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While providing services and
training, The Mailman Center for Child
Development faculty, staff and students are
working on solutions for a better tomorrow.
Research is interwoven into every aspect at the
Center and has produced nationally-recognized
results in many disciplines.
Areas of research include genetics,
relationships between play and development in
premature children, early detection of mental
retardation, the effect of low maternal
education level on development, cochlear
implants, the effects of long-term illness on
psychosocial adaptation and development, the
effects of HIV infection on neurodevelopment,
and family-based interventions for childhood
health disorders.
Research activities form the
basis for most of the training, technical
assistance, and service activities of the
Mailman Center. Given the diversity of our
faculty, as well as collaborative relationships
with faculty throughout the Department of
Pediatrics, the University of Miami School of
Medicine, and investigators located in settings
around the United States and the world, our
research efforts include basic science
initiatives, clinical demonstration projects,
participation in clinical trials, translational
research, and innovative intervention research.
Examples of ongoing studies include:
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Vision
Screening
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Health
Behavior Research in Minority Pediatric
Populations
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Otoacoustic Emissions
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Preschool
Inclusion
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Research
& Innovation in Natural Environments
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Hearing
Impairment/Deafness
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Studies
re: the Effects of Various Conditions
(including HIV) on Subsequent
Neurodevelopment
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Parent/Child Interactions
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History &
Policy
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Neurogenetic Disorders
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Prevention of Diabetes
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Early
Predictors of ADHD in Children
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Early
Predictors of Reading and Language
Competence
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X-Linked
Mental Retardation
As part of the research
effort, the Mailman Center faculty provided
training over 4000 individuals through continuing
education classes, community presentations,
academic courses, scientific presentations, and
university presentations conducted by the
Mailman Center faculty.
For a summary of published reports of research
and scholarly efforts of the faculty,
click
here.
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Research Study Programs |
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PRENATAL/PERINATAL
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INFANT/TODDLER/PRESCHOOL
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Pre-School Diabetes Program
(305) 243-6857
A study of neuro-developmental assessment
and family intervention for toddlers and
preschoolers with diabetes.
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Early
Intervention Project for Infants and
Toddlers Pre-natally Exposed to Cocaine
(The Linda Ray Center)
(305) 325-1818
An early intervention program for infants
and toddlers who have been exposed to
cocaine, and their families. Home-based and
center-based services include
interdisciplinary early intervention
services, primary health care, care
coordination, referral to community
agencies, and curriculum development
designed to meet the unique needs of these
children and their families.
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HEALTHSPARK
(305) 243-3371
HealthSpark is a community research program
designed to improve the health and health
care of preschool children living in
historically underserved, ethnically diverse
communities in Miami-Dade County. Initially
funded by the Health Foundation of South
Florida through the Ounce of Prevention
Fund, HealthSpark is a collaborative effort
with SPARK, a local coalition seeking to
improve school readiness of children in
federally subsidized childcare. The goal of
HealthSpark is to combine local knowledge,
evidence-based best practice, and community
collaboration to build self-sustaining
programs that improve child health.
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CHILDHOOD THROUGH ADULT
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Touch Research Institutes
(305) 243-6781
 A research program focusing
on touch as a
sense organ, touch in development
and communication and the
use of touch therapies for acute and chronic
illness. These therapies have been effective
with growth delays, addictions, pain
syndromes, immune and autoimmune conditions,
funded by
Johnson and Johnson
Pediatric Institute, March of Dimes, NIH and
NCCAM.
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Family Intervention Program for Pediatric
Asthma
(305) 243-6857
A study of a family-based adherence
intervention for children with asthma.
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Family
Intervention Program for Childhood Diabetes
(305) 243-6857
A study of a family-based adherence
intervention program for children with
diabetes, funded by NIDDK.
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HIV/AIDS Developmental Services Program
(305) 243-6562
A longitudinal service delivery program that
provides developmental and psychological
assessment and intervention services for
HIV-infected women, youth and children and
their affected family members, funded by
Ryan White Title IV.
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Hispanic Child Health Project
(305) 243-6857
A study involving evaluation and
modification of risk factors for Type 2
diabetes and cardiovascular disease in young
Hispanic children, funded by NIDDK.
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Neurodevelopment of Children With Sickle
Cell Disease
(305) 243-2245
A prospective research program examining
Neurodevelopmental evaluations and MRI
status of children with sickle cell disease,
including those treated with bone marrow
transplantation or hydroxyurea, sponsored by
the NHLBI.
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Outpatient Developmental Services for
Children with HIV
(305) 243-6562
A service demonstration and research program
involving psychological evaluations and
interventions (including school
consultations) for children with HIV, funded
by Ryan White Title I.
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Pediatrics AIDS Clinical Trials Group:
Neuro-developmental Functioning
(305) 243-6562
A multi-center clinical trials research
program examining neuro-development in
children with AIDS sponsored by the NIAID.
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Children’s Oncology Group:
Neuro-developmental Functioning
(305) 243-2245
A multi-center clinical trials research
program examining neuro-development of
children with cancer, sponsored by the NCI
under the auspices of the Children’s
Oncology Group.
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School
Intervention for Children Treated for Cancer
(305)243-2245
A community based trial for children treated
for brain tumors or leukemia. This project
is a 5-year study sponsored by a research
grant from the American Cancer Society.
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School-Based Asthma Intervention
(305) 243-3818
A study of medical and
educational-behavioral programs conducted at
school sites. A research component measures
the effectiveness of this program with
regard to the development and health of
children with asthma.
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Debbie Institute
Research Programs
(305) 243-6961
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Legacy for Children™: A large
national collaboration between the
 Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, The
Research Triangle Institute, the University
of California at Los Angeles and the Debbie
Institute. This project has been funded for
a nine-year period. The program operates in
the Debbie Institute and rents space at two
community sites. The goal of the project is
to investigate the effectiveness of
parenting intervention with mothers from low
socioeconomic backgrounds. Children are
recruited at birth and will be followed for
five years. There is an intervention and
comparison group.
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Success by Six: Parenting
Research and Intervention Project (PACES) is
funded by the United Way for a three year
period. Intervention (parenting education)
is provided at a Miami-Dade County Public
School (Cope North and Cope South) site in
which mothers and their young children are
able to benefit by having child care in the
same setting where the mothers continue
their education. One school represents the
intervention group while the other
represents the control group.
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DEB: Tech Project is funded by
the Health Foundation of South Florida to
provide up-to-date assistive technology for
children with special needs who are educated
in inclusive classrooms with their typically
developing peers. The DEB-Tech Project will
use assistive technology to address the
learning needs of children enrolled in
center-based programs, evaluate the impact
of the project, and develop guidelines for
best practices that could be disseminated to
programs in the community.
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