2023 Pediatrics Pilot Grant Awardees

Investigator's Name Pediatrics Section Project Title
Dalia Bashir, MD Critical Care Thrombus composition and correlation with coagulation and inflammatory profiles in pediatric patients on mechanical circulatory support
Michael Dzakovich, PhD, MS, BS Nutrition All Spinach and Iron Bound: Determining the Chemical Culprits of Iron Malabsorption from Spinach
Elizabeth Franklin, PhD, MA, BA Adolescent Medicine & Sports Medicine Impact of a family navigator on eating disorder patient care
Olivia Ginnard, DO Nutrition Brain vitamin D receptors regulate energy balance
Catherine Joseph, MD Renal Biomarkers of early acute kidney injury in critically ill neonates
Kathryn Kothari, MD, BS Emergency Medicine Utilization of bidirectional data exchange to improve adherence to evidence based guidelines in pediatric patients
Luke Parkitny, PhD Neurology & Developmental Neuroscience Characterizing murine MECP2 gene-related models: a back-translational effort from novel human biomarker data.
Vibha Szafron, MD Allergy and Immunology Impact of Breast Milk on the Development of Food Allergy
Caitlin Vonderohe, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Impact of Low-dose Glucocorticoids on the Development of Enterohepatic Signaling in Preterm Pigs
Chunmei Wang, PhD Diabetes and Endocrinology Retinoic acids (RA) regulate pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neuron functions and energy/glucose hemostasis