Treating Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome, Preventing Pregnancy in LGB-plus Adolescent Girls – Episode 46

Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, is the Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and an attending neonatologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. He also currently serves as an Adjunct Physician Policy Researcher at RAND Corporation and is a Guest Researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Patrick’s National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded research focuses on improving outcomes for opioid-exposed infants and women with opioid use disorder and evaluating state and federal drug control policies. He previously served as Senior Science Policy Advisor to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Dr. Patrick is a member of the AAP Committee on Substance Use and Prevention.

Dr. Ybarra is a recognized researcher in technology-related health issues for young people and has developed and tested multiple technology-based behavior change programs both domestically and internationally. She also is known for her contributions to research about the sexual health of sexual minority youth, including studies that examined the interplay between sexual identity, behavior, and attractions, as well as factors that inform the sexual decision making for gay and bisexual teens. Her Guy2Guy HIV prevention program for sexual minority boys was associated with a three-fold increase in HIV testing. Girl2Girl, which is a pregnancy prevention program for sexual minority girls, is associated with higher rates of condom use and contraception uptake. Dr. Ybarra holds a doctorate in child mental health services research and evaluation from the department of mental health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she currently is Adjunct Professor.