$50,000 from the Caplan Foundation and $80,000 from The Children’s Trust to support the development and pilot testing of the “Baby Feed” App and Portals

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Dr. Masoud Sadjadi, together with Drs. Cristina Palacios, Jean Hannan, and Marcia Varella from the FIU Colleges of Public Health & Social Work, Nursing & Health Sciences, and Medicine, has been awarded $50,000 from the Caplan Foundation and $80,000 from The Children’s Trust to support the development and pilot testing of the “Baby Feed” App and Portals for Healthcare Professionals and Parents to improve infant diets. This software solution will enable assessment of infant diets and provide results and recommendations automatically, allowing parents to track their progress with the infant diet, and clinicians to see the results of the tracking from the parents. Dr. Sadjadi’s team in SCIS will be responsible for the development and maintenance of this application during the pilot testing project.