Ian M. Paul, M.D., M.Sc.

         Ian M. Paul is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.

         Dr. Paul is a general pediatrician and health services researcher with a principal interest in the health outcomes of newborns and mothers. His research focuses on strategies to improve these outcomes and reduce health disparities during the postnatal period with a focus on postnatal home nurse visitation. He is currently seeking funding for his program, The NITTANY Initiative (Nurses for Infants Through Teaching and Assessment after the NurserY). The NITTANY Initiative plans to study the impact of a well-timed, single postnatal home visit on newborn readmission, emergency room visits, and breastfeeding rates as well as maternal outcomes including postpartum depression, parental confidence, and patient satisfaction.

         Dr. Paul is the director of the Pediatric Clinical Research Office at Penn State (http://www.hmc.psu.edu/pedsclinicalresearch/). He is also a co-investigator in the NHLBI-funded, Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network (http://www.asthma-carenet.org/), a multi-center group of investigators aimed at improving the care of children with asthma. In addition to these activities, Dr. Paul has been an active investigator in the areas of pediatric pharmacology, serving on the Executive Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics' Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. His research in clinical pharmacology includes that on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines as well as the determination of the presence of environmental chemicals in human milk.

         Dr. Paul received his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College with a major and honors in Chemistry and his M.D. and M.Sc. in Medicine and Health Evaluation Sciences from Penn State University. His post-graduate pediatric training took place at Duke University Medical Center and Children's Hospital.