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Karen Bonuck, PhD

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Center:
NY-Rose F. Kennedy Center, UCEDD/LEND
Contact Information:
1300 Morris Park Avenue Block Building Room 418, Bronx , NY, 10461
718-430-4085
Leadership:
Co-UCEDD Director
Primary Activity Coordinators:
Research Director
Discipline Coordinators:
Public Health
Discipline(s):
Social Work
Public Health
Interdisciplinary
AUCD Council Membership:
No Council Membership
Vita/Bio:

My research has received NIH, MCHB, and foundation funding and resulted in »100 peer-review manuscripts. My research spans RCTs of early childhood feeding and sleep as well as cohort studies, mixed-methods, environmental scan and scoping review methodologies. In 2016, I joined the Rose F Kennedy University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) in 2016 as Co-Director to promote research and evaluation. Since then, my work has increasingly centered on disability research and advocacy. This has included the co-occurrence of sleep, language and related disorders and COVID-related programs and research with persons with developmental disabilities. I have also advocated for Long Covid to be treated as a mass disabling event in blog and medical news posts, and analyzed its disability burden in the US.

 

I am currently the PI for “Disability as a Diversity Variable: Reducing Researcher Roadblocks (D2/R3),” funded through the Einstein-Montefiore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research grant [NCATS: 1UM1TR004400]. D2/R3 is a mixed-methods, PWDD-engaged study of researcher-level perceived barriers and capacity to conduct disability-inclusive research. It will develop and test an educational intervention. In addition to my scholarly work and advocacy, I teach in the LEND core curriculum and Einstein College of Medicine’s new multi-year Impact course.

