My research interests are focused on improving preventive care for children with medical complexity and chronic medical conditions. Currently, I am focusing on integrating and strengthening 1. oral health, 2. mental and behavioral health, and 3. healthy lifestyle guidance in the primary care medical home setting.
Publications
Diskin C, Malik K, Gill PJ, Rashid N, Chan CY, Nelson KE, Thomson J, Berry J, Agrawal R, Orkin J, Cohen E. Research priorities for children with neurological impairment and medical complexity in high-income countries. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2022 Feb;64(2):200-208. PubMed PMID: 34462917
Serrano V, von Schulz J, Buchholz M, Malik K, Wrenn A, Talmi A. (2021). After the NICU: Primary Care Behavioral Health Services. In Dempsey A, Saxton S, Cole J (eds). Behavioral Health Services with High-Risk Infants and Families: Meeting the Needs of Patients, Families, and Providers in Fetal, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Follow-Up Settings. Chapter 28. Oxford University Press.
Diskin C, Malik K, Gill PJ, Rashid N, Chan CY, Nelson KE, Thomson J, Berry J, Agrawal R, Orkin J, Cohen E. Research priorities for children with neurological impairment and medical complexity in high-income countries. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Aug 30. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34462917.
Child and Teen Health - Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
Child and Teen Health - Teen Health
Clinical Interests
Caring for children with chronic medical conditions and medical complexity and their families through preventive primary care, especially children who are dependent on medical technology or who have had a transplant.
General Information
Medical Schools:
MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
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Graduate Schools:
MSCS, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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