Strong Children's Research Center

Health Services Research Projects

Investigators


• Kelly Brown, M.D.

• James R. Campbell, M.D., M.P.H.
• Stephen R. Cook, M.D.*

• Sara Eleoff, M.D.

• Jill Halterman, M.D., M.P.H.
• Neil E. Herendeen, M.D.
• Leesha Hoilette, M.D., M.S. *

• Margaret Holland, Ph.D., MPH

• Cindy R. Howard, M.D., M.P.H.
• Sandra H. Jee, M.D.,M.P.H.*
• Jeffrey M. Kaczorowski, M.D.
• Cheryl Kodjo, M.D., M.P.H.
• Kenneth M. McConnochie, M.D., M.P.H.
• Heather Paradis, M.D.

• Cynthia M. Rand, M.D.
• David M. Siegel, M.D., M.P.H.
• Stanley J. Schaffer, M.D., M.S.
• Laura P. Shone, M.S.W., Dr.PH.
• Peter G. Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H.
• Susan M. Yussman, M.D., M.P.H.

(* Denotes faculty who are accepting students in the SCRC Summer Program.)

Access to Health Care

  • Health insurance impact on children’s quality of care and outcomes
  • The burden of foster care and strategies to improve care    
  • Access to preventive care for vulnerable children

Immunization

  • Improving immunization status of children and adolescents
  • New vaccines, adolescent vaccines, burden of preventable disease

Asthma

  • Community- and school approaches to treat childhood asthma
  • The health burden of children with asthma

Mental Health

  • Detection and management of mental health problems in primary care
  • The psychosocial consequences of childhood chronic illness
  • Primary care assessments of mental status in foster care children

Nutrition and Obesity

  • Primary care monitoring and management of child obesity risk
  • Effective methods to increase breast feeding rates

Adolescent Risk Behavior and Prevention

  • Studies of sexually transmitted diseases and substance abuse counseling and care for high risk adolescent youth
  • Studies of prevention in adolescence

Disparities

  • Impact of public insurance in reducing racial/ethnic disparities
  • Eliminating immunization disparities by region and race/ethnicity