📄 New from @samirgadepalli.bsky.social Among 102,399 children undergoing six common operations, neighborhood deprivation was associated with increased length of stay, independent of complication rates. 🔗 www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S000... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

📄 New from @samirgadepalli.bsky.social An analysis of administrative claims data found that neighborhood deprivation did not impact the presentation or timing of nephrectomy of pediatric renal tumors. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

Survey: Primary care physicians preferred identifying depression cases accurately and shortening well-child exam time to increase the implementation of universal depression screening for adolescent patients. ja.ma/4rj7yip

Join us Tuesday, January 6th at 9:00 AM with Zubin J. Modi, MD! 📆 Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨 Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐 More Events: chear.org/events @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act slowed the decline in buprenorphine dispensing that occurred during Medicaid unwinding. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social For Medicare surgical patients, mandates to check the prescription drug monitoring program database did not reduce opioid prescribing or adverse events. 🔗 academic.oup.com/healthaffair... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

ICYMI: youtu.be/iXsH7ok5F5Q

📄 New from @samirgadepalli.bsky.social Findings may underscore an opportunity to better disperse care & right-size the delivery of commonly encountered general surgical care for peds patients and their families. 🔗 journals.lww.com/annalsofsurg... @um-ihpi.bsky.social

⏰ Upcoming Deadline! Awardees will be honored at the Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy and will receive a $1,000 award. Apply today! 🌐 Submission Details: chear.org/chp 📥 Submission Form: umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Join us Tuesday, November 25th at 9:00 AM with Lisa A. Prosser, PhD, MS! 📆 Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨 Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐 More Events: chear.org/events @umichsph.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

Washtenaw County sickle cell disease researchers and activists see promise in gene therapy, threats in federal funding cuts. concentratemedia.com/washtenaw-co... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

ICYMI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARoS...

“Play is the key to how young children learn and develop. Our report suggests that many families could support healthier development by encouraging a wider variety of play experiences," Sarah J. Clark, MPH. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

Join us Tuesday, November 11th at 9:00 AM with Anand Parekh, MD, MPH, FACP! 📆 Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨 Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐 More Events: chear.org/events @umichsph.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

ICYMI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nu_...

Join us Tuesday, November 4th at 9:00 AM with Allison King, MD, MPH, PhD! 📆 Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨 Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐More Events: chear.org/events @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

ICYMI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqET...

📄New from @ec-3.bsky.social Only 1 in 3 critically ill children are seen by their PCP within 1 week of discharge, suggesting the need for specific follow-up recommendations. 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369225052560?via%3Dihub @elsevierconnect.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social

ICYMI: youtu.be/U_M12Iyv5es

Join us Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 9:00 AM with Keith Feldman PhD! 📆 Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨 Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐 More Events: chear.org/events @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

We are pleased to announce that the call for submissions for the Susan B. Meister Award for Best Paper in Child Health Policy is now open. 🌐Submission Details: chear.org/chp 📥Submission Form: umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6RMnaAiOsiXkttY @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu @umisr.bsky.social

📄New from @samirgadepalli.bsky.social 1st med/surg specialty to launch a large-scale, virtual, national mentorship network spanning all learner levels. ✉️ [email protected] 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022346825002283?via%3Dihub @elsevierconnect.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social

Join us Tuesday, October 21st at 9:00 AM with Kayvan Najarian, PhD, & Emily Wittrup, MS! 📆Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐More Events: chear.org/events @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

📄New from Dr. Nina Hill, CHEAR Fellow. Using a qualitative text-message survey, youth perspectives on healthy eating, food insecurity screening & produce rx programs were evaluated. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

🎧“The percentage of children with mental health concerns has increased significantly.” -Susan J. Woolford, MD 🔗 wemu.org/wemu-news/2025-10-06/university-of-michigan-health-reports-increase-in-mental-health-issues-among-children @um-ihpi.bsky.social

Join us Tuesday, October 14th at 9:00 AM with Anand Parekh, MD, MPH, FACP! 📆Register for this Seminar: forms.gle/BeLRP78QwTM7ZgeP7 📨Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐More Events: chear.org/events @umichsph.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

Join us Tuesday, October 7th at 9:00 AM with Sarah J. Clark, MPH! 📆Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🔗More Events: chear.org/events @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

