Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH Awarded National Institutes of Health Funding

Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH
Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH

Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, was recently awarded $312,600 over 2 years from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for her project, “Use of Social Networking Web sites for Problem Drinking Screening in Adolescents.” This study will pilot test the use of a social networking Web site to recruit adolescents for problem alcohol use screening. These Web sites are extremely popular among this age group and may be an untapped resource for identifying behaviors as well as providing communication and health information.