2023 Department of Pediatrics Academic Annual Report

3. Developing, providing and/or enhancing exemplary, interdisciplinary, comprehensive clinical care services in environments that are adolescent-centered, community-based, culturally and linguistically competent. 4. Providing for the conduct of collaborative research and policy development by faculty and trainees aimed at improving adolescent health and well-being and eliminating health inequities for adolescents and young adults, including those with special healthcare needs.

2022–2023 Trainees

Helen Morgan LEAH Nutrition Trainee Graduate School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Kaylee Lanier Griffin LEAH Social Work Trainee Graduate Student: The University of Alabama Jennifer Schanzle LEAH MD Trainee Graduate School: Saint Louis University

Jennifer Schanzle LEAH MD Trainee Graduate School: Saint Louis University Rachel Smith LEAH Psychology Post-Doc Trainee Graduate School: Mercer University

2023-2024 Trainees

Marindi Campbell LEAH Social Work Trainee Graduate Student: The University of Alabama

Program Directors

Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D., MPH Principal Investigator

Corinne Evans LEAH Psychology Pre-Doc Trainee Graduate School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Jada Foy LEAH Nursing Trainee Graduate School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Heather Austin, Ph.D. Co-Principal Investigator

Program Coordinator

Leah Hayes

Charisse Graham, M.D. LEAH MD Trainee Graduate School: Morehouse School of Medicine

LEADERSHIP EDUCATION IN PEDIATRIC NUTRITION (LEPN) PROGRAM The purpose of the Leadership Education in Pediatric Nutrition (LEPN) program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is to enhance the nutritional status of mothers, children and families through training future and current MCH nutrition professionals to provide care in diverse clinical, community and public health settings, considering the social determinants of health and prioritizing health equity. This is accomplished through providing training to graduate and post-graduate dietitians, which includes stipend support. Training is also provided to other nutrition and health professionals via supervised practice experiences, an annual Pediatric Nutrition Intensive Course and training modules on food insecurity and on various topics of nutrition for children with special needs. Faculty and trainees participate in clinical, community and research activities related to the unique nutritional needs of mothers, infants, children, adolescents and families. Interdisciplinary care focuses on maternal, child and adolescent health and nutrition, including eating disorders, pediatric obesity, maternal obesity and interventions for youth with special needs.

Program Directors

2022–2023 Trainees

Aida Miles, Ed.D., MMSc, RDN, LD Principal Investigator Program Director

Helen Hardy LEPN Trainee Graduate Student: The University of Utah Sarah Frances Phillips LEPN Trainee Graduate Student: Samford University

Stephenie Wallace, M.D., MSPH Associate Director

Program Coordinator

2023–2024 Trainees

Leah Hayes

Elizabeth Lindsey Nosef LEPN Trainee Graduate School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Mary Kellison Thorne LEPN Trainee Graduate Student: Samford University

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