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Adolescent Medicine
Research
Dr. Kaplan's current research interests include evaluating the impact of school-based health centers on child and adolescent access to health care, utilization and health status. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Dr. Kaplan developed an electronic problem-orientated clinical information system that is designed to facilitate both clinical care and outcome-based research. The software is used in over 1,000 school-based health centers nationally. The software has served as the basis for over 50 scientific publications looking at health care utilization for adolescents served in school-based health and mental health programs.
Dr. Kabir’s research interests are focused on the identification and treatment of antenatal and postpartum depression in teen mothers.
Dr. Sass's area of research is obesity prevention with adolescents. She is currently completing a qualitative study with young teenagers who are at risk for becoming overweight. The primary objective is to investigate teens' suggestions for clinicians to provide more effective office-based overweight-prevention counseling.
Dr. Sigel is currently involved in two research areas. He is a co-investigator studying the effects of Risperidone in patients with anorexia nervosa. Additionally, he is developing a research path focusing on adolescents and violence, creating a screening tool that will help identify teens in the primary care setting who are at risk for future violence involvement.
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