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The Impact of Cell Phone Support on Psychosocial Outcomes for Youth Living with HIV Nonadherent to Antiretroviral Therapy.

The development of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in rapid declines in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, however, youth living with HIV are frequently poorly adherent to ART regimens. Mobile health interventions to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents and young adults living with HIV represent a promising strategy. This pilot study from Dr. Nadia Dowshen and colleagues evaluated the psychosocial impacts of an efficacious adherence intervention, cell phone support. Participants receiving cell phone support reported significant decreases in perceived stress, depression, and illicit substance use, and increases in self-efficacy in comparison to participants receiving usual care. 

Risk factors and inpatient outcomes associated with acute kidney injury at pediatric severe sepsis presentation.

Severe sepsis, a major source of morbidity and mortality in children, is increasing in prevalence over time. In pediatric sepsis, acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs more frequently than in the general PICU population, and pediatric AKI has been associated with longer mechanical ventilation and length of stay, development of chronic kidney disease, and increased mortality. Dr. Fran Balamuth and colleagues identified specific patient and infectious characteristics associated with AKI at severe sepsis presentation, contributing novel information to the current epidemiology of pediatric AKI.

Multifaceted but Invisible: Perceptions of the Value of a Pediatric Cognitive Specialty.

Systems for standardizing physician payment have been shown to undervalue cognitive clinical encounters. Because health care reform emphasizes value-based approaches, we need an understanding of the way pediatric cognitive specialties are used to contribute to the provision of high-value care. Dr. Julie Szymczak sought to investigate how clinical and administrative stakeholders perceive the value of pediatric infectious disease specialists.

Time to Pathogen Detection for Non-ill Versus Ill-Appearing Infants ≤60 Days Old With Bacteremia and Meningitis.

Among infants ≤60 days old with bacteremia and/or bacterial meningitis, pathogens were commonly identified from blood or cerebrospinal fluid within 24 and 36 hours. However, clinicians must weigh the potential for missed bacteremia in non-ill-appearing infants discharged within 24 hours against the overall low prevalence of infection.

Epidemiology of infections and antimicrobial use in Greek Neonatal Units.

CPCE Director Dr. Theo Zaoutis, along with colleagues in the Neonatal Infection Surveillance Network in Greece, sought to describe the epidemiology of neonatal infections and of antimicrobial use in Greek Neonatal Units (NNUs) in order to develop national, evidence-based guidelines on empiric antimicrobial use for neonatal sepsis in Greece. 

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NIHCM Investigator-Initiated Health Services Research Grants (LoI due July 9)

The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of the U.S. healthcare system. To that end, the foundation is inviting Letters of Inquiry for its Investigator-Initiated Health Services Research Grants program. The foundation will award seven or eight grants totaling $400,000. Priority will be given to studies that address issues of broad significance for the U.S. healthcare system and that have high potential to produce timely results and reach key target audiences.

American Pain Society Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants (due July 9)

The Future Leaders in Pain Research grant program was established in 2005 to fund pain research projects of doctoral-prepared investigators who have not yet attained NIH R01 level funding. The purpose of this grant is to encourage research in pain that will add to the existing body of knowledge, and to allow investigators to develop pilot data that will aid them in securing additional major grant funding for continued pain research.

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation Grants (due July 15)

The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation supports organizations that contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children. The foundation awards grants for the dissemination of information about new and innovative programs designed to benefit youth or information already possessed by well-established organizations. Projects must have the potential to help American children in a large geographic area (more than one state).

AAP CATCH Planning and Implementation Grants and Resident Grants (due July 31)

Community Access to Child Health, a program of the American Academy of Pediatrics, provides support to pediatricians looking to collaborate with others in their communities so that all children have access to needed health services. Planning and Implementation Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to individual pediatricians and fellowship trainees in support of the planning of innovative community-based child health initiatives aimed at ensuring that all children have medical homes and access to healthcare services not otherwise available in their community. Resident Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to pediatric residents to support the planning and/or implementation of community-based child health initiatives.

Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation Community-Based HIV/AIDS Efforts (LoI due August 31)

The foundation is accepting Letters of Intent from community-based organizations working in the areas of HIV/AIDS care and direct services, education, and research. Grants will be awarded in support of developing or established programs, with emphasis on the direct benefit to clients or the target audience.

 

Gerber Foundation Pediatric Research Grants (concept paper due November 15)

The Gerber Foundation is accepting concept papers for research projects focused on improving the health, nutrition, and/or development of infants and young children. In particular, the foundation is looking for practical solutions that can be rapidly implemented on a broad scale and within a predictable time frame to clinical application. Major target areas include new diagnostic tools, new treatment regimens, symptom relief, preventative measures, assessment of deficiencies or excesses (vitamins, minerals, drugs, etc.), and risk assessment tools or measures for environmental hazards, trauma, etc. Grant amounts will range up to $350,000.

ACOG Women's Health Policy Research Award (due December 15)

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accepting applications for the 2015 Warren H. Pearse Women's Health Policy Research Award. The annual program includes a single grant of $10,000 for research that explores an aspect of healthcare policy that assists, defines, or restricts the ability of a physician to deliver health care to women in either the general population or a specific area. Applicants must be a junior fellow or fellow of the college at the time of application.

OnPAR Program for Unfunded NIH Proposals

Last year, the NIH received approximately $30 billion in federal support. In spite of this amount, about 42,500 grants were not funded. To address these unfunded proposals, the NIH has a new Pilot Program that is designed to match researchers with nonprofit disease Foundations or with investments from private companies. Through a new collaboration between the NIH and the private contractor Leidos, researchers can now upload their unfunded NIH Proposals into an online portal at the Online Partnership to Accelerate Research (OnPAR). Foundations and other potential funders can review the NIH scores, and decide whether they might be interested in funding the Projects. Currently, this Pilot Program allows researchers with priority scores better than the 30th percentile to submit their abstracts. Interested Foundations might ask that a researcher send their full NIH Application along with its scores. The consensus opinion is that there are a lot of worthy grants being submitted to the NIH, but there is only so much funding available. OnPAR is one way of trying to match researchers with private Foundations.