Contributors

Dr. Long has been a primary care pediatrician for more than 26 years. He is the president of Children's Practicing Pediatricians (CPP) in Columbus, Ohio. He serves as clinical faculty at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and as chief medical informatics officer at Pediatrics Associates, Inc.

Marlina E. Lovett, MD, is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. Dr. Lovett earned her Bachelor of Science at Emory University and attended medical school at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and her pediatric critical care fellowship and an additional year of neurocritical care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Lovett joined the Nationwide Children’s Hospital faculty in 2018. Her clinical and research interests focus on neurocritical care, including the use of noninvasive neuromonitoring.

James MacDonald MD, MPH, has been a physician in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Division of Sports Medicine for 13 years and is currently a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Pediatrics at Ohio State University College of Medicine.  He is Deputy Editor of one of his specialty’s premier journals, the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society and the Board of Trustees for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).  He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts and book chapters.  He has been awarded the Traveling and Global Exchange fellowships of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) and is a Fellow of the ACSM, AMSSM, American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ireland.

Rosemary Martoma, MD, MBChB, is a board-certified pediatrician trained in trauma-informed care and practicing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and president of KidsMates Inc., a national nonprofit focused on advancing childhood equity. Dr. Martoma completed medical school at Auckland University in New Zealand and residency at Tufts Children’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Martoma is a nationally recognized expert, peer-reviewed author, and pioneer of health equity advocacy for children of incarcerated parents. Dr. Martoma’s research interests include a wide range of health equity issues. Dr. Martoma is the recipient of an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) grant to assess childhood adversity screening, a member of the AAP’s Child Welfare Learning Collaborative, and a contributor to the AAP’s official parenting website.

Adrianna is a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Vidu Garg's laboratory in the Center for Cardiovascular Research. Her research focuses on identifying novel genetic pathways involved in the development of the embryonic mouse heart. Outside of the lab, Adrianna is committed to ending science education disparities by facilitating community outreach events between scientists and the Columbus, Ohio community. She is set to graduate this Fall.

Tracy leads the Translational Research team for the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital bringing close to 20 years of experience in management, research, marketing, communications and health education to her role. She works both behind the scenes to formulate strategic media outreach plans for the center and in front of the camera appearing in both national media such as The Today Show and the New York Times and local outlets.

Marc P. Michalsky, MD, MBA, is professor of Clinical Surgery and Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and serves as vice chair of Strategic Operations for the Department of Pediatric Surgery, director of the Center for Robotic Surgery, and surgical director for the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's Hospital.