Dr. Crowell’s primary research interests are management of pediatric HIV, and prevention and treatment of complications of HIV and its treatment. She is co-investigator of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) unit at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Dr. Crowell is also a member of the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study. She is currently involved in several international and domestic studies examining the neurodevelopmental outcomes of HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected children and studying potential interventions to improve long-term neurodevelopment in these children. Dr. Crowell also serves as a consultant to the Seattle Children’s Hospital Clinical Effectiveness program, assisting with the development and implementation of clinical pathways of care for patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She is co-director of the Clinical Effectiveness Research & Writing Team, which aims to publish quality improvement work related to clinical pathways. Dr. Crowell leads the division’s quality improvement program. Specific projects include increasing compliance with antibiotic toxicity monitoring for inpatients and improving inpatient-to-outpatient transfer of care for patients receiving outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. Dr. Crowell collaborates with Drs. John-Stewart, Benki-Nugent, Melvin and Vora.
