Supporting Families After the Death of a Child, Antidepressant Dispensing Disparities, Preventing Vaping – Ep. 198

Arwa Nasir, MBBS, MS, MPH, FAAP, is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is a primary care academic clinician and researcher. Her primary research focus is on psychosocial aspects of child and family health, including the role of the family in the child’s physical and mental health, as well as cross-cultural aspects of childhood behavioral health. In 2019-20, she was awarded a J. William Fulbright Scholarship to Jordan, where she studied the Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of Health in Pediatric Practice. She currently serves as Chair of the AAP Committee on the Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health. Dr. Nasir is also an author and publisher of children’s books. 

Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD, FAAP, is a primary care pediatrician and health services researcher in the Department of Pediatrics and the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. His research focuses on opioid prescribing, the affordability of health care, and low-value care, particularly as these topics relate to children and young adults. He is the recipient of the 2017 Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Award.  

Lindy McGee, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and spends her clinical time teaching residents at a Harris Health clinic in an underserved area. She is a member of the Academic General Pediatrics division at Texas Children’s Hospital, where her research focuses on cancer prevention in the adolescent population. Her interest in cancer prevention has led to projects on increasing HPV vaccination rates in teens and on e-cigarette education for healthcare providers and the public. Dr. McGee is also involved in advocacy at the state level on vaccine and e-cigarette legislation and serves as the E-cigarette chapter champion in Texas for the American Academy of Pediatrics.