Academic and Research Skills
Clinical Research
Core Curriculum for Fellows
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Health Services Research
Immigrant Health
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
Trainee
Priscilla Ortiz, PhD, CMI-Spanish (she/her/hers)
Applied Linguist / Language Services
CHOP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Anthony Bui, MD, MPH (he/him/his)
Acting Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington/Seattle Children's
Seattle, Washington, United States
Lisa Ross DeCamp, MD MSPH (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Children's Hospital Colorado | University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Tran Doan, PhD MPH (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor of Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Colorado School of Public Health, Pennsylvania, United States
Colleen Gutman, MD (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Alisa Khan, MD, MPH
Pediatric Hospitalist, Director of Program for Language Equity, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
K. Casey Lion, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
University of Washington/ Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington, United States
Keith Martin, DO, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Maya Ragavan, MD, MPH, MS (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Vice Chair Diversity Equity and Inclusion Research
University of Pittsburgh
Wexford, Pennsylvania, United States
Christina Rojas, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dieu Truong, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
Texana
Houston, Texas, United States
Rachel Welch, MD (she/her/hers)
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow
University of Washington School of Medicine/Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington, United States
Workshop Description: We propose a workshop to address a paucity of training opportunities in multilingual research methods. We will focus on skills to recruit and engage children and families who speak languages other than English. In the US, approximately 16% of children have at least one parent who speaks English less than “very well” – the standard for safe and complete communication during clinical or research encounters. Among Asian or Latino children, this rises to ~44%. However, research by the proposed faculty and others indicates that families who speak languages other than English are still routinely excluded from pediatric studies. This challenges the accuracy and generalizability of child health research and raises important questions about research justice and who benefits from research.
The workshop will offer participants tools, strategies, and knowledge to design and manage child health research protocols inclusive of languages other than English. It begins with a summary of ethical, scientific, and practical arguments for inclusion. Then it will ground participants in foundational concepts about language and culture. Then, it will describe different translation protocols, as translation is often a key financial, pragmatic, and methodological challenge. Finally, participants will break into small groups for facilitated, hands-on activities to practice selecting and applying a translation strategy, budget for language-related resources, and adjust a study timeline to include language-related study activities. We then reconvene as a larger group for an interactive discussion. The workshop will promote dialogue, allowing for attendees to network, explore, and collectively problem solve common challenges in multilingual research.
