Awards & Winners

 President's Award for Innovation in Research

  • Catherine Forster, MD, MS
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    “A Systems Biology Approach to Differentiating Urinary Tract Infection from Urinary Tract Colonization in Children with Neurogenic Bladders”
  • Nathan Smith, PhD
    • Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Pharmacology and Physiology
    “Astrocytes modulate Synaptic Plasticity via Norepinephrine”

 Mentorship Award

  • Translational Science: Lauren Kenworthy, PhD

  • Clinical Science: Murray Pollack, MD, MBA

 Basic and Translational Science

FACULTY

  • Michael Keller, MD
    • Third-Party T Cell Immunotherapy for Viral Infections in Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders
  • Kirsten Williams, MD
    • Safety and Efficacy of Multiple Tumor Antigen Specific T Cells for the Treatment of High Risk Leukemia and Lymphoma Patients After HCT
  • Joseph Scafidi, DO
    • Decreased hippocampal N-acetylaspartate in rodent models of preterm brain injury is due to altered mitochondrial function

STAFF

  • Claire-Marie Vacher, PhD
    • Impact of placental allopregnanolone withdrawal on cerebellar development and function in a new mouse model of perinatal brain injury
  • Kayla Authelet, BS
    • Adipocyte-derived Exosomes Modulate Expression of Genes in TGF-ß Pathway Differently in Asthmatic Compared to Normal Fibroblasts
  • Tishelle Ogunfiditimi, MPH
    • Tracer Methodology: Tracers impact on Regulatory Outcomes
  • Lisa Ring, DNP, CPNP, AC-PC
    • Implementation of the MedActionPlan® for safe discharge medication teaching for post-operative cardiovascular surgery patients on the Heart and Kidney Unit

Post-docs/Fellows/Residents

  • Surajit Bhattacharya, PhD
    • Understanding Structural Variants using Whole Genome Sequencing and Next Generation Mapping
  • Hostensia Beng, MD
    • Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 (FGF-2) and Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor -A (VEGF-A) increase the proteinuria of children with steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) through a Rho-A mediated mechanism
  • Kelsey Sugrue, PhD
    • Hectd1 and Retinoic Acid Signaling: Modeling the Complex Genetic Interactions Underlying Congenital Heart Defects
  • Rebecca Zee, MD, PhD
    • IPSE, a parasite derived host immunomodulatory protein, is a promising therapeutic for pediatric bladder pain

Graduate Students

  • Sulgi Lee, MS
    • WT1 as a potential antigen for immunotherapeutic interventions of childhood high grade gliomas

High School/Undergraduate Students

  • Tania Singh
    • Ultra-Sound Induced Insulin Release

 Quality and Performance Improvement

FACULTY

  • Hope Rhodes, MD, MPH, FAAP
    • HealthySteps Program – Taking Steps to Improve Successful Referral to Early Intervention Services in the Primary Care Medical Home
  • Rosemary Thomas-Mohtat, MD
    • Quality assurance practices of point of care ultrasound used in academic pediatric emergency departments in North America: a cross-sectional survey
  • Jennifer Webb, MD
    • Quality Improvement: Text-Based Appointment Reminders Fail to Improve Rates of Missed Transfusion Appointments

STAFF

  • Emanuel Ghebremariam, MPH, LSSGB
    • Reducing 7-Day Readmissions
  • Evan Hochberg, MBA, RN, CPN
    • Application of Safety-II in the Identification of Leadership Tactics to Improve Safety Culture

Post-docs/Fellows/Residents

  • Melanie Siefman, MD
    • Perception among families with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) regarding communication and utilization of interpreter services during hospitalization

Graduate Students

  • Dhineshvikram Krishnamurthy, MS
    • Integrated Research Information System (IRIS) - Web-based MRI processing and visualization for a Fetal and Neonatal Brain Analysis pipeline

High School/Undergraduate Students

  • David Kalter, BA
    • Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health Utilization at Routine Clinic Visits for Adolescents and Young Adults with Diabetes

 Clinical Research

FACULTY

  • Cara Pugliese, PhD
    • Characterizing Longitudinal Change in Executive Functions in Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Katherine Kelly, PhD, RN
    • New childhood cancer diagnosis education processes: How parents learn, and the "why" behind their questions: A report from the Children’s Oncology Group

STAFF

  • Sarah Anderson
    • Effectiveness of environmental monitoring in preventing contamination in an academic Good Manufacturing Practices Facility
  • Emanuel Boutzoukas, BS
    • Verbal Working Memory Contributes to Atypical Language Dominance in Pediatric Epilepsy As Shown by fMRI

Post-docs/Fellows/Residents

  • Yao Wu
    • Maternal Stress during Pregnancy Alters Regional Brain Growth in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Disease

Graduate Students

  • Eshini Panditharatna, BA
    • Liquid biopsy for monitoring response to therapy in pediatric midline gliomas

High School/Undergraduate Students

  • Ryan Handel
    • Significance of Clinical Differences Between Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Patients With Varying Pain Levels

 Community-Based Research

STAFF

  • Gia Badolato, MPH
    • Hot Spots of Adolescent ED-diagnosed STIs, Washington DC

Post-docs/Fellows/Residents

  • Avanti Golikeri, MD
    • Investigating an Association between Urban Housing and Asthma Severity

Graduate Students

  • Julia Masur, BA
    • Parental Depression and Childhood Asthma Outcomes

 Education, Training, and Program Development

FACULTY

  • Gabrina Dixon, MD, MEd
    • What Influences those Underrepresented in Medicine (URM) in Choosing Academic Pediatrics

STAFF

  • Layla San Martin, MSN, MHA, BSN, RN, CPN, HACP
    • Nursing Tip Of The Week: A Communication Tool

Graduate Students

  • Alyssa DeWyer
    • Utilizing Technology to Support the Training of Non-Experts in Point of Care Echocardiography in a Resource-Limited Setting