YOU'RE INVITED!
Program for Equity in Adolescent & Child Health (PEACH) Work-in-Progress (WIP) Session
Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 12 p.m.
If you are interested in issues of child health equity, please join us for lunch and a double WIP session at Mott Hospital Level 4 Conference Room 4-410
or via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99828581448
The WIP is open to all, including physicians, nurses, social workers, child life specialists, and trainees. Lunch is on us if you RSVP using the link: https://bit.ly/3YReAyv
Rebecca Hong, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Presentation 1
Dr. Hong examines if there is a difference in pain management between patients with neuromuscular vs. idiopathic scoliosis undergoing spinal fusion surgery, and within the neuromuscular group if there is a variance between our treatment and assessment of verbal and nonverbal patients.
Susan Woolford, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Presentation 2
In this study, Dr. Woolford investigates whether weight loss medications are prescribed differentially by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gender among patients 13-21 years old. She also looks at potential effects of clinic location and insurance.