📄New from Kevin J. Dombkowski, DrPH, MS Probabilistic linkage to identify duplicate temporary name records may improve vax registry data quality, leading to more accurate population-level coverage rates. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow at 9:00 AM with Susan Woolford, MD, MPH, FAAP, Dipl ABLM! More Event info: chear.org/events Join our Mailing List: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

📄New from @ninahillmd.bsky.social and @kaopingchua.bsky.social. From 2019–2023, U.S. children with chronic conditions were consistently more likely to experience food insecurity than peers without such conditions. 🔗 michmed.org/GQ3DW @jamanetworkopen.com @um-ihpi.bsky.social

📄New from Dr. Prosser COVID-19 vaccination is economically attractive for adults 65+, preventing hospitalizations and deaths. For younger adults, vaccination may be cost-effective under certain scenarios only. 🔗 michmed.org/zgXRK @jamanetworkopen.com @um-ihpi.bsky.social

Children with #sicklecell disease are more likely to have dental problems — but fewer than half of those covered by Michigan #Medicaid got dental care in 2022, according to a new study in @jamanetworkopen.com by Sarah Reeves and colleagues. Read more: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

📄 New from Dr. Reeves, CHEAR faculty & staff. These findings highlight the need to train dentists to care for youths with SCD and for clinicians to stress the importance of dental care. #SickleCellAwarenessMonth 🔗 bit.ly/Reeves_JAMA @um-ihpi.bsky.social @jamanetworkopen.com

🎉 CONGRATS to the 2025 recipients of our Sandy-Hassmiller Early Career Health Services Research Award: @norabeckermd.bsky.social, @paulsribhenc.bsky.social, Nicholas Hartman, @ninahillmd.bsky.social & Bradley Iott! Learn about them and their innovative projects: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

🎧"...there was a lot of evidence, even from other studies nationally and in other states, suggesting that routine child and teen vax have been declining." Listen to @kaopingchua.bsky.social on 89.1 WEMU_FM as he explains what’s behind this decline. 🔗bit.ly/WEMU_Chua @um-ihpi.bsky.social

🎧Sickle cell disease has long been underfunded—yet transformative treatments now exist. On 89.1 WEMU_FM, Dr. Sarah Reeves calls for equity, access, and sustained support for the 4,000+ Michiganders affected. 🔗bit.ly/WEMU_Reeves @um-ihpi.bsky.social

📄 New in Pediatrics from @kaopingchua.bsky.social, CHEAR faculty & staff. Routine child/teen immunizations are declining in MI, w/ slower HPV vax gains—especially in lower-income, high-uninsurance counties. Targeted efforts may be needed. 🔗 doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-070781 @um-ihpi.bsky.social

New pub in Pediatrics: child/teen vaccination declined from 2017-2023 in Michigan. HPV vaccination increased less than expected. Declines were more pronounced in low-income and high-uninsurance counties. @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umchear.bsky.social Link: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

We’re hiring! Join the CHEAR Center as a Clinical Assistant Professor in Pediatrics. Passionate about pediatric health services research? Let’s talk! More Information:🔗 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/266551/clinical-instructor-clinical-professor #JobOpening #Pediatrics #UMich

Though young adults in the US account for a disproportionate share of new HIV diagnoses, until this study from @ninahillmd.bsky.social, we didn't know much about trends in dispensing PrEP!! Free full text 👉 rdcu.be/em1X1

Reeves highlights her work leading the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection (MiSCDC) Program, a CDC-funded, population-based data system run in partnership with the Michigan Dept. of Health & Human Services to identify gaps in care and services for people with #SCD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDRd...

In a new Q&A, Sarah Reeves of the U-M Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center discusses the current landscape of #SickleCellDisease care and her team's efforts to analyze data to inform policy and better support people with #SCD in Michigan: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

🩸 It’s #WorldSickleCellDay2025 — a day to raise awareness about sickle cell disease #SCD, an inherited blood disorder that affects ~100,000 people in the U.S., including ~4,000 Michiganders, most of whom are Black or Hispanic. 🧵

The Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program leads efforts to improve access to care for people with sickle cell disease. SCDC's future is at risk after @CDCgov Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics was eliminated. @statnews.com bit.ly/statnews_SCDC

As teen #socialmedia use grows, so do worries about #mentalhealth. In this video, our member Jane Harness discusses her research on what youth across the U.S. are saying about social media—from their habits to safety concerns to its effects on their well-being: youtu.be/zfpu886e_oU?...