We are excited to announce that Dr. Jennifer Lundine (Assistant Professor in Speech & Hearing Science) was awarded a two-year R03 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of NIH. The project, "Pilot Study to Develop a Functional Status Score for Children with Acute Neurologic Injuries and Illnesses," includes Dr. Jared Huling (Assistant Professor in the Dept of Statistics) as mPI and co-investigator Dr. Julie Leonard at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The goal of this study is to demonstrate feasibility and proof of concept for the development of a functional status score that uses clinically relevant claims data from the electronic medical record to accurately represent a child’s functional mobility, self-care, and cognitive/communication status.