Improving Outcomes for Children with Cleft Palate Translational Team (IOCCP TT)

This translational team is focused on improving communicative and feeding outcomes in children with craniofacial conditions.

This translational team capitalizes on an existing relationship established between the ASU College of Health Solutions and the Barrow-St. Joseph’s Cleft Palate Craniofacial Team which is a large regional team with aspirations to engage in training and research with this clinical population. This proposal will expand our current student training and research collaboration to address the projects that will optimize communication and feeding outcomes in an interprofessional environment. The Translational Team will focus on developing a research plan to guide future grant applications. We plan to include students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for who are rotating through clinical placements and provide additional opportunities to engage in research experiences. Additionally, we hope to increase grant funding could provide support for additional students. Of particular interest are projects that would improve access to services for children with craniofacial conditions in Arizona. We plan to add more disciplines as the research plan is formalized.