Grant Funding and Team Science

2023 - Present

Department of General and Community Pediatrics | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH

Title: Preventing Firearm-Related Injury in Under-Resourced Communities
Role: Co-Mentor
Resident Primary Investigators: Kristen Humphrey, MD, and Margaret Carney, MD
Funded through the American Academy of Pediatrics; Amount: $2,000
Aim: Reduce firearm-related injury in under-resourced communities by improving access to firearm safety devices and education for patient families at pediatric primary care clinics within Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and through collaboration with community partners at local events

Department of General and Community Pediatrics | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH

Title: Implementation of a Novel Virtual Reality Intervention to Support Clinicians’ Firearm Safety
Counseling Behaviors
Role: Co-Investigator
Primary Investigators: Francis Real, MD, MEd, and Rhea Virdine, MD
Funded through the Center for Clinical and Translation Science and Training; Amount: $50,000
Aim: Conduct a multi-site two-arm randomized controlled study assessing the efficacy of an educational virtual reality intervention (Resident Education And Counseling on Household (REACH) Firearm Safety) to justify and inform scale and distribution of the training approach

Department of General and Community Pediatrics | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH

Title: REACH Firearm Safety: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Intervention on Firearm Screening and Counseling Practices Among Pediatric Residents
Role: Primary Investigator
Funded through Primary Care Research; Amount: $5,000
Aim: Conduct a single site two-arm randomized controlled pilot study assessing the efficacy of an educational virtual reality intervention (Resident Education And Counseling on Household (REACH) Firearm Safety)

Pediatric Surgery | Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA

Title: Developing and Evaluating an Avatar/Virtual Reality-Based Gun Violence Prevention Training Program
for Clinicians
Role: Co-Investigator (Fellowship Trainee)
Primary Investigators: Peter Masiakos, MD, MS, and Cornelia Griggs, MD
Funded through the Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation and Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Amount: $100,000
Aim: Develop and conduct usability testing of an intervention to train clinicians in gun violence prevention strategies

Department of General and Community Pediatrics | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical

Role: Funded Trainee - General Pediatrics Research Fellow
Primary Investigator: Sarah Beal, PhD
Funded through Ruth L. Kirschestein National Research Service Award (NRSA) and Primary Care Research

Department of General and Community Pediatrics | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical

Title: Food as Medicine: Impact of a Primary Care Embedded Food Pantry on Pediatric Outcomes
Role: Primary Investigator
Funded through the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency Program; Amount: $7,000
Aim: Evaluate the impact of an embedded primary care food pantry on pediatric outcomes and resident ability to address adverse social determinants of health