| Principal Investigator |
Supervising Institution |
Project Title |
| Lori Broderick, M.D., Ph.D. |
UC San Diego |
Inflammatory mechanisms in Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis (PFAPA) Syndrome |
| Rosa T. Carrasco, M.D. |
Children's Memorial Hospital |
Role of vascular endothelial growth factor in necrotizing enterocolitis |
| Grace J. Chan, M.D., MPH |
Johns Hopkins University |
Association between maternal infection and early onset neonatal sepsis in Bangladesh |
| Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, M.D. |
Duke Clinical Research Institute |
Metronidazole pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in premature infants |
| Christoph P. Hornik, M.D. |
Duke University |
Predictors of mortality in pediatric patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome following norwood operation |
| Adam C. Levine, M.D., MPH |
Brown University |
Assessment of severe dehydration in children with diarrhea using ultrasound and clinical exam |
| Rosemary M. Moleski, M.D. |
Boston Medical Center |
Risk factors for early infant colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| Carolina Prando, M.D., Ph.D. |
The Rockefeller University |
Novel primary immunodeficiencies resulting from structural genomic abnormalities |
| Anne Marie Singh, M.D. |
Northwestern School of Medicine |
Regulatory T cells and superantigen in early expressions of atopy |
| David V. Smith, M.D. |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
The effect of concussion on academic and school performance in the adolescent |
| Rebecca A. Bish, Ph.D. |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
Targeting tumor stem cells in medulloblastoma |
| Eric Chiou, M.D. |
Children's Hospital Corporation |
The role of oropharyngeal acidification in alteration of the oral microbiome and development of dental lesions in children |
| Sherry Farzan, M.D. |
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System |
The effect of montelukast on asthma control in obese asthmatic children and adolescents |
| Anjali Jain, M.D. |
UCSF Medical Center |
Fructose - versus lactose-associated adiposity in babies |
| Dr. Ashwin Mallipatna |
Institute of Ophthalmology |
The feasibility of using a compact digital camera for the detection of red-reflex abnormalities in children |
| Emily T. Martin, MPH, Ph.D. |
Seattle Children's Hospital |
Role of human bocavirus infection in symptoms and severity of clinical disease in infants |
| Saurabh Mehta, M.D. |
Harvard School of Public Health |
Vitamin D status, mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and child mortality in children born to HIV infected women in Tanzania |
| Jing-Ni Ou, Ph.D. |
Seattle Children's Research Institute |
Cellular mechanism regulating PD-L1 in pediatric lupus |
| Susan D. Shenoi, M.D. |
Seattle Children's Hospital |
PD-L1 as a diagnostic marker for Systemic Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis |
| Stephanie B. Troy, M.D. |
Stanford University School of Medicine |
Efficacy of routine inactivated polio vaccination on decreasing oral polio vaccine shedding and mutation rates in Mexican children |
| Ryan W. Carroll, M.D., MPH |
Northwestern University |
Markers of central nervous system hypoxia in cerebral malaria |
| Peter C. Drobac, M.D. |
Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Evaluation of the BASIC Scale (Basic Assessment of Severity of Illness in Children): A simple triage tool for resource-limiting settings |
| Dr. Nicolette A. Hodyl |
University of Adelaide |
Defining innate immune deficiencies in the preterm neonate that lead to increased susceptibility to infection and inflammation |
| Heather B. Jaspan, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Cape Town |
BCG induced T cell immune activation as a possible etiology for rapid HIV progression and increased mother to child HIV transmission in Sub Saharan African HIV exposed and infected infants |
| Dr. Ischa Kummeling |
Maastricht University |
Revealing the risk of childhood asthma due to maternal perceived stress during pregnancy |
| Federico R. Laham, M.D. |
Baylor College of Medicine |
Innate immune response and disease to the Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) virus in children |
| Kelvin D. MacDonald, M.D., RRT |
Oregon Health & Science University |
Pre-clinical assay of prostone compounds in cystic fibrosis |
| Justin R. Ortiz, M.D. |
University of Washington |
Assessment of indoor air pollution as a risk for influenza in Senegalese children |
| Natalie D. Shaw, M.D. |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
The effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on nocturnal gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)/luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion and cognition in children in early puberty |
| Brian P. Vickery, M.D. |
Duke University |
Determining the Efficacy and Value of Immunotherapy on the Likelihood of peanut tolerance: The DEVIL study |
| Ann M. Buchanan, M.D., MPH, DTM&H |
Duke University Medical Center |
Prevalence of mycobacteremia among febrile, HIV-infected children in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania |
| Patrick J. Javid, M.D. |
Seattle Children's Hospital |
Pilot study of the safety and immunogenicity of a rotavirus vaccine in infants with intestinal failure |
| Ariel Munitz, Ph.D. |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
The expression and function of ILT-3/LIR-5 in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis |
| Katheryn Nathe, M.D., MMSc. |
Children's Hospital Boston |
Role of bacterial endotoxin in respiratory inflammation and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in mechanically ventilated preterm neonates |
| Tuan T. Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D. |
Texas Children's Hospital |
Determining BMI cut points associated with increased risk of hypertension in American children and adolescents |
| Gloria E. Oramasionwu, M.D., MPH |
Texas Children's Hospital |
Adaptation of gold nanoparticles for the point-of-care diagnosis of Plasmodium species and detection of drug resistance |
| James R. Priest, M.D. |
Seattle Children's Hospital |
A genetic association study for copy number variation and endocardial cushion defects |
| Nirmish Shah, M.D. |
Duke University Medical Center |
Comparison of thrombin generation of sickle cell patients in microparticle rich and microparticle poor plasma using Thrombin Generation Assay (TGA) |
