General Pediatrics Research

Research of Former and Current Fellows

Collectively, our former fellows since 1990 have over 250 peer - reviewed publications. Find below the research interests of our current and past fellows since 2000. We welcome you to visit Health Services Research activities in the Department of Pediatrics.

Jane Brotanek, M.D.

MPH thesis bridging two worlds: Latino asthma practices and standard medical therapy. Qualitative research project designed to 1) to describe local (Rochester area) Latino cultural beliefs about asthma and its treatment, and 2) to explore whether these asthma beliefs/practices might be barriers to standard medical therapy and successful treatment outcomes
Work to study iron deficiency, prolonged bottle-feeding, and racial/ethnic disparities in young children

Stephen Cook, M.D.

Medical record review to measure rate of overweight children in a general pediatric practices and concordance with Body Mass Index screening
Data analysis of waist circumference among children
Data analysis of tobacco exposure among children

Sara Eleoff, M.D. - current fellow

Kinship care

Improving the health of children in foster care

Jennifer Foltz, M.D. -recent former fellow

Pediatric Obesity

Shalini Forbis, M.D.

Impact of parental literacy on health
Improved care for underserved

Karen Nead (Gnuse), M.D.

Evaluation of the association between overweight children/adolescents and adolescents and iron deficiency
Investigation of the influence of location of residence on the prevalence of overweight in adolescents

Stephen North, M.D.

Father involvement in children’s lives
Rural healthcare

Heather Paradis, M.D. -recent former fellow - current faculty

Preventing behavioral problems in young children

Cynthia Rand, M.D.

Adolescent vaccination acceptance, quality improvement in primary care counseling, access to reproductive health for adolescent women

Ted Sigrest, M.D. - recent former fellow

Evaluating and monitoring family-centered care in pediatric inpatient care

Heidi Smith, M.D.

Pediatric obesity
Medical-legal partnerships in pediatric residency education

Susanne Tanski, M.D.

Anticipatory guidance for injury prevention at well-child and injury visits: missed appointments for the teachable moment
School readiness and prenatal smoke exposure among children in the Rochester City School District
Periodic survey of AAP pediatricians on tobacco cessation counseling and attitudes

Danielle Thomas-Taylor, M.D.

Post intervention survey of pediatricians' screening practices concerning domestic violence
Benefits and barriers to a multidisciplinary approach to domestic violence: assessing the partnership of Alternatives for Battered Women and Child Protective Services

Karen Wilson, MD, MPH - current faculty/ fellow

Exposure of hospitalized children to secondhand tobacco smoke
Biochemical effects of secondhand tobacco smoke in children
Promotion of high quality research among pediatric residents and hospitalists

Daniel Yawman, M.D.

Development of an educational curriculum for health promotion for children of migrant farm workers
Survey research project to investigate residents and medical students who use Spanish as a second language in a clinical setting

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