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2013 Program Overview

The APA Board of Directors announces the 2013 award cycle of the Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Awards Program. The program provides awards of up to $10,000 or $15,000 (depending upon the specific program) for research by fellows or junior faculty related to child health promotion, health services research, teaching, or patient care. Projects must be consistent with the goals of the APA; preference is given to projects that have the potential to lead to further studies.

Projects supported by the Young Investigator Awards Program, as well as the start dates, numbers of awards available, and funding amounts, vary according to the specific program Overview). The three award categories are:

The APA Young Investigator Program broadly funds projects in health services research, medical education, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, emergency medicine, child maltreatment, hospitalist medicine, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, and other general pediatric clinical research domains.Click here for instructions
The APA Bright Futures Young Investigator Program supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics funds projects aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of and research base for health supervision in primary care.
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The APA Young Investigator Award Program for Primary Care Strategies for the Promotion of Early Literacy and School Readiness Supported by Reach Out and Read funds research projects that focus on interventions in primary care intended to support the early stages of literacy development and school readiness amoung children at risk For Reading Problems or School Failure. Click here for instructions
The Adolescent Reproductive, Perinatal and Newborn Health Young Investigator Award Program supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds projects focused on adolescent reproductive, perinatal and newborn health. Click here for instructions

Additional information and detailed instructions for each program are enclosed. Please read the instructions carefully prior to preparing your submission. Questions about this program can be directed to Allison Hartle at the APA central office by calling 703-556-9222 or via email allison@academicpeds.org

2013 Young Investigator Award Recipients

APA Young Investigator Award

Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD, MPH
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Mentor: Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MS
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program/ University of California, Los Angeles
Mentor: Paul J. Chung, MD, MS (University of California, Los Angeles)
Patrick Brady, MD, MSc
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Mentor: Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Melissa Gilkey, PhD, MPH
University of North Carolina
Mentor: Noel T. Brewer, PhD (University of North Carolina)

APA/Bright Futures Young Investigator Award

Victoria Chen, MD
New York University School of Medicine
Mentor: Alan Mendelsohn, MD (New York University School of Medicine)
William Heerman, MD
Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Shari Barkin, MD (Vanderbilt University)
Suzanna Martinez, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Mentor: Michael Cabana, MD, PhD (University of California, San Francisco)
Anne Palaia, PhD, MPH
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mentor: Anne Duggan, ScD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Alison Riese, MD
Rhode Island Hospital
Mentor: Megan Ranney, MD, MPH (Brown University)
Christina Sakai, MD
Tufts Medical Center
Mentor: Roula Choueiri, MD (Tufts Medical Center)

APA/ CDC Adolescent Reproductive, Perinatal, & Newborn Health Young Investigator Award

Michele Decker, PhD, MPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mentor: Nan M. Astone, PhD (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Emily Gregory, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mentor: Arlene Butz, ScD, RN, MSN, CPNP (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Reena Oza-Frank PhD, RD
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Mentor: Mark A. Klebanoff, MD, MPH (Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital)

APA Resident Investigator Award

Jessica Cataldi, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Mentor: Edwin J. Asturias, MD (University of Colorado School of Medicine)
Matthew Zackoff, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Mentor: Melissa Klein, MD, MEd (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)