Obesity SIG
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SIG Description
The obesity SIG is a group of pediatricians interested in childhood obesity.
Mission/Goals
The mission of the obesity SIG is to connect individuals who share an interest in childhood obesity, share resources, research, and best practices.
Please join us at 8 am on Sunday, May 5th in Convention Center room 102A for an exciting session on Pediatric Obesity Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN)! This year's Obesity SIG will feature presentations from the Children's Hospital Association's Focus on a Fitter Future COMPASS PBRN and POWER registry, and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR). Our schedule is as follows:
8:00-9:15-Childhood Obesity Multi Program Analysis and Study System (COMPASS) and Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry (POWER): Past, Present, and Future of an Obesity Practice-Based Research Network and Patient Registry
Presenters: Robert Siegel MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center; Ihuoma Eneli MD, MS, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Tom Robinson, MD, MPH, Stanford University School of Medicine; William Stratbucker MD, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital; Shelley Kirk, PhD, RD, LD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center
9:15-9:30- Questions and Answers
9:30-10:30- Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research at NIH and the National Collaborative For Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR)
Presenter: Charlotte A. Pratt, PhD, MS, RD, FAHA, Program Director, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
10:30-10:45- Questions and Answers
10:45-11:00: Next steps in development of obesity PBRNs and patient registries
SIG Co-Chairs:
Sarah Hampl
shampl@cmh.edu
Sandra Hassink
shassink@nemours.org
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Current SIG Co-Chairs:
Sarah Hampl, MD
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 983-6764
shampl@cmh.edu
Sandra Hassink, MD
2602 Pennington Drive
Wilmington, DE 19810
Phone: (302) 651-5936
shassink@nemours.org
