Pediatrics Research Roundup, The Role of the School Nurse in Providing Health Services – Episode 305

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. Sonja O’Leary is Chair of Ambulatory Pediatrics and Community Programs and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She has over 25 years of experience as a clinician providing medical care to children and adolescents. She has worked to improve health care delivery and bring innovative care to the department and has a special interest in the intersection between school health and education. She also completed her certificate in Dissemination and Implementation Science through the University of Colorado and specifically focuses on implementation of pragmatic programs in community-based settings, promotion of health equity, and mixed-methods evaluations of implementation outcomes.