Service:
Linked Projects
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy in Head Start: A Social Ecological Approach (National Institutes of Health)
Early Childhood Sleep Education Program- Long Distance Pilot (American Sleep Medicine Foundation)
Sleep Health: Guest Editor
Using Narrative Language to Increase Self Regulation
Sensory Integration Therapy in Autism: Mechanism and Effectiveness
Fundamental Visual Representation of Social Cognition in ASD
Surveillance of Sleep Problems and Risk Factors for Speech Language Impairment in Young Children
Expanding Surveillance of Sleep Problems and Detection of Risk Factors for Speech-Language Impairment in Young Children
Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children- A Common Risk Factor Approach This formative research and efficacy trial targets the oral health of
Investigation of how morning nutrition influences cognitive performance
Autism Genetics Network, Phase II: Increasing Representation of Human Diversity
Testing Outcomes of a Manulized OT Intervention for Children with Autism
Developing Neurophysiological Outcome Measures for Treatment Assessment in Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) Disease
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy: A Social-Ecological Approach
Mechanisms Underlying Neurocognitive Changes in Cystinosis
Molecular Basis of Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Parent Survey
Molecular Basis of Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction
CDC Evaluation of Books Designed to Promote Awareness of Developmental Milestones
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy: A Social-Ecological Approach
Surveillance of Sleep Problems and Risk Factors for Speech Language Impairment in Young Children
Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children- A Common Risk Factor Approach This formative research and efficacy trial targets the oral health of
Using Narrative Language to Increase Self Regulation
Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children- A Common Risk Factor Approach This formative research and efficacy trial targets the oral health of
UCEDD Grant
Child Care Feasibility at Einstein: NYU Wagner Capstone project
CDC Evaluation of Books Designed to Promote Awareness of Developmental Milestones
Early Intervention: State Systematic Improvement Grant (Family Centered)
Molecular Basis of Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy: A Social-Ecological Approach
Early Intervention: State Systematic Improvement Grant (Family Centered)
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy: A Social-Ecological Approach
Molecular Basis of Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Regional Support Centers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
UCEDD Grant
CDC Evaluation of Books Designed to Promote Awareness of Developmental Milestones
Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children- A Common Risk Factor Approach This formative research and efficacy trial targets the oral health of
Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children- A Common Risk Factor Approach This formative research and efficacy trial targets the oral health of
UCEDD Grant
Molecular Basis of Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Engage & Educate: Equipping the New York State Disability Community with Science-Based Information About Vaccines
Regional Support Centers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Early Intervention: State Systematic Improvement Grant (Family Centered)
UCEDD-ACL Expand Covid Vaccine Access
UCEDD- AUCD_CDC Covid Vaccine Grant: Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Confidence
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy: A Social-Ecological Approach
Expanding the Public Health Workforce (ACL)
UCEDD-ACL Expand Covid Vaccine Access
UCEDD- AUCD_CDC Covid Vaccine Grant: Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Confidence
UCEDD Grant
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy in Head Start: A Social-Ecological Approach
Obesity and Caries in Young South Asian Children: Common Risk Factor Approach
Regional Support Centers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Engage & Educate: Equipping the New York State Disability Community with Science-Based Information About Vaccines
Molecular Basis of Early Childhood Obesity Programming by Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Expanding the Public Health Workforce (ACL)
Regional Support Centers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
UCEDD-ACL Expand Covid Vaccine Access
Engage & Educate: Equipping the New York State Disability Community with Science-Based Information About Vaccines
UCEDD Grant
Disability as Diversity: Reducing Researcher Roadblocks
Support for the Rose F Kennedy IDDRC
Disability as Diversity: Reducing Researcher Roadblocks (Einstein-Montefiore CTSA UM1 Element E Research Project)
Expanding the Public Health Workforce (ACL)
UCEDD Grant
Regional Support Centers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Linked Products
Sleep Problems in Early Childhood: Under-recognized Risk Factors for Social, Cognitive, and Physical Development
NIH P50: Language Impairment in School-Aged Children with Bilingual Experience (Clinical Core- Grant Application)
NIH P50: Language Impairment in School-Aged Children with Bilingual Experience (Analytic Core- Grant Application)
Sleep Problems Flipchart (NIH Grant R01HD082129)
Sleep Problems Brochure (NIH Grant R01 HD082129)
National Parent Survey 2017: Worries, Hopes, Child-Well Being
Is Your Child Getting Enough Healthy Sleep (NIH Grant R01HD082129)
Classroom Poster: When I Get A lot of Healthy Sleep (NIH Grant R01HD082129)
Sleep Health Brochure (NIH Grant R01HD082129)
Sleep Health Flipchart (NIH Grant R01HD082129)
Sleep Video (NIH Grant R01 HD082129)
Tips for Common Bedtime Problems (R01 HD082129)
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Brochure (NIH R01 HD082129)
Child Maltreatment Prevention for Birth to 3 Year Old Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Special Education Disparities Are Social Determinants of Health: A Role For Medical-Legal Partnerships
Environmental Scan of Sleep Health in Early Childhood Programs (NIH R01 HD082129)
Parents' beliefs regarding shared reading with infants
Multi-Level Interventions to Promote Healthy Sleep in PresPreschool Children Attending Head Start: A Comprehensive & Federally Funded Early Childhood Education Program
Increasing Sleep Health Literacy in Head Start: A Social-Ecological Approach
Sleep Problem Screening of Young Children by Speech-Language Pathologists: Pilot Feasibility and Prevalence Study
National Parent Survey 2017: Worries, Hopes, and Child Well-Being
Our Skulls Are Out-Evolving Us.
Vaccine Education Interviews
Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs Resource Guide
Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN) Clips
COVID 19 Parent Video
COVID 19 Parent Video
COVID 19 Parent Video
COVID 19 Parent Video
COVID 19 Parent Video
COVID 19 Parent Video
Parents, Politics, and Population Health (Doctor's Blog, Einstein)
Flyer: Sinergia Event
Vax Facts Project Logo
COVID Video Series: Why I Got Vaccinated
Flyer: Vax Facts Infographics
VaxFactsDDNY Resource Bank
VaxFactsDDNY Vaccine Education Intake Survey
VaxFactsDDNY Project Social Media Accounts Twitter
VaxFactsDDNY Project Social Media Accounts Facebook
VaxFactsDDNY Project Social Media Accounts Linkedin
Annual Report for RFK UCEDD
CYSHCN Project Webpage:
VaxFactsDDNY Webpage
Vaccinating People w/ Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN) Clips
Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines (Traditional Chinese)
Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines (Korean)
Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines (Bengali)
People with Disabilities and COVID-19 (Traditional Chinese)
People with Disabilities and COVID-19 (Korean)
Why are COVID-19 Vaccines So Important? (Traditional Chinese)
Why are COVID-19 Vaccines So Important? (Korean)
Navegando las Barreras en la Integración Comunitaria para Niños y Adolescentes con Necesidades Especiales de Atención Médica
Children with Developmental Disabilities and COVID-19 Vaccination
Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN) Clips
Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs Resource Guide
Disability as Diversity: Reducing Researcher Roadblocks: Presentation to NCATS
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