Current Research

Adolescent Health

1. Improving Follow-up of Youth after Emergency Department and
Acute Care Visits
2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Youth at the Hennepin County
Juvenile Detention Center
3. Community Planning for Health Care for Recently Incarcerated Youth

Principle Investigator: Julia Joseph-Di Caprio, MD, MPH

Apnea

1. Evaluating Immunizations in Preterm Infants and the Occurrence of
Apnea and Bradycardia (A & B Spells)

Principle Investigator: Richard Lussky, MD

Asthma

1. School Attendance and Asthma Management Initiative (SAAMI)

Principle Investigator: Gail Brottman, MD

2. Preventing Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits by Children
and Adolescents with Asthma: Development of a Program Plan

Principle Investigator: Lisa Hagen, RN, MS

Breast-feeding

1. Initiation and Duration of Breast-feeding at HCMC

Principle Investigators: David Fisher, MD, Jan Kutz, RN

2. A Study of Hmong Women’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Related
to Breast- and Bottle-Feeding

Principle Investigators: Richard Lussky, MD, David Thompson, MD

Genetics

1. Neural Tube Defects in the Upper Midwest Population
Folate Education Program

Principle Investigator: Nancy Mendelsohn, MD

Hunger and Growth

1. Children’s Growth and Nutrition Clinic
2. Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP)
3. Fun with Food and Fitness

Principle Investigator: Diana Becker Cutts, MD

Infectious Disease

1. Pediatric Tuberculosis at HCMC: Epidemiology, Diagnosis & Management

Principle Investigator: Stacene Maroushek, PhD, MD

2. Congenital Syphilis Surveillance and Newborn Evaluation

Principle Investigator: Dawn Martin, MD

3. Pediatric HIV/AIDS Surveillance

Principle Investigator: Linda Thompson, MD

Immunizations

1. Pediatric Immunization Assessment: Intervention and Risk Factor Analysis

Principle Investigator: Dawn Martin, MD

Medical Education

1. Prevention, Education, and Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Principle Investigator: John Garcia, MD

2. Evaluation of Touchpoints Education Program

Principle Investigator: Sloan d’Autremont, MD

Pediatric Intensive Care

1. The Use of Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in Pediatric
Head Trauma

Principle Investigator: Steve Baish, MD

Pediatric Neurology

1. Alternative Routes of Administration of Anti-Epileptic Medication
for Children

Principle Investigator: Robert Kriel, MD

RSV Prevention

1. The Effectiveness of Synagis in the Prevention of RSV Infection in
Ex-Preterm Infants

Principle Investigators: Richard Lussky, MD, Linda Thompson, MD

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