1345 - Scholarship in the Domain of Child Health Advocacy: Making It Work in the Academic Medical Center

Saturday, April 23, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM US MT

Location: Convention Center: Mile High Ballroom 4CD

CE: Live CME: 1.5

Selected By: EM
Co-sponsored By: International Society for Children's Health and the Environment, AAP, EM, Sedation, PHM
Course Number: 1345

Chair(s)

Joseph Wright, MD MPH

Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer
Pediatrics
University of Maryland Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
LB

Lee Beers, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics
Child Health Advocacy Institute
Children's National Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Joseph L. Wright, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Lee S. Beers, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Advocacy on behalf of child health and well-being is a primary function of the field of pediatrics. A 1904 quote (paraphrased) from founder of the American Pediatric Society, Dr. Abraham Jacobi, recognizes that “It is not enough to work at an individual bedside in a hospital…the pediatrician is a legitimate advisor to the judge and jury…a seat in the republic is what the people have a right to demand.” The incorporation of scholarship in the domain of advocacy is a vital component of the holistic and evidence-informed advancement of optimal child health. The assembled panel is comprised of subject-matter-experts who have successfully developed and defined advocacy work as a core element of their academic identities and leadership roles within the academic medical center.

• Chaya Merrill [Director, Child Health Data Lab, Children’s National Hospital] – Using data to advance advocacy in the academic medical center

• Olanrewaju Falusi [Medical Director of Education, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Children’s National Hospital] - Generating currency for advancement and professional development in the domain of advocacy

• Lenore Jarvis [Director of Advocacy and Health Policy, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s National Hospital] – Academic advocacy for the subspecialist

• Jerome Paulson [Past Chair, AAP Council on Environmental Health; and Emeritus Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, George Washington University School of Public Health] - Bringing scholarly relevance to global issues: Development of a state-based network for climate advocacy

• Lee Beers [AAP Immediate Past President] – Leadership in legislative advocacy at the national level

Presentations:

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM US MT

Using data to advance advocacy in the academic medical center
Speaker: Chaya Merrill, DrPH – Children's National Hospital
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM US MT

Generating currency for advancement and professional development in the domain of advocacy
Speaker: Olanrewaju O. Falusi, MD, MEd – Children's National Hospital
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM US MT

Academic advocacy for the subspecialist
Speaker: Lenore R. Jarvis, MD, MEd – Children's National Hospital
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM US MT

Bringing scholarly relevance to global issues: Development of a state-based network for climate advocacy
Speaker: Jerome Paulson, MD – George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM US MT

Leadership in legislative advocacy at the national level
Speaker: Lee S. Beers, MD – American Academy of Pediatrics/Children's National Hospital