Training Tomorrow’s Leaders — Dr. Robert Marion was awarded a $ 3.9million grant over five years by the Health Resources and Services Administration for an interdisciplinary leadership training program in neurodevelopmental and related disabilities, conditions which affect more than 10% of American preschool- and school-aged children. The program will consist of a didactic and hands-on curriculum that provides research projects, community-based clinical experiences and administrative and leadership training to at least 50 trainees in various medical and allied health disciplines each year. The public health goal of this project is to prepare future leaders to provide interdisciplinary services and special healthcare needs to children with developmental disabilities and their families, with an emphasis on educating professionals to work in underserved urban environments. Dr. Marion, professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health, is chief of the divisions of developmental medicine and genetics in the department of pediatrics. He is also director of the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 15, 2012