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25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Dyslipidemia in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease

Zachary Newton, M.D., a fellow in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will discuss his team’s findings indicating that insufficient levels of vitamin D are associated with dyslipidemia in children with CKD.

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TV Time, Especially During Meals, Is Associated with Poor Dietary Practices Among Toddlers

Melissa Lutz, M.D., and Eliana Perrin, M.D., M.P.H., will share insight into their team’s study that looked at the association between TV screen time, including during meals, and dietary practices among 2-year-old children.

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Association of Perinatal HIV Infection with Blood Pressure and Hypertension Among Youth

In the Hypertension session, Tammy Brady, M.D., Ph.D., vice chair for clinical research in the Department of Pediatrics at the school of medicine and medical director of the pediatric hypertension program at the Children’s Center, will ...

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Pranita Tamma Honored for Antimicrobial Resistance Research

Pranita Tamma, M.D., M.P.H., pediatric infectious diseases specialist and researcher and associate professor of pediatrics, has been awarded the seventh annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research from Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Addressing Disparities in Access to Children’s Mental Health Care – Notes from AACAP Annual Meeting

Andrea Young, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and assistant dean for graduate biomedical education and graduate student diversity at the Johns Hopkins University School of ...

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Johns Hopkins Study Examines Potential Link Between Household Air Pollution from Biomass Stoves and Low Birthweight in Newborns

According to the Health Effects Institute, more than three billion people around the world cook on open fires using solid fuels — or biomass — such as wood, dung, charcoal and agricultural waste. These types of stoves are not commonly ...