The Pediatric Primary Care Research Affinity Group (PPC-RAG) offers small awards in supplemental funding to support new or ongoing research projects to help advance primary care research. Since its inception in the fall of 2019, the PPC-RAG has awarded funding to at least one group on an annual basis, with priority given to collaborative projects involving faculty from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University. Info for Applicants The application process for supplemental funding involves submitting a short proposal to PPCRequests@NationwideChildrens.org for review by the PPC-RAG Executive Committee.  Previous Awardees/Funded Proposals  2020: Exposure to Air Pollution and Systemic Inflammation in Young Children – A Pilot Project:

Judith Groner, MD, Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Elizabeth Root, PhD, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University 

Drs. Groner and Root will investigate the relationship between air pollution exposure and markers of systemic inflammation in young children ages two to five years old. The data set, previously collected, includes approximately 125 children recruited from Nationwide Children’s Primary Care Clinics and represents a group of children at high risk for poor health outcomes. Investigators will geocode children’s home addresses to estimate levels of Traffic Related Air Pollution (TRAP) exposure for each child. TRAP is developed using geographic modeling which produces small-area measures of major pollutants, such as PM2.5 and NOx, which are good proxies for air pollution among children living in urban areas. After geocoding each subject’s address and determining the TRAP measures, researchers will determine the relationship between TRAP and several markers of systemic inflammation and blood pressure percent for age. They will then develop adjusted models and investigate interactions between variables. This pilot project is significant because the application of geocoding and geospatial analysis techniques to a previously analyzed data set will enable investigators to examine the contribution of air pollution on inflammation in an already high-risk population of young children. This work will generate preliminary data for future longitudinal studies to examine pathways to pediatric and adult disease from childhood exposure and to elucidate the origins of health outcomes disparities. Contact Info Please contact Katie DiCostanzo if you have any questions.

The Pediatric Primary Care Research Affinity Group (PPC-RAG) offers small awards in supplemental funding to support new or ongoing research projects to help advance primary care research. Since its inception in the fall of 2019, the PPC-RAG has awarded funding to at least one group on an annual basis, with priority given to collaborative projects involving faculty from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University. Info for Applicants The application process for supplemental funding involves submitting a short proposal to PPCRequests@NationwideChildrens.org for review by the PPC-RAG Executive Committee.  Previous Awardees/Funded Proposals  2020: Exposure to Air Pollution and Systemic Inflammation in Young Children – A Pilot Project:

Judith Groner, MD, Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Elizabeth Root, PhD, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University 

Drs. Groner and Root will investigate the relationship between air pollution exposure and markers of systemic inflammation in young children ages two to five years old. The data set, previously collected, includes approximately 125 children recruited from Nationwide Children’s Primary Care Clinics and represents a group of children at high risk for poor health outcomes. Investigators will geocode children’s home addresses to estimate levels of Traffic Related Air Pollution (TRAP) exposure for each child. TRAP is developed using geographic modeling which produces small-area measures of major pollutants, such as PM2.5 and NOx, which are good proxies for air pollution among children living in urban areas. After geocoding each subject’s address and determining the TRAP measures, researchers will determine the relationship between TRAP and several markers of systemic inflammation and blood pressure percent for age. They will then develop adjusted models and investigate interactions between variables. This pilot project is significant because the application of geocoding and geospatial analysis techniques to a previously analyzed data set will enable investigators to examine the contribution of air pollution on inflammation in an already high-risk population of young children. This work will generate preliminary data for future longitudinal studies to examine pathways to pediatric and adult disease from childhood exposure and to elucidate the origins of health outcomes disparities. Contact Info Please contact Katie DiCostanzo if you have any questions.

The Pediatric Primary Care Research Affinity Group (PPC-RAG) offers small awards in supplemental funding to support new or ongoing research projects to help advance primary care research. Since its inception in the fall of 2019, the PPC-RAG has awarded funding to at least one group on an annual basis, with priority given to collaborative projects involving faculty from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University. Info for Applicants The application process for supplemental funding involves submitting a short proposal to PPCRequests@NationwideChildrens.org for review by the PPC-RAG Executive Committee.  Previous Awardees/Funded Proposals  2020: Exposure to Air Pollution and Systemic Inflammation in Young Children – A Pilot Project:

Judith Groner, MD, Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Elizabeth Root, PhD, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University 

Drs. Groner and Root will investigate the relationship between air pollution exposure and markers of systemic inflammation in young children ages two to five years old. The data set, previously collected, includes approximately 125 children recruited from Nationwide Children’s Primary Care Clinics and represents a group of children at high risk for poor health outcomes. Investigators will geocode children’s home addresses to estimate levels of Traffic Related Air Pollution (TRAP) exposure for each child. TRAP is developed using geographic modeling which produces small-area measures of major pollutants, such as PM2.5 and NOx, which are good proxies for air pollution among children living in urban areas. After geocoding each subject’s address and determining the TRAP measures, researchers will determine the relationship between TRAP and several markers of systemic inflammation and blood pressure percent for age. They will then develop adjusted models and investigate interactions between variables. This pilot project is significant because the application of geocoding and geospatial analysis techniques to a previously analyzed data set will enable investigators to examine the contribution of air pollution on inflammation in an already high-risk population of young children. This work will generate preliminary data for future longitudinal studies to examine pathways to pediatric and adult disease from childhood exposure and to elucidate the origins of health outcomes disparities. Contact Info Please contact Katie DiCostanzo if you have any questions.

The Pediatric Primary Care Research Affinity Group (PPC-RAG) offers small awards in supplemental funding to support new or ongoing research projects to help advance primary care research. Since its inception in the fall of 2019, the PPC-RAG has awarded funding to at least one group on an annual basis, with priority given to collaborative projects involving faculty from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University.

Info for Applicants

The application process for supplemental funding involves submitting a short proposal to PPCRequests@NationwideChildrens.org for review by the PPC-RAG Executive Committee. 

Previous Awardees/Funded Proposals 

2020: Exposure to Air Pollution and Systemic Inflammation in Young Children – A Pilot Project:

  • Judith Groner, MD, Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Elizabeth Root, PhD, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University

Drs. Groner and Root will investigate the relationship between air pollution exposure and markers of systemic inflammation in young children ages two to five years old. The data set, previously collected, includes approximately 125 children recruited from Nationwide Children’s Primary Care Clinics and represents a group of children at high risk for poor health outcomes. Investigators will geocode children’s home addresses to estimate levels of Traffic Related Air Pollution (TRAP) exposure for each child. TRAP is developed using geographic modeling which produces small-area measures of major pollutants, such as PM2.5 and NOx, which are good proxies for air pollution among children living in urban areas. After geocoding each subject’s address and determining the TRAP measures, researchers will determine the relationship between TRAP and several markers of systemic inflammation and blood pressure percent for age. They will then develop adjusted models and investigate interactions between variables. This pilot project is significant because the application of geocoding and geospatial analysis techniques to a previously analyzed data set will enable investigators to examine the contribution of air pollution on inflammation in an already high-risk population of young children. This work will generate preliminary data for future longitudinal studies to examine pathways to pediatric and adult disease from childhood exposure and to elucidate the origins of health outcomes disparities.

Contact Info

Please contact Katie DiCostanzo if you have any questions.