11th Annual Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Symposium

Pittsburgh, PA US
April 13, 2023

The focus of this symposium will be on understanding the ways in which juvenile court, child welfare, educational, and social service systems and practices impact adolescent health with the goal of identifying interventions and strategies to transform systems to optimize adolescent thriving.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Kym Ahrens from Seattle Children’s Hospital to give the Grand Rounds lecture focusing on her work with youth involved in the child welfare system. 

Target Audience

Scholars and practitioners interested in positive development of youth, adolescent health, community health, advocacy, translational research, health services research, clinical care, and education.

Learning Objectives

The goal of this symposium is to build clinicians and other youth-serving professionals' capacity to:
1.    Understand of the impact of systems on adolescent health 
2.    Identify interventions and strategies to transform systems to optimize adolescent thriving. 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 5.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 5.00 ASWB
  • 5.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/13/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
04/13/2023 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
04/13/2023 - 3:00pm EDT
John G. Rangos Sr Research Center UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Conference Center Floor 3
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States

Symposium is no longer virtual.

Free Parking in the North Garage.

Faculty Disclosure:
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated.
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD receives royalties for writing content for UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer.
Jessica Levenson, PhD, DBSM receives royalties for American Psychological Association Books.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Planning Committee: 
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Amanda Cruce, MSW, LCSW 
PhD Student and Graduate Student Assistant  
School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh 

Nicholas Szoko, MD
TL1 Postdoctoral Scholar, Fellow
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Maureen Cerda
Administrative Supervisor
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Emily Dauria, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health

Rachel E. Gartner. PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work

Elizabeth McGuier, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh

Alicyn Simpson
Community Navigator, Gender and Sexual Development Program
Gender Diversity and Cultural Competency Educator
Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jamie Zelazny, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor, Health and Community Systems
University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 5.0 contact hours.

Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Social Work 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 5.0 continuing education credits.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 5.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 5.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 5.00 ASWB
  • 5.00 Attendance
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What to Submit:
We encourage submissions from students, residents, fellows, trainees, and faculty.  In keeping with this year’s theme, we welcome submissions related to young people who are experiencing marginalization due to system involvement. We are also happy to receive submissions on research relevant to adolescent health broadly. Topics can be in the areas of community health, advocacy, basic or clinical sciences research, health services research, or medical education.

Call for Abstracts for Poster Presentation
Abstracts should not exceed 250 words (excluding title, authors, affiliations, funding source) and should use a structured abstract format, either a standard format (Background, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion) or a modified format for program evaluations (timeline, target audience, goals and objectives, activities, outcomes measures and lessons learned in implementation). 

Submission Timeline: By Monday, March 20, 2023, please email your abstract as a Word document (not pdf) to amc386@pitt.edu“adolescent health research symposium abstract” in the subject heading. Presenters will be notified by Friday, March 24th .  Due to the expected high numbers of submissions, all posters will be limited in size to 48” high and 36” wide.

Please contact Amanda Cruce with any questions at amc386@pitt.edu

Questions?
Contact Elizabeth Miller 
E-mail: Elizabeth.miller@chp.edu