Total amount funded by KiDS in 2011:  $491,854

Child Life, Family Services, and Outreach:

$3,000             Dr. Karen Hendricks-Muñoz and Dr. Carol Prendergast
NICU holiday celebrations for families at Tisch and Bellevue.
$7,400             Dr. Niki Kyvelos
Bellevue Adolescent Parenting Program.
$2,500             Dara Weiss
Medication fund for families at Tisch in emergency situations.
$7,700             Dr. David Salsberg and Jose Acevedo
Move 4 Fun, Move 4 Fitness program at Hassenfeld.
$20,000           Eileen DiFrisco
Develop a Mother’s Milk Club at Tisch.
$1,000             Jessica Deeb
Antepartum education for parents through OB.
$4,000             Miriam Sabbagh
Brochures and supplies for Camp High Five at Rusk.
$3,842             Tristan Buono
Play materials and support for special events at HJD.
$12,000           Ingrid Olsen-Gallagher
Child Life Bereavement program at Tisch.
$3,500             Nancy Chambers
Greenhouse Animal Program at Rusk.
$4,000             Dr. Jessica Foltin
iPads for pediatric patients in the Tisch ED.
$3,500             Dr. Marie Briody and Dr. Michele Zaccarrio
Developmental and therapeutic toys for families in need at Tisch and Rusk.
$1,000             Robert Cafaro
Special events and celebrations for patients at Rusk.
$500                Megan Strong
Nintendo Wii to use with patients at Rusk.
$28,000           Dr. Marie Briody, Dr. Joan Gold, and Dr. David Salsberg
Pediatric Brain Injury Transition Program at Rusk.
$2,000             Ingrid Olsen-Gallagher
Infant toys for the inpatient units at Tisch.
$4,000             Miriam Sabbagh
Active Beginners Cognitive (ABC) Program at Rusk.
$1,750             Debra Rosenbaum
Replacement CD’s for Rusk’s Therapeutic Listening Program.
$4,500             Lori Genna, Ellyn Levy, and Leslie Arons
Alternative and augmentative communication project at Tisch and Rusk.
$4,889             Dr. Susan Abramowitz
Therapeutic recreation for the Adolescent Infectious Diseases Clinic at Bellevue.
$2,000             Dara Weiss
Transportation for low-income families while their child is at Tisch.
$37,500           Patricia Chibbaro
IRPS Family Connects program.
$1,500             Lori Lerma
Art supplies for the Tisch ED.
$7,500             Linda van Schaick and Dr. Alan Mendelsohn
Books for the Reach Out and Read program at Bellevue.
$4,963             Shelley Cohen
Special bottles and pacifiers for children with cleft palate or cleft lip and palate.
$12,000           Ingrid Olsen-Gallagher
Horticultural Therapy Program at Tisch.
$2,500             Jennifer McGrath
DVDs, games, and toys for the Day Surgery unit at Tisch
$11,800           Lisa Del Guidice
Creating Connections: A Collaborative Arts Program at Rusk.
$20,000           Dr. Anne Chun
Transportation fund at Tisch for families of newborns with congenital heart disease.
$3,000             Lita Anglin and Kelly Cervone
Multidisciplinary plan to improve patient medication compliance at Hassenfeld.
$5,000             Dara Weiss
Assistance to families in need at Tisch for funeral home expenses and burial costs for their
child.
$2,054             Stephanie Newman
Education and distraction tools for HJD.
$2,500             Nancy Chambers
Weekly horticulture therapy program at Rusk.
$4,000             Marianne Hardart
Birthday party fund at Tisch and Rusk.
$5,000             Dr. Randi Wasserman
Metrocard distribution program for the NICUs at Tisch and Bellevue.
$5,000             Lori Lerma
Infant toys for patients in the Tisch ED.
$2,500             Jennifer McGrath
Stickers and prizes for the Day Surgery unit at Tisch.
$20,000           Margo Amgott
Free or discounted care at the NYU Child Study Center.

Research, Training, and Education:

$5,750             Dr. Margaret McHugh
Staff training for the Parent-Child Interaction Therapy program
to prevent child abuse at Bellevue.
$18,000           Dr. Martha Caprio and Karen Goodman
Training for additional Tisch NICU staff to be certified in lactation consulting.
$11,420           Sarla Santos
Newborn Anne Manikins for the Neonatal Resuscitation Certification Program at Tisch.
$15,596           Dr. Rhonda Graves
Improving the IV Experience training program at Tisch.
$15,596           Dr. William Coetzee
Brochures to promote awareness of research activities in Pediatrics amongst
incoming residents and fellows.
$30,000           Dr. Arthur Fierman, Dr. Shonna Yin, and Dr. Suzy Tomopoulos
Study of the use of pictogram- and photograph-based action plans to improve patient understanding and care for children with asthma at Tisch.
$14,965           Dr. Preneet Brar
Research to examine cardiovascular function and evidence of early atherosclerosis in obese adolescents with impaired glucose tolerance and/or Type 2 diabetes.
$15,000           Dr. Achi Ludomirsky and Dr. William Coetzee
Translational studies looking at heart function in children during health and disease.

Facilities, Technology, and Equipment:

$4,500             Dr. Colin Phoon
Creation of a child-friendly atmosphere in the pediatric and fetal echo lab.
$4,000             Robert Cafaro
Additional gloves for the HandTutor device.
$3,375             Michele Pasqualetto
Supplies for the Constraint Induced Movement Therapy program.
$75,000           Dr. Robert Giusti
Equipment for the NYU Cystic Fibrosis and Wellness program.
$2,750             Dr. Colin Phoon
Boston z database for the pediatric and fetal echo lab.
$21,000           Carie Sumida
Lokomat feedback system.
$8,600             Dr. Richard Gallagher
Computer-based audio and video taping equipment for selective mutism disorder treatment at the NYU Child Study Center.