Highlights
- The department was ranked #12 of 88 medical school pediatric departments nationwide for National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards, according to data compiled and released by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR).
- The department had $34.1 million in grant funding in FY18, a 42 percent increase from FY17.
- In FY18, 64 faculty (36%) in 13 divisions had extramural funding supporting their salary.
- Faculty submitted 143 grant proposals in FY18, with 53 (37 percent) funded.
- Throughout 2018, our faculty were PIs or co-Is on 247 grants. Our department’s centralized clinical research coordinators managed 60 studies, a 9 percent increase from 2017.
- Faculty, residents and fellows presented 71 abstracts at the department’s 2018 Spring Research Day. Of these, 25 (35 percent) were accepted at the Pediatric Academic Society (PAS) meeting: 13 as poster presentations, 10 as platform presentations and two as workshops.
SPR/APS Members
The following faculty are active members of the Society for Pediatric Research:
· David Allen, MD · Mei Baker, MD · Sabrina Butteris, MD · Christian Capitini, MD* · Aaron Carrel, MD · Pelin Cengiz, MD · Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD · Philip Farrell, MD, PhD (emeritus) · Peter Ferrazzano, MD · John Hokanson, MD · Daniel Jackson, MD · Matthew Harer, MD* · Michelle Kelly, MD · Julie Kessel, MD · Pamela Kling, MD · Robert Lemanske, MD |
· Ryan McAdams, MD · David McCulley, MD* · Eneida Mendonça, MD, PhD · Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, MD, OD · Caroline Paul, MD · J. Carter Ralphe, MD · Michael Rock, MD · Jessica Scott Schwoerer, MD* · Christine Seroogy, MD · Kristin Shadman, MD · Anne Marie Singh, MD* · Judith Smith, MD, PhD · Nick Von Bergen, MD · Ellen Wald, MD (emeritus) · Michael Wilhelm, MD, MS · Jon Wolff, MD |
*Became a member in 2018
The following faculty are active members of the American Pediatric Society:
· David Allen, MD · Sharon Bartosh, MD · James Conway, MD · Kenneth DeSantes, MD · Bruce Edmonson, MD, MPH · Marlowe Eldridge, MD · Philip Farrell, MD, PhD (emeritus) · James Gern, MD · Frank Greer, MD |
· Anna Huttenlocher, MD · Bruce Klein, MD · Robert Lemanske, MD · Michael MacDonald, MD · Ryan McAdams, MD · Paul Sondel, MD, PhD · Ellen Wald, MD |