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Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Research Topic: Barriers Impeding Recognition of Elevated Blood Pressure in Children.
The American Kidney Fund is delighted to award the 2006 American Kidney Fund–AMGEN Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship to Dr. Tammy Brady of Johns Hopkins University. Through the Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Program, AKF encourages promising young nephrologists to pursue careers in academic medicine and improve the quality of care of renal patients. AKF's Clinical Scientists receive advanced training in public health while they pursue prevention and outcomes research.
Dr. Brady has a strong interest in the prevention of renal disease in children. Dr. Brady's research while a Clinical Fellow of AKF is entitled "A Prospective Study of Barriers Impeding Recognition of Elevated Blood Pressure in Children." The study will determine if an automated computerized algorithm increases the recognition of elevated blood pressures in an urban primary pediatric clinic setting. This study also aims to identify the modifiable risk factors associated with poor physician recognition of elevated blood pressures during well-child visits as well as determine the prevalence of hypertension in the stated population over a twelve month period.
Dr. Brady exemplifies the qualities that AKF seeks for its Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship. In 2003, she was appointed Chief Resident, Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, New York. She became a Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland in 2004. Dr. Brady is pursuing her Masters in Health Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
