Innovative Pediatric Research Grants
The purpose of the Innovative Pediatric Research Grant is to pilot research projects that will expand the research program built on the infrastructure of the National Children's Study. These research projects are intended to be pilot studies that could later be used as adjunct studies to the National Children's Study. Projects are intended to be one year in length. All Innovative projects are funded by gifts from the Primary Children's Foundation independent of National Children's Study funds or other government support.
Innovative Grants Funded by the Primary Children's Foundation
2009 Awards
1st Year Awards
| PI Name |
Project Title |
| David M. Huebner |
Developmental Implications of Childhood Gender Nonconformity |
| Valenzuela Luciano |
Monitoring Childhood Nutrition Using Stable Isotopes in Hair |
| Shannon O'Grady |
Breath CO2 - A Biomarker for Sweetener Consumption |
| Catherine Staes |
Optimizing family health history tools for the NCS |
| Christian Con Yost |
Epigenetic Markers of B-Cell Function in Low Birth Weight Infants |
2nd Year Awards
| PI Name |
Project Title |
| Christina Porucznik, PhD |
PEAK DAY: Extension, Confirmation, and Outcomes |
| Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH |
Neonatal outcomes associated with infertility treatment |
| James VanDerslice, MSEE, PhD |
Determining Exposures to Contaminants in Drinking Water |
| Judith Zimmerman, PhD |
Autism and Mental Retardation in Relation to Hazardous Exposures |
2008 Awards
- Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Children's Health
Kathleen M. Franchek-Roa, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics
- Targeting Peri-Conceptional Exposure Assessment
Christina Porucznik, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Public Health Program
- Neonatal Outcomes Associated with Infertility
Joseph B. Stanford, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Associate Professor
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Public Health Program
- Determining Exposures to Contaminants in Drinking Water
James A. VanDerslice, M.S.E.E., Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Public Health Program
- Autism and Mental Retardation in Relation to Hazardous Exposures
Judith P. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
2007 Awards
- Community Based Food Item Collection Methodology
Kristine Clarke, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics
- Autism: Screening and Early Identification
Judith Miller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
- Antecedents of Obesity: Fetal Measures of Adiposity (FEMA)
Laurie Moyer-Mileur, Ph.D., R.D.
Director, Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research
- Nutritional Data Mining: A Pilot Grocery Database Study
Kristina Thomas, Ph.D. Candidate
Biomedical Informatics
- Contingent Meaning of Perceived Neighborhood Social Capital for Adolescent Risk Behavior
Ming Wen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology