{"id":157,"date":"2014-09-22T19:51:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T19:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2023-02-08T20:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T20:29:18","slug":"rebecca-j-scharf-m-d-m-p-h","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/key-investigators\/rebecca-j-scharf-m-d-m-p-h\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca J. Scharf, MD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/files\/2014\/09\/Scharf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-632 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/files\/2014\/09\/Scharf-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Scharf\" width=\"171\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/Scharf-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/Scharf-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/Scharf.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Scharf has a background in pediatrics, child development, psychology and epidemiology.\u00a0 She is on faculty at the University of Virginia in the Center for Global Health to study cognitive and developmental outcomes of children with malnutrition and enteric disease around the world. She is interested in human development and the factors influencing optimal brain development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/files\/2014\/09\/Child-in-chair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-633\" src=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/files\/2014\/09\/Child-in-chair-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Child in chair\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/Child-in-chair-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/Child-in-chair-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/Child-in-chair.jpg 881w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As a faculty member in the Center for Global Health, she has field experience in assessing child development in many nations around the world. As treatment and research regarding infectious enteric disease expands beyond the important goal of improving mortality towards reducing morbidity and improving outcomes, examining the effects of illness and malnutrition on human development and disability becomes increasingly important for finding timely interventions.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Scharf currently works in four areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examining developmental outcomes of early childhood malnutrition and diarrheal illness in 8 international sites in the MAL-ED study (<a href=\"http:\/\/mal-ed.fnih.org\/\">http:\/\/mal-ed.fnih.org\/<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Following cognitive development over time as part of Dr. Guerrant\u2019s ICIDR studies in northeast Brazil (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nrgastro\/journal\/v10\/n4\/abs\/nrgastro.2012.239.html\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nrgastro\/journal\/v10\/n4\/abs\/nrgastro.2012.239.html<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Studying child development and risk factors for obesity in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (<a href=\"http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/ecls\/birth.asp\">http:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/ecls\/birth.asp<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Promoting care for children with disabilities around the world (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.specialhopenetwork.com\/\">specialhopenetwork.com\/<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/files\/2014\/09\/SeatedChild.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-635 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/files\/2014\/09\/SeatedChild-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"SeatedChild\" width=\"366\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/SeatedChild-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/chrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2014\/09\/SeatedChild.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone:\u00a0 434-924-1647<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0 rs3yk@virginia.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Rebecca Scharf has a background in pediatrics, child development, psychology and epidemiology.\u00a0 She is on faculty at the University of Virginia in the Center for Global Health to study cognitive and developmental outcomes of children with malnutrition and enteric disease around the world. 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