Research in general pediatrics
Robert Byrd, M.D., M.P.H.
Robert Byrd was the principal investigator of the Epidemiology of Autism in California study. His published research involves the epidemiology of early school failure, promotion of school readiness, enuresis, uninsured children, adolescent risk behavior, blood lead exposure, ear infections, and asthma.
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Caroline Chantry conducts research on infant nutrition, breastfeeding, and term newborn care particularly with regards to the effects of HIV. She studies the risks, benefits, difficulties and promotion of breastfeeding, home pasteurization of HIV-infected breast milk for women in resource-poor areas, and growth, body composition and metabolism in HIV-infected children.
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Dr. Miller's research interests include: 1) dating violence and health risks among adolescents; 2) health consequences of trafficking and gender based violence; 3) reducing health disparities through community engaged participatory research. She also has a strong interest in cross-cultural care education, with a particular focus on service learning.
Su-Ting Li, M.D.
Su-Ting Li is interested in determining how we can best use information technology to put evidence-based pediatrics into practice and how we can best teach our medical students and residents to apply the best available evidence to the care of patients.
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Richard Pan conducts health services and medical education research. His areas of study include pediatric workforce, quality improvement in primary care, community-based residency education, and the impact of social environment on child health. He is director of Communities and Physicians Together, which teaches residents to partner with community organizations to address child health issues.
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Ulfat Shaikh's area of interest is in improving healthcare quality, specifically with respect to pediatric nutrition. Her research broadly deals with identifying factors that influence physician decision-making with respect to pediatric nutrition, and evaluating health system and telehealth interventions to improve healthcare quality. She is currently investigating the role of telehealth applications (clinical telemedicine, distance education, and internet communication), in improving the quality of clinical care in pediatric obesity.
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Alice Tarantal's research program primarily centers on fetal diseases and corrective therapies, with a focus on cell and gene-based therapies. The activities in the laboratory cover the following areas of research: (1) gene therapy, (2) stem cells/cell-based therapies, (3) fetal/neonatal models of human congenital and acquired diseases, (4) maternal:fetal microchimerism, and (5) imaging applications. Alice Tarantal has NIH-funded projects that focus on gene therapy for fetal heart, lung, and blood diseases, and hematopoietic, mesenchymal, and embryonic stem cells.
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Center for Fetal Gene Transfer for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
Center for Translational Human Stem Cell Research
Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
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