Marianne E Felice MD
Title Chair and Professor
Institution University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department Pediatrics
Division Adolescent Medicine
Address University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester MA 01655
Telephone 508/856-3199
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Institution UMMS - School of Medicine
Department Obstetrics & Gynecology
Narrative

Research Interests

Dr. Marianne Felice has a long history of clinical research in issues related to adolescent health issues with a particular focus on adolescent sexuality, teen pregnancy, and adolescent sexual abuse.  Dr. Felice is also interested in cross-cultural health care topics particularly as this issue relates to the provision of optimal health care for recently immigrated adolescents.

Dr. Felice has had continual funding since 1986 from the federal Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs in the Department of Health and Human Services that has enabled her to develop adolescent pregnancy prevention programs in three states.  In Worcester, Dr. Felice developed the Worcester Teen Tot Connection that provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary health care for teen mothers and their infants in order to reduce repeat pregnancies within two years of the first birth, insure that all the infants are immunized by 2 years of age, and to facilitate the return to school of each young mother.  In this endeavor, Dr. Felice has worked closely with Dr. Dianne Elfenbein and multiple community social agencies.

Dr. Felice is also interested in the racial disparity of infant mortality and has begun to investigate this topic with the help of many local agencies and the Department of Public Health on the local and state level.

Publications
1. Davies HD, Stanton B, Felice M, Friedman A, Degnon L, Daniels S, Cohen A. 50 years of the association of medical school pediatric department chairs-going strong! J Pediatr. 2011 Jun; 158(6):869-871.e1.
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2. Felice ME. Reflections on why pediatrics does not have a primary care physician shortage at present. J Pediatr. 2011 Apr; 158(4):523-4.
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3. Stanton B, Felice M, Marshall SG, Sectish TC. A change in the pediatric leadership landscape. J Pediatr. 2011 Mar; 158(3):347-348.e2.
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4. Lemay CA, Cashman SB, Elfenbein DS, Felice ME. A qualitative study of the meaning of fatherhood among young urban fathers. Public Health Nurs. 2010 May-Jun; 27(3):221-31.
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5. Downs TJ, Ogneva-Himmelberger Y, Aupont O, Wang Y, Raj A, Zimmerman P, Goble R, Taylor O, Churchill L, Lemay C, McLaughlin T, Felice M. Vulnerability-based spatial sampling stratification for the National Children's Study, Worcester County, Massachusetts: capturing health-relevant environmental and sociodemographic variability. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Sep; 118(9):1318-25.
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6. Felice ME. Report on AMSPDC activities and initiatives: 2007 to 2009. J Pediatr. 2009 Dec; 155(6):767-8.
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7. Lemay CA, Cashman SB, Elfenbein DS, Felice ME. Adolescent mothers' attitudes toward contraceptive use before and after pregnancy. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007 Aug; 20(4):233-40.
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8. Lemay CA, Elfenbein DS, Cashman SB, Felice ME. The body mass index of teen mothers and their toddler children. Matern Child Health J. 2008 Jan; 12(1):112-8.
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9. Felice ME, Dunston FJ, Jones MD, Chesney R, Stapleton FB, Fiser DH. Pediatric workforce projections and unintended consequences. J Pediatr. 2004 Jul; 145(1):1-2.
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10. Elfenbein DS, Felice ME. Adolescent pregnancy. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2003 Aug; 50(4):781-800, viii.
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11. Coard SI, Nitz K, Felice ME. Repeat pregnancy among urban adolescents: sociodemographic, family, and health factors. Adolescence. 2000; 35(137):193-200.
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12. Felice ME, Feinstein RA, Fisher MM, Kaplan DW, Olmedo LF, Rome ES, Staggers BC. Adolescent pregnancy--current trends and issues: 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence, 1998-1999. Pediatrics. 1999 Feb; 103(2):516-20.
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13. Hovell M, Blumberg E, Sipan C, Hofstetter CR, Burkham S, Atkins C, Felice M. Skills training for pregnancy and AIDS prevention in Anglo and Latino youth. J Adolesc Health. 1998 Sep; 23(3):139-49.
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14. Carter DM, Felice ME, Rosoff J, Zabin LS, Beilenson PL, Dannenberg AL. When children have children: the teen pregnancy predicament. Am J Prev Med. 1994 Mar-Apr; 10(2):108-13.
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15. Maehr JC, Lizarraga JL, Wingard DL, Felice ME. A comparative study of adolescent and adult mothers who intend to breastfeed. J Adolesc Health. 1993 Sep; 14(6):453-7.
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16. Reynoso TC, Felice ME, Shragg GP. Does American acculturation affect outcome of Mexican-American teenage pregnancy? J Adolesc Health. 1993 Jun; 14(4):257-61.
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17. Hall JA, Henggeler SW, Felice ME, Reynoso T, Williams NM, Sheets R. Adolescent substance use during pregnancy. J Pediatr Psychol. 1993 Apr; 18(2):265-71.
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18. East PL, Felice ME. Pregnancy risk among the younger sisters of pregnant and childbearing adolescents. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1992 Apr; 13(2):128-36.
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19. Emans SJ, Brown RT, Davis A, Felice M, Hein K. Society for Adolescent Medicine Position Paper on Reproductive Health Care for Adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 1991 Dec; 12(8):649-61.
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20. East PL, Felice ME. Outcomes and parent-child relationships of former adolescent mothers and their 12-year-old children. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1990 Aug; 11(4):175-83.
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21. Matsuhashi Y, Felice ME, Shragg P, Hollingsworth DR. Is repeat pregnancy in adolescents a "planned" affair? J Adolesc Health Care. 1989 Sep; 10(5):409-12.
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22. Felice ME. Limited data on Mexican-American pregnant and nonpregnant teenagers. J Adolesc Health Care. 1989 Mar; 10(2):168-9.
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23. Truscello AM, Hollingsworth DR, Felice ME, Shragg P. Routine screening for gestational diabetes in white, black, and Mexican-American teenagers. J Adolesc Health Care. 1988 Mar; 9(2):150-5.
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24. Felice ME, Shragg GP, James M, Hollingsworth DR. Psychosocial aspects of Mexican-American, white, and black teenage pregnancy. J Adolesc Health Care. 1987 Jul; 8(4):330-5.
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25. Hollingsworth DR, Felice M. Teenage pregnancy: a multiracial sociologic problem. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1986 Oct; 155(4):741-6.
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26. Felice ME, Shragg P, James M, Hollingsworth DR. Clinical observations of Mexican-American, Caucasian, and black pregnant teenagers. J Adolesc Health Care. 1986 Sep; 7(5):305-10.
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27. Felice ME, James M, Shragg P, Hollingsworth DR. Observations related to chronologic and gynecologic age in pregnant adolescents. Yale J Biol Med. 1984 Sep-Oct; 57(5):777-85.
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28. Felice ME, Friedman SB. Behavioral considerations in the health care of adolescents. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1982 Apr; 29(2):399-413.
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29. Felice ME, Granados JL, Ances IG, Hebel R, Roeder LM, Heald FP. The young pregnant teenager. Impact of comprehensive prenatal care. J Adolesc Health Care. 1981 Mar; 1(3):193-7.
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