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General Academic Pediatrics
Research
The General Academic Pediatrics Section continues to expand its research enterprise, with the addition of new research faculty and an increase in federal funding. Immunization delivery research has been a major focus for the last ten years, involving Drs. Stephen Berman, Robert Brayden, Matthew Daley, Simon Hambidge, and Allison Kempe; and our Section is a recognized leader in this area nationally. Over the past three years we have received five federal grants in the area of immunization delivery, examining attitudes of physicians nationally regarding vaccine policy issues, adolescent vaccine delivery, and school-based delivery of both influenza and adolescent vaccines.
Preventive dental care for children has been a growing area of focus, involving Drs. Matthew Daley, Patricia Braun, and Allison Kempe, and there have been three grants funded in this area. Drs. Steven Poole, Elaine Morrato, and Allison Kempe are evaluating the Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Practice (CCHAP) program, aimed at increasing private pediatricians’ involvement in providing care to low-income children.
Several projects assessing quality improvement - in the areas of asthma management (Drs. Maya Bunik and Allison Kempe) in collaboration with the Pulmonology Section, and in mental health care within the pediatric setting (Drs. Maya Bunik and Allison Kempe) in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry - have received grant funding support. Telephone care and self-triage over the internet continue to be a focus for several faculty (Drs. Barton Schmitt, Maya Bunik, and Allison Kempe); and our faculty are currently involved in a collaborative project with Kaiser Permanente to evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of self-triage over the internet. Our new focus in obesity prevention (Drs. Maya Bunik, Christina Kim, and Allison Kempe) has resulted in the completion of several projects and the submission of two new grants.
Additional projects for many of this Section's faculty are listed in the Children's Outcomes Research Program.
Faculty Research Interests
General Academic Pediatrics faculty are active in a variety of research areas. Dr. Stephen Berman is involved in access to health care and immunization services delivery research. Dr. Robert Brayden participates in immunization services delivery research. Dr. Maya Bunik's interests include breastfeeding support for low-income women, quality improvement in asthma management, and primary care mental health services and after-hours care/telephone triage. Dr. Sara Carpenter's interests involve health care services for children in foster care. Dr. Matthew Daley is involved in research regarding immunization delivery and preventive dental services for children. Dr. Ellen Elias studies the physiological effects of the cholesterol deficiency seen in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and is also interested in caring for children with osteogenesis imperfecta. Dr. David Fox is interested in quality of care and medical decision-making regarding special needs children. Dr. Allison Kempe directs the Children’s Outcomes Research Program, and her research interests include immunization delivery, telephone care, and health care access in low-income children. Dr. Christina Kim’s research interests are the development and evaluation of interventions to decrease childhood obesity. Dr. Steven Poole’s research is focused on issues of access to care for children with Medicaid insurance. Dr. Barton Schmitt's current primary research interest is pediatric telephone triage and advice. Dr. Brian Stafford’s research interests include perinatal and infant mental health.
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