MaineHealth Childhood Immunization Program Grant Awards

Dr. Logan Murray (MMC's BBCH and MaineGeneral, Winthrop Pediatrics) was awarded a 2012 Pfizer ASPIRE Junior Investigator Award in Pediatric Vaccine Research.  He will use the one-year, $40,000 grant to test the effect of a web-based vaccine education toolkit on the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of parents regarding immunizing their children.  The toolkit will be used by frontline clinical staff (nurses, MAs etc.), enabling them to provide vaccine-related information and answer parental questions.    MaineHealth will serve as the fiscal and administrative home for the project.

 

Dr. Christopher Pezzullo (UNE), a pediatrician and chief medical officer at University Health Care and assistant professor of pediatrics at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, was awarded an American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) planning grant to explore ways to improve access to immunizations and health screenings for children in Cumberland County.