Events
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Dr. Johnnye Lewis: Navajo Birth Cohort: Understanding Diversity, Disparity, and Resilience Through ECHO
FeaturedWebExDr. Johnnye Lewis: Navajo Birth Cohort: Understanding Diversity, Disparity, and Resilience Through ECHO ECHO Discovery Summary Navajo Birth Cohort: Understanding Diversity, Disparity, and Resilience through ECHO Dr. Johnnye Lewis of the University of New Mexico gave a presentation where she discussed the ECHO Program’s Navajo Birth Cohort. In 2019, NIH facilitated a data-sharing and use agreement […]
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Carmen M. Vélez Vega: Community Engagement and Report Back the Story of PROTECT-ECHO in Puerto Rico
WebExECHO 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 […]
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Nathan Stinson, Jr.: Understanding Health Disparities: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Nathan Stinson, Jr.: Understanding Health Disparities: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You ECHO Discovery Summary Understanding Health Disparities: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Nathan Stinson, Jr., PhD, MD, MPH of the NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) gave a presentation on understanding health disparities among minorities and underserved […]
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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 […]
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Sean Deoni: Decentralizing Pediatric Research: Bringing Science to our Families with Wearables, Nearables, and Mobile Labs
Sean Deoni: Decentralizing Pediatric Research: Bringing Science to our Families with Wearables, Nearables, and Mobile Labs ECHO Discovery Summary Sean Deoni, PhD of Brown University, shared his research on MRI techniques and the use of wearable devices to study brain maturation in infants and children. Dr. Deoni discussed how his study’s use of mobile devices […]
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Christy Porucznik: Systematic Collection of Biospecimens in the Periconceptional Period
Christy Porucznik: Systematic Collection of Biospecimens in the Periconceptional Period ECHO Discovery Summary Traditional studies investigating environmental exposures during pregnancy often recruit women during their first trimester, and as a result these studies exclude data from around the time of conception and create an incomplete and biased understanding of the exposure’s effect. Environmental exposures experienced […]
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Bryan Lau: Dealing With Missing variables in Subset of Cohorts Within ECHO and Issues of Heterogeneity and Representativeness
Bryan Lau: Dealing With Missing variables in Subset of Cohorts Within ECHO and Issues of Heterogeneity and Representativeness ECHO Discovery Summary Bryan Lau, PhD, MHS, ScM of Johns Hopkins University discussed issues of missing information within subsets of ECHO cohorts. Throughout the presentation, Dr. Lau explained how cohort consortia around specific diseases are more likely […]
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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 […]
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McEvoy/Spindel: Prenatal Vitamin C and In-Utero Smoke: A Novel Approach to Block Some of the Perinatal Origins of Life Long Lung Disease
McEvoy/Spindel: Prenatal Vitamin C and In-Utero Smoke: A Novel Approach to Block Some of the Perinatal Origins of Life Long Lung Disease ECHO Discovery Summary On February 9, Cindy T. McEvoy, MD, MCR and Eliot Spindel, MD, PhD of the Oregon Health & Science University presented on treating women who smoke during pregnancy with vitamin […]
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Padula/Boronow: Tell It Like It Is! How to Share Individual Chemical Results With Your ECHO Participants Using DERBI (Digital Exposure Report Back Interface)
Padula/Boronow: Tell It Like It Is! How to Share Individual Chemical Results With Your ECHO Participants Using DERBI (Digital Exposure Report Back Interface) ECHO Discovery Summary On March 9, Amy Padula, PhD of the University of California San Francisco, and Katie Boronow, MS of the Silent Spring Institute presented on the Digital Exposure Report Back […]