The Department of Pediatrics Research and Development Committee recently awarded grants to thirteen faculty members for the following projects:
- Awni Al-Subu, MD – Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Incidence and Epidemiology (PARDIE) Study
- Pelin Cengiz, MD – Pharmacokinetic Profile of a TrkB Agonist in Neonatal Mice
- Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD – Assessing Barriers to Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management in Young Adults
- Istvan Danko, MD, PhD – Intravenous Iron Sucrose Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia in IBD
- Marlowe Eldridge, MD – PET/MR Image Glucose Utilization and Contractile Function in the Myocardium
- Peter Ferrazzano, MD – Understanding Neurodevelopmental Outcomes after Critical Illness
- Scott Hagen, MD – Development of a Temporary Pacemaker Simulator and Curriculum
- John Hokanson, MD – Adolescent Heart Rate Response in PACER Exercise and Water Slide Participation
- Pamela Kling, MD – Population-Based Screening for Iron Status at Birth
- Amy Peterson, MD – Case Review Series of Sitosterolemia with Longitudinal Study of CIMT
- Luther Sigurdsson, MD – Uroflowmetry & Electromyography to Identify Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Refractory Constipation
- Judy Smith, MD, PhD – The Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Brucella Melitensis Replication
- Michael Wilhelm, MD – Cardiac Critical Care Consortium
Additionally, nine laboratories/investigators were awarded Capital Equipment Funding:
- Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD
- Peter Ferrazzano, MD
- James Gern, MD, and Robert Lemanske, MD
- Bruce Klein, MD and Marcel Wüethrich, PhD
- Michael MacDonald, MD
- De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, and Bikash Pattnaik, PhD
- Christine Seroogy, MD
- Paul Sondel, MD, PhD
- Christine Sorenson, PhD