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Anthony A. Scott, Ph.D.

Professor (Adjunct) Community Pediatrics

I am interested in comparative-effectiveness research (CER) and how this type of research helps clinicians and patients collaborate and choose the options that best fit the individual patient's needs and preferences. I have 25 years of research and clinical experience as a staff psychologist.  I was the UTHSCSA’s program coordinator for the “Hemophilia Growth and Development Study (HGDS) funded by CDC, NIH and the National Hemophilia Foundation. The HGDS study investigated the hematological, endocrinological, neurological and neuropsychological implications of HIV infection upon growth and development. I have served as evaluator/co-investigator of a Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D) study that focused on the neuropsychological impact of lead poisoning in children. HUD funded me on a second occasion to investigated the psychoneuroimmunological implications of co-occurring lead and asthma exposure versus lead only research. I am interested in the biopsychological implications of wound healing in orthonagnathic surgery patients. I was awarded an RO1 research supplement from the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR) to analyze findings on the biopsychological outcomes of orthognathic surgery in a national multi-site study. I have also received a sub-award for local evaluation, of a multi-site NIH Efficacy of Oral Cancer Screening Adjunctive Techniques award. I was funded by the Texas Department of Health (TDH) to provide neuropsychologicals ervices to children with sickle cell anemia and I co-authored a sickle cell anemia research article. I am currently funded by TDH as the co-evaluator of a TDH multi-site project to assess the biopsychological outcomes and the practice based efficiency in linking children primary and mental health care under the same roof. TDH and CDC funds me as the lead investigator on a HIV Primary Prevention for Women research. In 2011 I receive funding as a co-evaluator on the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funded Community Collaboration & Consultation to reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections research.