This summer, 13 medical students will join Department of Pediatrics faculty mentors for an immersive research training experience through the Shapiro Summer Research Program. The program is designed to educate students about the process of scientific research and to develop skills in research study design, methodology, statistical analysis, and presentation of findings.
Since 2002, the Shapiro Summer Research Program has provided opportunities for UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) students to participate in eight- to 10-week research projects in the summer between their first and second years of medical school. Students are paired with UW–Madison faculty mentors who propose a wide range of hypothesis-driven projects in basic science, clinical, translational, health services, population/public health, or global health research. Funding for the program comes from the Herman and Gwendolyn Shapiro Foundation with additional support from the department and investigator grants.
Below is a list of students who will conduct research with the Department of Pediatrics this summer, their faculty mentors, and the titles of their research projects:
| Shapiro Scholar | Mentor | Project Title |
| Ingrid Anderson | Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH | Association Between Highest Grade Completed, Employment Status, and Problematic Internet Use with Gender Evaluated as a Moderator |
| Emily Chou | Krisjon Olson, PhD | Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the Screening and Treatment of Individuals with Genetic dyslipidemia from Familial Hypercholesterolemia |
| Katherine Dolan | Jesse Boyett Anderson, MD, MS | Infrastructure for Managing Critical Congenital Heart Defects at Wisconsin Birthing Hospitals /td> |
| Angie Goh | Ellen Wald, MD | Suprapubic Aspiration as Preferred Method to Obtain Sample in Suspected Urinary Tract Infection |
| Queeneth Henshaw | Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH | The Brain, Behavior, and WellBeing (B3) |
| Nora Ibrahim | Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH | American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health |
| Sunshine Lee | Heidi Kloster, MD | Caregiver Stories: Family Perspectives on How Healthcare Providers May Promote Optimization of Health for Children with Medical Complexity (a Family LENS study) |
| Priya Mathur | Ryan Coller, MD, MPH | Caregiver Perceptions of Strategies to Reduce Hospitalizations for Children with Medical Complexity: A Multi-Site Study |
| Seleata McDonald | Jill Denson, PhD | Father and Family Perspectives on Adapting an Evidence-Based Program for Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring in Black Pregnant People |
| Ria Patel | Matthew Harer, MD | Evaluating the Association of Renal Tissue Oxygenation to Venous, Arterial, and Capillary Blood Gas Oxygen Saturation in Preterm Neonates |
| Kaylee Seifert | Bikash Pattnaik, PhD | Optimizing ACE-tRNA Therapy for Congenital Stationary Night Blindness: Evaluating the Impact of Injection Timing in a Mouse Model of Human CSNB |
| Kimberly Stathas | Cathy Lee-Miller, MD | Understanding Decisional Regret in Adolescents with Cancer |
| Samiah Ziadeh | Neil Munjal, MD, MS | Improving the Identification of Barriers in Neurodevelopmental Management in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) |