When Lisette Jacobson, Ph.D., MPA, M.A., applied for Frontiers Lauren S. Aaronson Pilot Award in 2014, she had no idea how it would impact her research career.
“The pilot award really kicked off my research career and helped me develop my research agenda," she said. "It led to a five-year K01 award from NIDDK. Applying for the pilot award helped show me what I needed for the K01. I also have a grant from the Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research to help gather additional data for the pilot intervention started under my K01.”
She was a key part of developing Pioneer Baby, which was a collaboration between the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Ascension Health, and Kearny County Hospital (located about 25 miles west of Garden City, Kansas), a program to help improve pregnancy and birth outcomes. Doctors at the hospital were delivering babies from 12 counties at the time and the critical access facility was steadily bolstering its obstetrics capabilities. Dr. Jacobson collaborated with other doctors to help implement a program that helped pregnant women in rural areas who were at a higher risk for gestational diabetes during their pregnancy…
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