Associate Chief For Community-Based Research | Professor Of Pediatrics
Massgeneral Hospital For Children | Harvard Medical School
• Directed research center with 8 investigators, $7 million annual budget, and 32 FTE staff.• Led interdisciplinary team of 9 to finance and conduct the PSD Study, a decade-long $3.62M NIH-funded cohort study of social status’ impact on obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and mental health. First and only study with long-term data on developmental trajectories of perceived stratification and its impact on health. 29 high impact publications.• Developed business case for and guided implementation of a psychosocial needs screening program into internal medicine clinic. Negotiated initial $200,000 contract, reducing cost and protecting patients’ privacy. • Directed Harvard Catalyst’s Child Health Program, creating a platform for engagement of child health researchers across the entire university and awarding $800,000 in pilot grants. Oversaw inter-institutional teams of 4-6 to conduct three highly successful symposia on major health concerns (mental health, genomics, developmental origins of health and disease). •Co-authored scientific and policy statements for three prominent national professional organizations: National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, the American Heart Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. • Developed and published a novel 3-generation model to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty.• Advised National Children’s Study on design and measurement protocols, particularly in relation to PROs.• Provided leadership and direction to multiple NIH-funded clinical and community-based trials. • Standing member on the National Institute of Health’s Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes (KNOD) study section (2011-2014). • Appointed to NIH’s CTSA Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee. Ran Committee’s Lifecourse Research Working Group which delivered two workshops at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting. Elected member of the Operation Group to guide Committee’s functioning.