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Get the most interesting and important stories from the Â鶹´«Ã½.Jessica Jarvis awarded funding for work to assess racial equity in children’s rehabilitation therapy
Jessica Jarvis, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine, was awarded by the for her proposal entitled, “Equity in Rehabilitation Therapy Use During Pediatric Critical Care Among Children with Traumatic Brain Injury.â€
She will be the principal investigator for a project that will assess racial and ethnic equity in rehabilitation therapy use during pediatric critical care among children with traumatic brain injuries in the 50-plus children’s hospitals participating in the Pediatric Health Information System.
Jarvis’ study will be a collaborative effort between several Pitt departments. She will be joined on the project by co-investigators , associate professor of critical care medicine and pediatrics and , vice chair in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation for pediatric rehabilitation medicine.