CHOIR Members

Investigator	Title	Research Interest
Adler, Robert, MD	Professor, Pediatrics	Preventative strategies and immunization strategies in pediatrics
Belzer, Marvin, MD	Associate Professor, Pediatrics	HIV infection in adolescents, utilization of emergency contraception, healthcare and high risk behaviors in transgender youth
Betz, Cecily, PhD, RN	Associate Professor, Nursing	Transition needs and services for youth with special healthcare needs
Chen, Alex, MD, MSHS	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Health economics and healthcare disparity among children in the U.S.
Chan, Linda, PhD	Professor, Pediatrics	Clinical and health services research methodology, evidence-based assessments
Clark, Leslie, PhD	Associate Professor, Pediatrics	HIV prevention interventions for HIV-infected and at-risk youth, stress, coping, and social support
Dorey, Fredrick, PhD	Professor, Pediatrics	Quality of life in chronic diseases, external validity of statistical models
Epstein, David, MD	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Critical care patient outcomes research
Friedlich, Phillipe, MD	Associate Professor, Pediatrics	Neonatal pulmonary hypertension, mechanical ventilation, neurodevelopmental outcomes
Gold, Jeffrey I., PhD	Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Pain management; pain management using virtual reality
Huang, Shirley, MD	Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics	Childhood obesity prevention
Iverson, Ellen, MPH	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Adolescent HIV, violence, substance abuse and health communications
Javier, Joyce, MD	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Healthcare disparities among children of Filipino immigrant families
Kipke, Michele, PhD	Professor, Pediatrics	Access/barriers to care, health services, patient-centered care, patient safety, community health, HIV
Lankenau, Stephen, PhD	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Health and developmental outcomes among high-risk youth, out-of-treatment drug users, homeless youth, and HIV/AIDS
Limbos, Mary Ann, MD, MPH	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Pediatric injury prevention, school-related injuries, early literacy
Meeske, Kathy, PhD, RN	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Cancer survivorship
Seri, Istvan, MD	Professor, Pediatrics	Pathophysiology and treatment of neonatal shock
Sanders, Bill, PhD	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Substance abuse, HIV risk, violence, gang involvement
Upperman, Jeff, MD	Assistant Professor, Surgery	Emergency preparedness in pediatric healthcare settings; parental decision making in critical care settings
Vanderbilt, Douglas, MD	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	Developmental-behavioral pediatrics
Wong, Carolyn, PhD	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics	The interplay between psychosocial and developmental risk and protective factors among young men who have sex with men
Wheeler, Barbara, PhD	Associate Professor, Pediatrics	People with disabilities in community life

CHOIR Members

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