Arvin Garg

Founding Director of the Child Health Equity Center and Vice Chair of Health Equity at UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center · Baylor College of Medicine

Credentials: · · · ·

History

Child Health Equity Center and Vice Chair of Health Equity at UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine
Present
Baylor College of Medicine
Present
UMass Chan Medical School
Present

Pediatrics
1999–2002
Boston University School of Medicine
1995–1999

Research

Addressing social determinants of health at well child care visits: a cluster RCT
PEDIATRICS · 2015 · First of 5 authors · Corresponding · 522 citations
Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Screening for Social Determinants of Health
JAMA · 2016 · First of 3 authors · 375 citations
Implementing an EHR-based Screening and Referral System to Address Social Determinants of Health in Primary Care
Medical Care · 2019 · 270 citations

AP
Alon Peltz
12 papers
PD
Paul Dworkin
10 papers
Andrea Spencer
8 papers
MT
Michelle Trivedi
8 papers
JL
Jana Leary
7 papers
JS
Janet Serwint
7 papers
MP
Margaret Parker
7 papers
Karen Freund
6 papers
Kristin Long
6 papers
Maya Ragavan
6 papers · 1 as a fellow
WL
Webb Long
6 papers
Elena Byhoff
5 papers

Grants

Implementing a Social Determinants of Health Screening and Referral Care Model in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R01
PI · $3.6M · Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
2022–2027
Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes Across the Lifespan by Addressing Structural Racism
National Institute of Nursing Research · R01
Contact PI · $4.1M · Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
2022–2027
Understanding and Addressing the Social Determinants of Health for Families of Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Within Pediatric Hematology
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $3.7M · Boston Medical Center
2019–2024
Implementing an Intervention to Address Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Practices
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R01
Contact PI · $3M · Univ of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
2017–2024

Clinical trials

Food is Medicine in Pediatric Patients With Diabetes
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
2026–2029
The Social Determinants of Health Screening and Referral Project
Principal investigator · Enrolling by invitation
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
2024–2027
Sickle Cell Anemia WE CARE
Principal investigator · Completed
Boston Medical Center
2021–2023
Implementing an Intervention to Address Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Practices
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
2019–2023