The Department of Pediatrics Research and Development Committee recently awarded grants to six faculty members for the following projects:
- Awni Al-Subu, MD – UW Pediatric Critical Care Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program
- Pelin Cengiz, MD – Epigenetic Regulation of Estrogen Receptor Alpha after Neonatal Hypoxia Ischemia
- Pamela Kling, MD – Improving the Sensitivity & Specificity of Iron Deficiency Screening of Newborns
- Luke Lamers, MD – Feasibility of Stent Expansion in a Swine Model of Branch PA Stenosis
- Amy Peterson, MD – Joint Database for Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome and Preventive Cardiology Clinics
- Sarah Webber, MD – Community Health Worker Led Postpartum Support Group for Latino Mothers & Infants
Additionally, nine laboratories/investigators were awarded Capital Equipment Funding:
- Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD
- Marlowe Eldridge, MD
- Allergy Researchers (Drs. Busse, Gern, Jackson, Lemanske, Seroogy, and Smith)
- Anna Huttenlocher, MD
- Bruce Klein, MD
- Pamela Kling, MD
- Bikash Pattnaik, PhD
- Paul Sondel, MD, PhD
- Christine Sorenson, PhD