Research Groups

Areas of interest:  pathogenesis/treatment/prevention of lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

Barreda Research Group

Areas of interest: pediatric pulmonology, medical education, social media and health information, cystic fibrosis

Area of interest: clinical research in pediatric sedation

Areas of interest: neonatal encephalopathy, hypoxia ischemia (HI),  neurotrophin receptor TrkB

Compassion and Humanism in Medical Education Scholarship (CHIMES) (Babal)

Areas of interest: compassion and humanism in medical education, well-being in medicine and health care, storytelling and health humanities education, and drivers of well-being in the learning environment for health care trainees

Areas of interest: immunizations, vaccine hesitancy & refusal, vaccine efficacy, global health, influenza, pertussis, policy & implementation, system strengthening

Areas of interest:  Cystic fibrosis, clinical trials

Dean Research Group

Areas of interest:  brain development, myelination, neurodevelopmental disorders, quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

DeSantes Research Group

Areas of interest: translational and clinical research of pediatric cancers, adoptive NK cell therapies, haploidentical stem cell transplants, targeted radiotherapy of neuroblastoma and other solid tumors

Areas of interest:  cardiopulmonary physiology and pathophysiology, effects of exercise, acute hypoxia, altitude, hyperbaria and environmental exposure

Families and Mindfulness Research Team (Mathur)

Areas of interest: child and parent resilience, mindfulness, health equity

Areas of interest:  pediatric pulmonology and nutrition, cystic fibrosis (CF), newborn screening

Ferrazzano Research Group

Areas of interest:  pediatric cerebral ischemia, neurodevelopmental differences in the physiology of ischemia and reperfusion, and the response to neuroprotective interventions.

Garcia-Prats Research Group

Areas of interest:  tuberculosis (TB) therapeutics, TB diagnosis, HIV care, malnutrition

Areas of interest:  childhood asthma and allergies, rhinovirus, birth cohort, microbiome, bacteria, immune development, virus

Hematologic Malignancies and Immunotherapy Research Group (Richards)

Areas of interest: CAR T-cell therapy in AML, antigen selection, modular CAR design, immune receptor signaling

Areas of interest:  pulse oximetry screening, congenital heart disease

Hospital Medicine & Complex Care Research Group

Areas of interest:  children with medical complexity, hospital systems, family engagement and family-delivered health care, health services research

Areas of interest:  basic molecular mechanisms that regulate cell movement—in the context of wound healing, inflammation and cancer

Areas of interest:  cancer immunotheraphy, graft versus host disease (GVHD), natural killer (NK) cells, CAR T cells

Improving Kidney Outcomes in Neonates into Childhood: IKONIC (Harer)

Areas of interest:  renal function in premature neonates, acute kidney injury (AKI), near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

Areas of interest:  asthma, viruses, microbes, exacerbations, prevention, disease mechanisms

Kaluarachchi Research Group

Areas of interest:  clinical and epidemiological research into cardio-respiratory diseases in preterm infants

Areas of interest:  fungal pathogenesis, immunology

Areas of interest:  fetal & neonatal erythropoieisis, iron metabolism, cord blood, iron deficiency, prematurity, infants of diabetic mothers, intrauterine growth restriction

Areas of interest:  sleep medicine education, impact of obstructive sleep apnea

McAdams Research Group

Areas of interest:  advocacy, global health, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, artificial intelligence, virtual reality in teaching

Mohr Research Group

Areas of interest:  pathogenesis underlying different congenital infection phenotypes, Zika virus

O’Leary Research Group

Areas of interest: inflammation, tuft cells, barrier function and the microbiome in the biliary tree and gastrointestinal tract

Areas of interest:  pediatric blindness, oxytocin, Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA16)

Pediatrics Preventative Cardiology Research Group (Peterson)

Areas of interest:  Familial Hypercholesterolemia, universal cholesterol screening, telehealth, health disparities and access

Prevention Research Center (Denson)

Focus:  improve the health of low-income women, infants, and families by conducting health promotion and disease prevention research

Program of Research on Outcomes for Kids: PROKids (Cox)

Areas of interest:  health services research,  family-centered interventions, diabetes

Areas of interest:  impact of metabolism and energy production on cardiac contractile performance in the immature heart

Areas of interest:  early life immune maturation, T cell tolerance, environmental influences and mechanisms on innate and adaptive immune maturation and its relationship to allergic diseases, health care delivery to Amish children

Areas of interest:  unfolded protein response, Brucella, rhinovirus, ORMDL3

Areas of interest:  technology, digital health, adolescents, social media

Areas of interest:  cellular therapy, natural killer (NK) cells, monoclonal antibody, anti-tumor immunity, cancer vaccines, T-cell therapy, combination therapy, radio-immunotherapy, molecular targeted radionuclide therapy, tumor-reactive antibody, neuroblastoma, melanoma

Areas of interest:  upper respiratory infections (URI) in children, sinusitis, otitis media, pharyngitis

Areas of interest:  molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory, congenital brain diseases, neurodevelopmental outcomes, central nervous system injury