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  • Bill Fifer: Sleep: Perchance to Find the Earliest Markers and Mediators of Childhood Disease and Positive Health

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    Sleep: Perchance to Find the Earliest Markers and Mediators of Childhood Disease and Positive Health Speaker: Bill Fifer, PhD Columbia University Medical Center         About the Speaker: Dr. Fifer's early work focused on the effects of prenatal experience on infant behavior and perception with a specific interest in the role of fetal […]

  • Jim Gern: An Integrated Approach to Identifying Early Life Causes of Childhood Asthma

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    An Integrated Approach to Identifying Early Life Causes of Childhood Asthma Speaker: James Gern University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison       Speaker Bio: Dr. James (Jim) Gern's research group is conducting several NIH-funded translational research studies to define the role of viral infections and other environmental factors in the […]

  • Rob McConnell: Vaping: Risks to Children and Youth

    Vaping: Risks to Children and Youth Speaker: Rob McConnell, MD Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California     Speaker Bio: Rob McConnell is a physician and environmental epidemiologist, and Professor of Preventive Medicine. He directs the NIH/Environmental Protection Agency-supported Southern California Children’s Environmental Health Center. He has studied the effects of air pollution […]

  • Forrest/Ganiban: More than the Absence of Disease: Studying Positive Health in ECHO

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    More than the Absence of Disease: Studying Positive Health in ECHO Speaker: Chris Forrest, MD, PhD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia       Jody Ganiban, PhD George Washington University       Speaker Bios: Chris Forrest is a Pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Director of the Applied Clinical Research Center. Dr. Forrest’s […]

  • Leve/Neiderhiser: Early Growth and Development Study: How Different Family Constellations Can Inform Science

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    Early Growth and Development Study: How Different Family Constellations Can Inform Science Speakers: Leslie Leve, PhD College of Education, University of Oregon         Janae Neiderhiser, PhD Department of Psychology, Penn State University     Discussant: Jody Ganiban, PhD George Washington University       Speaker Bios: Dr .Leve is best known for […]

  • Carmen M. Vélez Vega: Community Engagement and Report Back the Story of PROTECT-ECHO in Puerto Rico

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    ECHO Discovery Summary Community Engagement and Report Back: the Story of PROTECT-ECHO in Puerto Rico Carmen M. Vélez Vega, PhD, MSW of the University of Puerto Rico gave a presentation where she discussed the PROTECT-ECHO project in Puerto Rico. PROTECT (Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats) began in 2010 with the goal of understanding why Puerto Rico […]

  • Lyall/Zimmerman: Optimizing Neurodevelopmental Assessments in ECHO: Validating Measures and Capturing Critical Periods of Development

    Lyall/Zimmerman: Optimizing Neurodevelopmental Assessments in ECHO: Validating Measures and Capturing Critical Periods of Development ECHO Discovery Summary On September 8, Kristen Lyall, ScD of Drexel University and Emily Zimmerman, PhD of Northeastern University gave presentations on their ECHO Opportunities and Infrastructure Fund (OIF) Award Studies. The OIF is an NIH-funded grants mechanism for early investigators […]

  • Cella/Blackwell: Mutuality: What PROMIS Brought to ECHO and What ECHO Brought to PROMIS

    Cella/Blackwell: Mutuality: What PROMIS Brought to ECHO and What ECHO Brought to PROMIS ECHO Discovery Summary On January 12, David Cella, PhD (left) and Courtney Blackwell, PhD, EdM (right) of Northwestern University presented on the development of the Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). PROMIS is a unified and adaptable measurement system for evaluating and […]

  • Christine Loftus, MS, MPH, Ph.D: Where there’s smoke… there’s action? What ECHO can do to protect children from wildfire smoke

    Where there's smoke... there's action? What ECHO can do to protect children from wildfire smoke CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE PRESENTATION VIA TEAMS Key Takeaways: Wildfire smoke exposure is a growing public health crisis, causing significant harm to children nationwide. In 2025 alone, an estimated 12,000 ECHO participants have experienced at least one serious smoke […]

  • Allan C. Just, PhD: Air pollution and temperature as spatial factors impacting child health

    Air pollution and temperature as spatial factors impacting child health Key Takeaways: For this talk, Dr. Just explores how air pollution and temperature act as spatial factors impacting child health, with a focus on advanced exposure modeling using satellite data and machine learning. It highlights unique opportunities within the ECHO program to build spatiotemporal exposure […]

 

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