Pediatrics Research Roundup, The Crucial Role of Recess in School – Episode 294

Dr. Alex Kemper is the Division Chief of Primary Care Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Kemper serves as the Chair of the Evidence Review Workgroup for the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children and is the editor-in-chief of Pediatrics. 

Dr. Robert Murray spent over 20 years in the field of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in the Ohio State University School of Medicine. For five years, he served as the director of the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition, offering medical and surgical treatments for child and adolescent obesity. Dr. Murray also was the pediatric medical director for Abbott Nutrition from 2003-2006. For over a decade, Dr. Murray was an executive committee member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on School Health, serving as chair in the final four years. He is a board member of Action for Healthy Kids, an organization focused on school health and well-being, and previously served on the boards of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation and Children’s Hunger Alliance. Dr. Murray is a past president of the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.