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INTRODUCTION TO BREAK THE CYCLE

Leslie Rubin, MD, Director, Break the Cycle Program, Associate Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, President, ISDD, Atlanta GA

ZIKA—HIGHLIGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Kurt Martinuzzi, MD, Emory University, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology

MESSAGE FROM THE AAP

Jerome A. Paulson, MD, Medical Director, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units – East Medical Director, AAP Initiative on Climate Change and Health

Community Engagement: Fort Valley, Georgia

Leslie Rubin MD

Morehouse School of Medicine
Developmental Pediatric Specialists
Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability
Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Emory University

Community Engagement: The Story of Anniston, Alabama

Leslie Rubin MD

Morehouse School of Medicine
Developmental Pediatric Specialists
Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability
Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Emory University

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: A FRAMEWORK FOR SCIENCE THAT MATTERS

Linda A. McCauley, RN, PhD, Dean and Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta GA

POSITING CHANGE IN LIVES THROUGH EVIDENCE-INSPIRED, UNITED ACTION AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE (PLUS) 

Carol J. Rowland Hogue, PhD, MPH, Jules & Uldeen Terry Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Women’s and Children’s Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta GA

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADDS VALUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE AT EMORY 

Melanie A. Pearson, PhD, Director of Community Engagement, Michigan PBB Registry, HERCULES – Emory’s Environmental Health Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta GA

Lead Toxicity and Children

Robert J. Geller MD

Professor, Emory Univ. Dept. of Pediatrics
Emory SE Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit Medical Director, Georgia Poison Center

ENGAGING YOUTH IN COMMUNITY-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH Courtney G. Flint, PhD. Associate Professor Deptartment of Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan UT

PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

Access to Early Intervention Services for Preterm Survivors 

Marie Fefferman, student; Dr. Bree Andrews and Dr. Michael Msall, mentors

University of Chicago, Comer Children’s Hospital

School Readiness in Young Children

Ellen Litkowski, student; Dr. Ann Kruger, mentor

Georgia State University College of Education and Human Development

Department of Educational Psychology, Special Education and Communication Disorders

Barriers to Blood Lead Screening Practices Among Healthcare Providers

Dr. Jenny Ross, student; Dr. Nicholas Newman, mentor

University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Department of Environmental Health

Learn, Eat, Grow: Healthy Living Initiative

Maya Bornstein, student; Dr. Melissa Pirkey, mentor 

Emory University School of Arts and Sciences

An Ecological Model of Health Care Access Disparities
for Poor Children in the South

Kammy Kuang, student; Dr. David Wood, mentor; Dr. Kiana Johnson, mentor 

East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics 

Assessing the Health of Grandparents who Raise Grandchildren with Disabilities

Kelly Brown, B.S.

Mentor: Lilly Immergluck, M.S., M.D., FAAP

Co-Mentor: Elham Laghaie, M.S.

Morehouse School of MedicineClinical Research Center

Health Vulnerabilities of Utah’s Immigrant Children

Grant Holyoak & Morgann Holyoak, students; Dr. Courtney Flint, mentor

Utah State University, Department of Sociology, Social Work, & Anthropology; School of Teacher Education and Leadership

“I was scared over there” – Family Well-being After Relocation from a Distressed Public Housing Development

Kirstin Frescoln, student; Dr. Mai Nguyen, mentor

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of City and Regional Planning

Addressing Social Determinants of Health at a Federally Qualified Health Center

Caroline Hensley, student; Dr. Kelley Carameli and Dr. Christy O’Dea, mentors

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Environmental Health

Self-Empowering LGBT Youth Experiencing Homelessness through Collaborative Art

Paul Nguyen, student; Marc Cordon; Caleb Peng, mentor

Emory University College of Arts and Sciences

Office of Health Promotion; Rollins School of Public Health

Mommy: A surveillance system for pregnant women

Júlia Carmona Almeida Chaves, student;

Dr. Enrique Cifuentes and Dr. Alessandra Macedo, mentors

University of Sao Paulo, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics

Break the Cycle of Environmental Health Disparities 

BREAK THE CYCLE is a collaborative interdisciplinary research and training program to cultivate leadership in children’s environmental health disparities. The target populations are communities where the environmental hazards are related to circumstances of social and economic disadvantage.

SOUTHEAST PEDIATRIC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY UNIT (PEHSU)

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, EMORY UNIVERSITY

Get Involved: Sponsorships & Contributions

We welcome your support in sponsoring students and keynote speakers.

To get involved, please contact us at isddinfo@gmail.com

or call  404-303-5126

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