In this episode Pooja Tandon, MD, MPH, FAAP, shares the latest research on how nature contact affects child health. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Mersine Bryan, MD, MPH, FAAP about her Pediatrics article on vaccine administration in children’s hospitals.
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Guests
Pooja S. Tandon, MD, MPH, FAAP
Guest
Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon is a general pediatrician and researcher at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Washington. Dr. Tandon attended Brown University for undergraduate and medical school and completed residency training at the Boston Combined Program in Pediatrics. She completed a general pediatrics research fellowship and a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at the University of Washington. Her research interests include promoting healthy behaviors (such as physical activity and outdoor time) and child health equity. Her research funders include the American Heart Association, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Mersine Bryan, MD, MPH, FAAP
Guest
Dr. Mersine Bryan is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Washington. She practices clinically at Seattle Children’s Hospital and enjoys working with families to provide high-value inpatient care to hospitalized children. Her primary research interest is to improve care for hospitalized children through the translation of evidence-based interventions into clinical practice, including providing catchup vaccines to hospitalized children.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose
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*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.