Population Health Sciences Pilot
Deadlines
Submission deadline: June 15, 2023, by 5 pm.
Award notifications will be sent by August 1, 2023.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please reach to Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH.
Pilot grants
Once a year, ICCTR provides pilot grants to support Boston Children’s Hospital junior faculty with a focus on population health, broadly defined. Young investigators can be challenged in obtaining funding early in their careers, and small grants can be instrumental.
Funding levels
Research Support/Pilot Grants up to 10K, and up to ten grants may be awarded this year.
Goals
The goal of this funding opportunity is to jump-start small projects for early-stage investigators (instructors and assistant professors). We encourage underrepresented minorities (URMs) and those who are re-entering research fields after suspending research careers to apply. To demonstrate progress, we expect every award recipient will submit a related abstract, manuscript, or grant as well as present research findings at a grantee forum.
Eligibility
- MD, PhD, or equivalent; current primary academic appointment at Boston Children’s
- Rank: Instructor or Assistant Professor
- Demonstrated excellence in research training, productivity, and a well-defined focus in clinical, and translational research but without substantial independent support.
Review committee
- Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH (Chair)
- Mary Beth Son, MD
- Fabienne Bourgeois, MD, MPH
- Kathleen Conroy, MD, MSc
- Todd Lyon, MD, MPH
- Jonathan Mansbach, MD, MPH
- Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH
- Bill Meehan, MD, MPH
- Michael Monuteaux, ScD (statistical reviewer)
- Mari Nakamura, MD
- Caleb Nelson, MD, MPH
- Ankoor Shaw, MD, PhD
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please reach out to Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH.
Prior awardees
2022 Grant Awards
Svetlana Azova, MD
Endocrinology
Effects of Nutritional Ketosis on Cerebral Glutamate Concentrations, Inflammation, and Brain Health in T1DM
Charumathi Baskaran, MD
Endocrinology
The effects of gender-affirming sex-steroid treatments on cognition and brain development in adolescents
Joel Hudgins, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Predictors of Severe Sepsis in Patients with Intestinal Failure
Sarah Justvig, MD
General Pediatrics
The Impact of Primary Care Clinic Intervention on Executive Function Skills in Toddlers and Caregiver Engagement: A Pilot Feasibility Study
Jonathan Levin, MD
Newborn Medicine/Pulmonary
A pilot randomized controlled crossover trial of postpyloric versus gastric feedings to improve pulmonary outcomes in high-risk preterm infants
Amanda Raffoul, PhD
Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Preventing disordered weight-control behaviors among youth: An innovative application of microsimulation modelling to health policies
Michael Toce, MD
Emergency Medicine
Trends in Adolescent Non-Fatal Drug Overdoses
2021 Grant Awards
Nicole Baumer, MD, MEd
Neurology
Developing a Denver-II-like Developmental Monitoring Tool for Children with Down Syndrome
Susan Lipsett, MD
Emergency Medicine
Validation of the Novel Pneumonia Risk Score for Children
Katie Moynihan, MD
Cardiology
Distribution of Hospitals that Admit Children According to Social Determinants of Health
Corinna Rea, MD, MPH
Children's Hospital Primary Care Center
Understanding Disparities in the Diagnosis and Management of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Kevin Scully, MD
Endocrinology
A Pilot Study to Test the Safety and Tolerability of a Low Glycemic Load Dietary Intervention in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
Margaret Stefater, MD, PhD
Endocrinology
Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Adolescents Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
2020 Grant Awards
Kathleen Conroy, MD, Msc
General Pediatrics
Understanding the Impact of the COVID Emergency on Uptake of Preventive Care Services in Infants
Todd Lyons, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Procalcitonin as a Diagnostic Biomarker for Pyogenic Musculoskeletal Infections in Children
Kate Millington, MD
Endocrinology
Medical Gender Transition as a Novel Approach to Study the Effects of Sex Steroids on Cardiovascular Health
Andrea Stracciolini, MD
Orthopedics
Feasibility and Efficacy of Physical Literacy Screening Integration into Pediatric Clinical Settings
Ankoor Shah, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology
Development of evidence-based guidelines for the utility of ophthalmic consultation in confirmed and suspected non-accidental trauma
Brent Weil, MD
Surgery
Long-term Burden of Major Surgical Procedures in Survivors of Childhood Cancer