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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Ongoing Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Belief & Safety: Standardizing Post-Disclosure Emotional Support Screening in Sexual Abuse Evaluations (QI project)<\/p>\n

Creating Emergency Department Guidelines for\u00a0Children Presenting After a Domestic Violence Incident<\/p>\n

Examination findings in sexually assaulted pediatric patients with positive semen\/sperm evidence<\/p>\n

Asymptomatic children under 2 years old with skull fractures: does the skeletal survey matter?<\/p>\n

Interrater Reliability Study, Telehealth Institute for Child Maltreatment (Minnesota)<\/p>\n

Evaluating secondary trauma among learners during their child abuse rotation (QI project)<\/p>\n

Children and Families Affected by Parental Substance Use (In Progress AAP Clinical Report)<\/p>\n

Sexual Behaviors in Children (In Progress AAP Clinical Report)<\/p>\n

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Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alvarez Griffis M<\/strong>, Kellogg ND<\/strong>, Koek W. Prior Head Circumference Measurements in Infants With Older Subdural Hematomas: Did We Miss It? Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2026 Mar;65(3):393-402. doi: 10.1177\/00099228251397058. Epub 2025 Dec 8. PMID: 41355419; PMCID: PMC12864532.<\/p>\n

Dai TT<\/strong>, Kissoon NN<\/strong>. Child Sexual Abuse. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2025 Jun;72(3):351-363. doi: 10.1016\/j.pcl.2024.12.003. Epub 2025 Feb 4. PMID: 40335166<\/p>\n

Kellogg, N. D.<\/strong>, & Spiller, L. R.\u00a0<\/strong>(2025).\u00a0Abnormal anus and hymen in a toddler: A case report.\u00a0SAGE Open Medical Case Reports,\u00a013.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/2050313X251336057<\/p>\n

Farst, K., & Kellogg, N. D.<\/strong> Impact of Parental Substance Misuse on Children. Pediatric Clinics of North America. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pcl.2024.12.002<\/p>\n

Dai, Thanh<\/strong> & Spiller, Lora<\/strong> & Kellogg, Nancy<\/strong>. (2025). Anogenital Findings in Confirmed Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Materials. Pediatrics Open Science. 1. 1-9. 10.1542\/pedsos.2024-000315.<\/p>\n

Kellogg ND<\/strong>, Lukefahr JL<\/strong>, Koek W. Medical assessments for abuse and neglect in contacts of maltreated children. J Paediatr Child Health. 2024 Aug;60(8):349-354. doi: 10.1111\/jpc.16618. Epub 2024 Jul 16. PMID: 39014917.<\/p>\n

Dina Ahmad, Amanda Small, Ashley Gibson, Natalie Kissoon<\/strong>. Developmental outcomes in abusive head trauma, Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, Volume 50, 2024<\/p>\n

Disha Jain, Lien Le, Natalie Kissoon<\/strong>. Ophthalmologic findings in\u00a0abusive head trauma, Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, Volume\u00a050, 2024<\/p>\n

Kellogg ND<\/strong>, Farst KJ, Adams JA. Interpretation of Medical Findings in Suspected child Sexual Abuse: An Update for 2023 Child Abuse & Neglect Oct 2023<\/p>\n

Spiller LR<\/strong>. Orofacial manifestations of child maltreatment: A review. Dent Traumatol. 2024 Mar;40 Suppl 2:10-17. doi: 10.1111\/edt.12852. Epub 2023 May 25. PMID: 37226580.<\/p>\n

Murray, L., MD, Dai, T., MD,<\/strong> Clingenpeel, R., MD, Livingston, J., APRN, CPNP-PC, B.C., Worthington, “., RNP, BSN, SANE-P, & Farst, K., MD, MPH (2022). Hair Drug Testing of Children: A Study of Utilization and Interpretation.\u00a0The Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service,\u00a012(1), 65-75.<\/p>\n

Ruiz-Maldonado TM, Johnson KL, Sabo JL<\/strong>, Sheets LK, Laskey A. Palm Bruising in Infants: A Recognizable Pattern of Abuse. J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar 29:S0736-4679(21)00153-0. doi: 10.1016\/j.jemermed.2021.02.018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33795168.<\/p>\n

Kellogg ND<\/strong>, Kissoon NN<\/strong>. Patient Safety Programs for Child\u00a0Maltreatment: Does One Size Fit All? Pediatrics. 2021 Sep;148(3)<\/p>\n

Hymel KP, Armijo-Garcia V, Musick M, Marinello M, Herman\u00a0BE, Weeks K, Haney SB, Frazier TN, Carroll CL, Kissoon NN<\/strong>, Isaac R, Foster R, Campbell KA, Tieves KS, Livingston N, Bucher A, Woosley MC, Escamilla-Padilla D, Jaimon N, Kustka L, Wang M, Chinchilli VM, Dias MS, Noll J; Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network (PediBIRN) Investigators. A Cluster Randomized Trial to Reduce Missed Abusive Head Trauma in Pediatric Intensive Care Settings. Journal of Pediatrics. 2021 Sep;236:260-268.e3<\/p>\n

Esquivel A, Pastrana I, Marshall V, Lukefahr JL<\/strong>, and Mitchell I. The Implementation of a Pediatric Nonaccidental Trauma Evaluation Protocol: A Quality\u00a0 Improvement Analysis Pediatric Emergency Care 2020 Feb;36(2):e61-e65.<\/p>\n

Kellogg ND<\/strong>, Wouter Koek, Nienow, Shalon M. Factors that prevent, prompt, and delay disclosures in female victims of child sexual abuse Child Abuse and Neglect 2020 Jan<\/p>\n

Spiller LR.<\/strong>, Kellogg, N.<\/strong>, Mercado-Deane, M.G., Zarka, A., Gelfond, J., Growth Recovery Lines: A Specific Indicator of Child Abuse and Neglect? 2020;50:207-215.<\/p>\n

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Grant Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forensic Assessment Center Network: October 2006 to Present
\nThe Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics at UT San Antonio is one of six UT medical school programs designated as a center of excellence to establish a statewide system to provide medical consultation and support to Child Protective Services (CPS). Funding was established through Senate Bill 6 in 2006 and is ongoing.<\/p>\n

Child Maltreatment in Bexar County, Grant submitted in community engagement small project grant
\nDr. Monica Lawson, UTSA Pl[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″]