Department of Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine Fellowship

Fellowship Research

Current Fellows

Research Project: Successful interventions of Rochester Youth Violence Partnership (RYVP) through qualitative interviews

Research Mentors: C. Andrew Aligne, M.D., M.P.H., Richard E. Kreipe, M.D., Scott McIntosh, Ph.D., Michael A. Scharf, M.D., Laura P. Shone, M.S.W., Dr.P.H.

Publications

Quinn L, Block R, McIntosh S.
Impact of a community health improvement clerkship project.
Medical Education. 12/2007; 41 (11); 1102-3.

Presentations

Whitney S, Harris O, Gibbs D, Wilson L. Project SAV (Screening for Adolescent Violence). AMCHP Annual Conference. Washington, DC. February 2011.
Whitney S, Harris O, Gibbs D, Wilson L. Project SAV (Screening for Adolescent Violence). Making Lifelong Connections Conference. Orlando, FL. April 2011.
Wilson L, Massachi S, Jakobi A, Scharf M. On the “Borderline” of Adolescent Medicine and Psychiatry. Clinical Care Review/Grand Rounds. 2011. Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester.
Hughes I, Sukera J, Wilson L, Mink J, Scharf M, and Kreipe R. Advancing Knowledge and Unifying Care in Pediatric Conversion Disorder: an interdisciplinary fellow and resident project. Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting 2012, 10/31- 11/3/12, Huntington Beach, CA.
Wilson L, Scharf M, Shone L, Aligne A, McIntosh S, and Allen R. He is not a bad boy, but his friends… Parents’ perspectives on violence after penetrating trauma to their children. Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Conference 2013, 3/13-3/16/13, Atlanta, GA.

Research Project: Factors associated with provision of long-acting reversible contraception among adolescent health care providers, as well as education in adolescent reproductive health for both patients and physicians in training

Research Mentors: Constance D. Baldwin, Ph.D., Cheryl Kodjo, M.D., M.P.H., Rachael H. Phelps, M.D., Laura P. Shone, M.S.W., Dr.P.H.

Publications

Presentations

Blumoff Greenberg, K, Makino, K, Coles, M. “Factors Associated With Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Among Adolescent Health Care Providers.” Poster presentation, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine 2013 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2013.
Blumoff Greenberg K, Pippen J, Bitar N, O'Riordan MA, Lazebnik R. The Intergenerational Cycle of Teen Motherhood: A Narrative Explanatory Model. Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting, March 2011, Seattle, WA. Poster Presentation.
Blumoff Greenberg K and Bitar N. Giving a Voice to Teen Mothers: A Narrative Exploring the Intergenerational Cycle of Teen Parenting. Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Science Day, June 2010, Cleveland, OH. Platform.
Blumoff K, Jacob-Zysman A, Russell H, Anjorin E, Fine S. The HIV-Related Knowledge, Beliefs, and Sexual Practices of Women in Cameroon. Poster, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Center for Advocacy, Community Health, Education and Diversity Grant Poster Day, 2004.

Research Project: Etonogestrel implants in adolescents: experience, bleeding pattern and discontinuation rate

Research Mentors: Richard E. Kreipe, M.D., Olle Jane Z. Sahler, M.D., Laura P. Shone, M.S.W., Dr.P.H.

Publications

Wand T, Zhang X, Obijuru L, Laser J, Aris V, Lee P, Mittal K, Soteropoulos P, Wei JJ.
A micro-RNA signature associated with race, tumor size, and target gene activity in human uterine leiomyomas.
Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer. 2007 Apr; 46 (4): 336-47.

Research Project: Communicating with adolescents: web-based curriculum for providers

Research Mentors: Richard E. Kreipe, M.D., Constance D. Baldwin, Ph.D., Laura P. Shone, M.S.W., Dr.P.H., Judith Fonzi, Ph.D.

Publications

Starr T, Kreipe R. Adolescent Prescription Drug Abuse is a Problem: How Providers Can Be Part of the Solution. The Bulletin. 2012; 78(3): 28-29.

Research Project: Resilience in adolescents with cancer: impact of cyberspace

Research Mentors: Robert G. Holloway, M.D., M.P.H., David N. Korones, M.D., Olle Jane Z. Sahler, M.D.

Publications

Linebarger JS, Sahler OJ, Egan KA.
Coping with death.
Pediatr Rev 2009 Sep;30(9):350-5.
Cowell K, Horstmann S, Linebarger J, Meaker P, Aligne CA.
A "vaccine" against violence: coping power.
Pediatr Rev. 2008 Oct;2(10):362-3.
Linebarger JS, Roy ML.
Focus on diagnosis: common nuclear medicine studies in pediatrics.
Pediatr Rev. 2007 Nov;28(11):415-7.
Hellerstein S, Linebarger JS.
Voiding dysfunction in pediatric patients.
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2003 Jan-Feb;42(1):43-9.