Research
Cumberland Pediatric Foundation continually seeks opportunities that will assist in fulfilling our mission of supporting the health and wellness of children through supporting quality health care services. If your organization has a research opportunity, please reach out to Preston Spencer at preston.spencer@vumc.org.
Currently Recruiting
The Cumberland Pediatric Foundation and The Metro Public Health
Department Partner to Eliminate Secondhand Smoke Exposure
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Pediatricians in Davidson County are eligible to participate in a program based on Clinical Efforts Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE).
Providers are encouraged to screen all children under the age of 5 for exposure to secondhand smoke. If the parent is a smoker they are given a handout designed to mimic a prescription identifying the 5 key steps for tobacco cessation.
CPF has partnered with Centerstone, one of the nation’s largest mental health and substance abuse treatment services providers, on a “Youth and Young Adult Suicide Prevention” program to provide training and assistance in suicide prevention, with the goal of increasing and standardizing rates of suicide prevention screening in the primary care setting and improving speed of access to follow-up care.
Ongoing
NIH Research Project (R01)
Pamela Hull, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the division of Epidemiology and Debra Friedman, M.D., the E. Bronson Ingram Chair in Pediatric Oncology, are collaborating with Cumberland Pediatric Foundation on an NIH-funded R01 implementation study focused on increasing HPV vaccination rates among adolescents.
NIH Research Project (R01)
Pamela Hull, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the division of Epidemiology and Debra Friedman, M.D., the E. Bronson Ingram Chair in Pediatric Oncology, are collaborating with Cumberland Pediatric Foundation on an NIH-funded R01 implementation study focused on increasing HPV vaccination rates among adolescents.
Antibiotic resistance rates in Tennessee are among the highest in the nation. In the USA, At least 30% of antibiotics prescribed in the outpatient setting are unnecessary, meaning that no
CPF is partnered with the Tennessee Asthma Coalition (TAC), a nonprofit volunteer group of air quality and asthma subject matter experts in TN, to address asthma and indoor air quality
Completed Projects
ECHO Autism: a virtual-learning research project
Vanderbilt is partnering with primary care providers in the community in a research study through a virtual learning network, ECHO Autism. The overall goal of ECHO Autism is to offer community physicians (anyone with professional training in general pediatrics, family medicine, advanced practice nursing—NP or PA) an opportunity to develop more skills in managing and treating patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in their own practice setting. This includes but not limited to training on screening/identification and management of commonly seen medical co-morbidities.
Cumberland Pediatric Foundation partners with Vanderbilt in community-acquired pneumonia trial
Buddy Creech, M.D., M.P.H., and Derek Williams, M.D., M.P.H., are the lead investigators for SCOUT-CAP, an NIH-sponsored multicenter, placebo controlled trial that compares the efficacy of shorter therapy for children with community-acquired pneumonia. The study aims to enroll 400 outpatient children at five study sites across the country.
Present Your Project
The Cumberland Pediatric Foundation partnered with the Surgical Outcomes Center for Kids (SOCKS) at Vanderbilt and together created a Community Advisor Board (CAB).
The CAB’s primary function is to evaluate research or grant initiatives designed by physician scientists, academic researchers or community based groups. The board is comprised of parents, community partners, coordinated school health, practice managers, community pediatricians and health plan representatives.