Research Interests
My research career has focused on pain and sedation management, disparities in healthcare delivery, innovation and dissemination, and career development. I serve on the HRSA Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Innovation and Improvement Center executive leadership core and co-lead the Knowledge Management and Research domains. I spent 10 years as site principal investigator for the National Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), including the largest clinical trials for sickle cell disease pain. My dissemination expertise is also harnessed in the Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN) where I co-lead the communications domain and am excited to bring this work to Duke.
Selected Grants
Duke-Utah HEAL KIDS Pain Resource and Data Center
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2030Enhancing Pediatric Experiences with Needle-Free Pain Management: The J-Tip Project
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Society for Pediatric Sedation · 2025 - 2027Regional Pediatric Pandemic Network
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center · 2023 - 2026Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to the Delivery of Regional Evidence Based Pediatric Burn Care
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Emergency Medicine Foundation · 2025 - 2026Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas at Austin · 2023 - 2026External Relationships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center
- Imagine One Companies
- Otonexus Medical Technologies
- Pediatric Pandemic Network
- Society for Pediatric Sedation
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