2022 Pediatrics Pilot Grant Awardees

Investigator's Name Pediatrics Section Project Title
Alli Antar, PhD Nutrition Dissecting the Role of ChREBP in Brown Adipose Tissue
Melanie Bernhardt, PharmD, MS Hematology/Oncology Impact of the gut microbiome on the development of significant toxicities in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia receiving high-dose methotrexate
Austin Brown, PhD, MPH, BS Hematology/Oncology Exploring clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential as a biomarker for cardiovascular injury in pediatric leukemia and lymphoma survivors
Sujith Joseph, PhD, MS, BS Hematology/Oncology Rational development of antigen-specific T cells for sarcoma immunotherapy
Ariel Lyons-Warren, MD, PhD, BA Neurology & Developmental Neuroscience Development of a new sensory tool: The Sensory Responses Quantitative Phenotyper (SRQP)
Aikaterini Nella, MD Diabetes and Endocrinology Oxidative stress and mitochondria in Type 2 diabetes
Margaret Raber Ramsey, DrPH, MPH, BS Nutrition Project LAUNCH: A Virtual Food and Cooking Education Pilot ProgramĀ for Low-income High School Seniors Served by the TCH Mobile Clinic.
Melissa Richard, PhD, MS, BS Hematology/Oncology Using epigenetic signatures to evaluate the role of in utero metabolic traits on hypospadias risk
Shannon Ronca, PhD, MPH, BS Tropical Medicine The therapeutic potential of an FDA-approved IL-1 receptor antagonist for treating viral encephalitis
Arun Saini, MD, MS Critical Care Fibrin Clot Function and Structure Analysis in Sepsis Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.
Katherine Simon, MD BIPAI Impact of a Brief Mother-Child Index Case Testing Tool on Pediatric HIV Case Identification
Diwakar Turaga, MD, PhD, BS Developmental Pediatrics Reverse-Remodeling after Ventricular Unloading in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy