Research
Overview
The members of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine are actively involved in research on multiple levels.
Research Faculty
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Name
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Areas of Special Interest
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| Kathleen W. Bartlett, MD, Chief | Resident education, cultural competence, quality improvement, care for children with medical complexity |
| Clay Bordley, MD, MPH | Quality improvement, procedural sedation, bronchiolitis |
| Samrat Umasankar Das, MBBS | Pediatric hospital medicine, graduate and undergraduate medical education, interprofessional education, simulation education and observational studies to improve clinical practice in the area of inpatient pediatrics |
| Sarah Gall, MD | Pediatric hospital medicine |
| Mikelle Key-Solle, MD | Procedural sedation, quality improvement |
| Heather S. McLean, MD | Quality improvement, patient safety, experience of care, QI curriculum development, care for children with medical complexity |
| David Ming, MD | Transitions of care, care for children with medical complexity, quality improvement |
| Kristina Marie Nazareth-Pidgeon, MD | Pediatric hospital medicine |
| Victoria Parente, MD, MPH | Health disparities, quality improvement, patient safety, care for children with medical complexity |
| Lisa Stigler Parnell, MD, MPH | Patient education, health literacy, clinical practice guidelines, quality improvement, care for children with medical complexity |
| Michelle Joette White, MD | Built environment and health |
Areas of Research
Current areas of interest include:
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Outcomes and process research on common inpatient diagnoses such as bronchiolitis and asthma
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Quality improvement initiatives
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Resident and student education initiatives
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Assessing needs and improving care for children with medical complexity
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Participation in a national pediatric procedural sedation collaborative to better understand and improve care
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Participation in national pediatric safety collaborative to improve care
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Collaborative projects with other Divisions (e.g., novel treatments of RSV infections, improving care of neonates with fever and possible sepsis, development of status epilepticus protocols)