Professor Barger is a leader in the midwifery education,
winning the American College of Nurse Midwives Region I Excellence
in Teaching Award from the ACNM Foundation. For more than
5 years, she has served as the associate editor of the Journal
of Midwifery and Women's Health and has been a member of the
Boston Public Health Commission Fetal and Infant Mortality
Review Committee and the Massachusetts Department of Public
Health Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.
Professor Barger also is in the process of completing her
doctorate in Epidemiology from BUSPH. She has been an active
member of ATMCH since 1996 and contributed greatly to the
reworking of the ATMCH competencies.
Lisa Martin-Crawford, M.S., B.S.N.
Congratulations to Lisa Martin-Crawford, Recipient of a 2005
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the Association of Schools of
Public Health (ASPH).
Lisa Martin-Crawford, M.S., B.S.N., a doctoral student of
the University of Minnesota's Center for Adolescent Nursing,
(Nursing Training, MCHB, HRSA) won one of four 2005 competitive
pre-doctoral minority fellowship grants from Association of
Schools of Public Health (ASPH) for public health research
to be conducted within one of the 33 CDC-funded Prevention
Research Centers (PRCs). The University of Minnesota's Department
of Pediatrics is the home of one of these centers, the Healthy
Youth Development PRC. The overall intent of the ASPH is to
enhance the preparation of future public health professionals
from ethnic and racial minorities by providing unique training
opportunities in prevention research. The two years of stipend
and tuition she will receive supports her research seeking
to understand the Ojibway adolescent's experience of living
with type II diabetes. Drs. Linda Bearinger (Director of the
Center for Adolescent Nursing) and Renee Sieving advise Martin-Crawford
in her fellowship research activities.
Claire D. Brindis, Dr. P.H.
Congratulations to Dr. Claire Brindis, Recipient of a 2005
MCHB Director's Award
Claire D. Brindis, Dr. P.H., is Professor of Pediatrics and
Health Policy, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent
Medicine and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Health Sciences at the University of California,
San Francisco (UCSF). She is Executive Director of the National
Adolescent Health Information Center and Associate Director
of the Policy Information and Analysis Center for Middle Childhood
and Adolescence; both organizations sponsored by the Division
of Adolescent Medicine and the Institute for Health Policy
Studies (IHPS) and funded by the Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Brindis' exemplifies the spirit of collaboration between
local, regional and national public, private, professional,
community, and university groups throughout the country. Claire
has created unique and valuable perspectives on promoting
positive policies to enhance the health of middle childhood
and adolescence in the U.S. Her research on adolescent and
child health policy,her synthesis of important aspects of
public health,her extensive writings, teaching, and trainings,
her state and national visibility, along with her leadership
in national projects, such as the federal National Initiative
to Improve Adolescent Health,all speak to her tremendous influence
on the field.
Dr. Brindis is working closely with MCHB, CDC, and over 30
national organizations to promote the health of adolescents
and young adults. Under this Initiative, she has recently
co-authored a monograph on implementing the Healthy People
2010 Adolescent Health Objectives, with the CDC and the Federal
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health,Improving Adolescent Health:
A Guidebook for States and Communities (available at http://nahic.ucsf.edu).
Her personal interests in Latina health are also reflected
in her recent monograph,"A Future with Promise: A Chartbook
on Latino Adolescent Reproductive Health" (http://crhrp.ucsf.edu).
She has been an ardent promoter of youth development and
building on the assets of youth in the U.S. We take pride
in the fact that MCHB invested in her training as an MPH and
Dr. P.H. student! Finally, Dr. Brindis is actively working
towards assuring that an "A" will one day be included
as part of the MCHB Logo! In sum, her advocates feel that
she is a star!!!
Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Michael Rich, MD, MPH, Boston LEAH faculty member, was
awarded the 2005 Holroyd-Sherry Award to recognize his outstanding
contributions in the field of children, adolescents, and the
media by an AAP member.
CSHCN Doctoral Students Making the Grade!
The following three students are at the Center for Children
with Special Health Care Needs, University of Minnesota, School
of Nursing.
Diana Neal received the Torske Klubben Fellowship for Minnesota
Residents for 2005-2006, awarded to future leaders who maintain
cultural ties between Norway and America. This award supports
University of Minnesota graduate fellowships for students
with a connection to Norway and/or its culture.
Diana is on the faculty of St. Olaf College and is pursuing
studies of preterm infants' responses to music in the neonatal
intensive care environment.
Mary Chesney was selected to present her poster "Comparison
of Child and Parent Perceptions about Ambulatory Pediatric
Sub-specialty Care" at the
2005 Midwest Nursing Research Society's Conference Graduate
Student Poster Competition in Cincinnati, OH, this past April.
Mary also presented this research at our own School of Nursing's
Research Day.
(Mary) Casey Hooke, RN, MS, CPON, won the prestigious $30,000
two-year Doctoral Scholarship in Cancer Nursing from the American
Cancer Society!
Her dissertation research focuses on fatigue, physical performance
and carnitine levels in children with cancer. The purpose
of her project is to decrease symptoms of distress in youth
with cancer to improve their quality of life and ability to
engage in life activities. Casey also presented a poster at
the 28th annual Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses Conference
and Exhibit in Kansas City, MO, this past October.
Catherine Gordon, MD, MSc
Now we can officially say kudos to Catherine Gordon, MD,
MSc (Boston LEAH faculty and former Fellow) for being one
of 12 scientists recognized by the NIH for the Presidential
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (see web site
below).
In the program booklet Catherine was recognized "For
developing and testing a new therapy to prevent bone loss
in adolescent with anorexia, and for sharing information about
bone health with school children, local pediatric groups and
hospital, and encouraging young scientists in career day fairs
for middle school children."
