Congratulations to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, for his award of $39,000 from the Meriter Foundation for his project, “Oxytocinergic signaling in the eye: its contribution to Retinopathy of Prematurity.” Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) that occurs in …
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Dr. Pamela Kling Awarded Meriter Foundation Funding
Pamela Kling, MD, was recently awarded $23,500 for her project, “Iron Status Linking Obesity During Pregnancy and Asthma in Offspring” from the Meriter Foundation. Obesity complicates 30% of pregnancies and predisposes to greater prevalence of …
Elizabeth Goetz, MD, MPH, Receives Meriter Foundation Award
Elizabeth Goetz, MD, MPH, received an award of $8,000 from the Meriter Foundation for her project, “Improving Quality of Care and Lowering Costs by Reducing NICU Admissions.” This project aims to develop and evaluate a …
Dr. David McCulley Awarded Meriter Foundation Funding
Congratulations to David McCulley, MD, on his recent award of $25,000 from the Meriter Foundation for his project, “Mammalian Pulmonary Lymphatic Circulation.” This project aims to investigate the development and function of the lymphatic vascular …
Christine Sorenson, PhD, Receives Retina Research Foundation Award
Congratulations to Christine Sorenson, PhD, for her recent award of $25,000 from the Retina Research Foundation for her project, “Retinal Vessel Rarefaction and Bim Expression.” This proposal aims to determine whether Bim expression in astrocytes …
Access Community Health Center Pediatric Asthma Clinic Receives Evjue Foundation Gift
Kate Swenson, NP, Pediatric Pulmonology; Dr. Theresa Guilbert, and Kathleen Shanovich, NP, Pediatric Allergy are pleased to announce a $7,000 gift from the Evjue Foundation to support their Access Community Health Center South Park St, …
Dr. Daniel Jackson Awarded the 2013 Klosterfrau Award for Research of Airway Diseases in Childhood
Congratulations to Daniel Jackson, MD who was recently awarded the Klosterfrau Award for Research of Airway Diseases in Childhood 2013 for his research entitled “Evidence for a Causal Relationship between Allergic Sensitization and Rhinovirus Wheezing …
Building Bridges to Adult Healthcare
In many ways, the job of a pediatrician is like that of a parent: to prepare children to successfully navigate the adult world. But for children with chronic illnesses or disabilities, that job is particularly …
Dr. Jesse Roach Receives 2013-2015 Advocacy Scholars Program Award
Congratulations to Jesse Roach, MD, for receiving the 2013-2015 Advocacy Scholars Award from the John E. Lewy Foundation for Children’s Health. Dr. Roach and the other two recipients (Dr. Stephanie Clarke and Dr. Amy Skversky) …
Keeping Young Hearts Healthy
Every Friday morning, pediatric cardiologist Amy Peterson, MD, sees children who, due to family history, medical conditions, or obesity, are at greater risk for heart disease when they become adults. Reducing or eliminating those risks …