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Mental Health

Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health

Health Services Research

General Pediatrics
Session Type: Presidential Plenary

AAP Presidential Plenary: Emerging Research Addressing Critical Issues in Pediatric Care

Sunday, April 27, 2025
7:00am – 8:30am HST
Location: Convention Center: 310
CE: 1.5

    Chair(s)

  • Lee Beers, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)

    Professor of Pediatrics
    Child Health Advocacy Institute
    Children's National Hospital
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MBA, MSc

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Pediatrics
    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University
    CHICAGO, Illinois, United States

Disclosure(s):
Lee S. Beers, MD, FAAP: Fort Health (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Advisory Committee)
Nia J. Heard-Garris, MD, MBA, MSc: XNY Genes, LLC (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Ownership Interest including individual stocks, stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds)

Session Description: This session will highlight a selection of the most highly-ranked research submitted to the 2025 PAS informing some of the highest priorities of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Presentations:

  • 7:15am – 7:30am HST
    Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Care Expenditures in the United States

    Presenting Author: Ashley Foster, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

  • 7:30am – 7:45am HST
    Neighborhood Opportunity and Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalization Rates in 12 US States

    Presenting Author: Ankita T. Gupta, MD (she/her/hers) – Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

  • 7:45am – 8:00am HST
    Experiences of Discrimination in Pediatric Hospitals: A Multilingual, Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

    Presenting Author: Tracy J. Yang, MD, MPH, MPhil (she/her/hers) – University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital

  • 8:00am – 8:15am HST
    Association of State Policies with Health Access Outcomes for Immigrant Children

    Presenting Author: Katherine E. Douglas, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital

  • 8:15am – 8:30am HST
    Evolving Clinical Use of Telemedicine Visits in Primary Care for Children

    Presenting Author: Alexander G. Fiks, MD, MSCE (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia