In this episode Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, associate editor of digital media for the journal Pediatrics, shares a research roundup from the February issue. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk with Alan Woolf, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACCT, FACMT, about the new policy statement on drinking water from private wells and risks to children. And Beverly Foster, PhD, MN, MPH, RN, offers a “Giving Voice” segment about congenital heart disease.
Guests
Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP
Guest
Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, is the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She is the associate editor of digital media for the journal Pediatrics.
Alan Woolf, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACCT, FACMT
Guest
Dr. Alan Woolf is the Associate Chief Medical Education Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital and a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He is Medical Director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Center at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) and also the Director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Fellowship Training Program. He is the Principal Investigator of the Region 1 New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit and a member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Environmental Health & Climate Change. Dr. Woolf is a past-president of both the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
Beverly Foster, PhD, MN, MPH, RN
Guest
Beverly Foster, PhD, MN, MPH, RN, is a Clinical Professor Emerita, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing and grandmother of a child with CHD, Dhillon.
Resources
This year we are excited to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Pediatrics. Join us on our 75th anniversary page at pediatrics.org as we reflect on the past and plan for the future of Pediatrics.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose
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Theme music composed by Matthew Simonson at Foundsound.media
*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.