| Karina Top, M.D. |
Columbia University Medical Center |
The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pregnancy and risks for neonatal infection |
| Sylvia Becker-Dreps, M.D., MPH |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Effectiveness of rotavirus immunization at the community level in Nicaragua |
| Hannah Cheung, Ph.D. |
Texas Children's Hospital |
Inherited variants in DNA repair genes that predispose children to cancer |
| Eleonora Dehlink, M.D., Ph.D. |
Children's Hospital Boston |
The high affinity IgE receptor, FcεRI, as a potential target for the therapy of food allergy in children |
| Jessica J. Lee, M.D. |
Children's Hospital Boston |
Gene expression profiling of new-onset pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: a model of chronic inflammatory diseases in childhood |
| Pia S. Pannaraj, M.D., MPH |
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles |
Impact of school-based influenza vaccination on school populations |
| Lisa Goldman Rosas, Ph.D. |
University of California, San Francisco |
Investigation of early life risk factors of overweight and metabolic syndrome among children of Mexican descent in the U.S. |
| Sara L. Van Driest, M.D., Ph.D. |
Vanderbilt University |
Vitamin D levels and receptor polymorphisms and the severity of infant bronchiolitis and risk of childhood asthma |
| Sera L. Young, Ph.D. |
University of California, Davis |
Pica in pregnant Mexican women: determining casual pathways of adverse health outcomes |
| Shaikh M. Ahmad, Ph.D. |
ICDDR,B |
Effect of maternal vitamin A supplementation on maternal immune response to inactivated influenza vaccination, and on passive protection of infants |
| Cammon B. Arrington, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Utah of School of Medicine |
Patent foramen ovale in children with migraine headache |
| Julienne Brackett, M.D. |
Texas Children's Hospital |
Free radical scavenging enzyme polymorphisms and neurocognitive outcomes in survivors of childhood medulloblastoma |
| Charlotte V. Hobbs, M.D. |
NYU School of Medicine |
Exploratory evaluation of mitochondrial dysfunction in children exposed to NRTI-based therapy to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV |
| Holly R. Hull, Ph.D. |
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
Growth patterns of breast fed infants exposed in utero to hyperglycemia and maternal obesity |
| Guillermina A. Melendi, M.D. |
Fundacion Infant |
The role of type I IFN in severe pediatric respiratory disease caused by Influenza virus A |
| Christopher J. Petit, M.D. |
Texas Children's Hospital |
Relief of branch pulmonary artery stenosis reduces pulmonary valve insufficiency and improves cardiac function |
| Carl E. Allen, M.D., Ph.D. |
Texas Children's Hospital |
Lymphocyte trafficking in langerhans cell histiocytosis |
| Valerie Bouchet, D.Sc. |
Boston Medical Center |
Evaluation of conserved outer membrane proteins identified as vaccine candidates in otitis media-causing non-typable Haemophilus influenzae |
| Krista Casazza, Ph.D., R.D. |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
A specialized diet for the unique metabolic characteristics of peripubertal African American girls |
| Facundo Garcia-Bournissen, M.D. |
The Hospital for Sick Children |
Study of population pharmacokinetics of benznidazole in children with Chagas disease |
| Christine Jones, M.D. |
Imperial College London |
The influence of maternal HIV and tuberculosis on infant responses to BCG vaccination: A mother/infant study of immune responses to mycobacterial antigens |
| Asad I. Mian, M.D., Ph.D. |
Baylor College of Medicine |
Elucidating genetic and biochemical factors associated with clinical severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) bronchiolitis in infants and toddlers |
| Pia Wintermark, M.D. |
Children's Hospital Boston |
Study of cerebral perfusion using arterial spin labeling in term newborn with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy |
| Rubi Gamboa-Leon, Ph.D. |
Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine |
Chagas disease among children in a Mayan rural community |
| E. Kathryn Miller, M.D., MPH |
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital |
The role of a novel clade of rhinoviruses in the development of bronchiolitis and asthma |
| Noelle G. Moreau, Ph.D., PT |
Medical University of South Carolina |
In vivo assessment of quadriceps muscle plasticity in children with Cerebral Palsy |
| Sameer J. Patel, M.D. |
Columbia University |
Gastrointestinal tract of neonates: A pilot study |
| Nadia Sam-Agudu, M.D. |
University of Minnesota |
The relationship between TLR9 polymorphisms, hemozoin load, and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the development of Cerebral Malaria |
| Teresa A. Sharp, Ph.D. |
University of Colorado Denver |
Endothelial function and its relationship to cardiovascular disease risk factors in lean and overweight pre-and early-pubertal children |
| Jeffrey M. Simmons, M.D. |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Ctr. |
Identifying clinically meaningful factors to target children at high risk of readmission for asthma |
| Bazak Sharon, M.D. |
University of Minnesota Medical School |
Retrospective blood spot screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in hearing-impaired children |
| Wen-Hann Tan, BMBS |
Children's Hospital Boston |
The prevalence of inborn errors of metabolism in mental retardation or autism |
| SoJung Lee, Ph.D. |
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
Fat metabolism after a meal in black children with and without the metabolic syndrome: Effect of a single bout of exercise |
| Alison G. Cahill, M.D. |
Washington University School of Medicine |
Prediction of neonatal morbidity and macrosomia in diabetic pregnancies |
| Paula C. Chandler-Laney, Ph.D. |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
An investigation of the independent and interactive effects of maternal obesity and gestational diabetes on body composition and insulin resistance of African-American children |
| Joanne E. Arsenault, R.D., MPH, Ph.D. |
Harvard School of Public Health |
Breast milk erythropoietin: A novel protective factor against mother to child transmission of HIV? |
| Rona Yoffe-Sonabend, M.D. |
Texas Children's Hospital |
The adverse effects of hyperglycemia in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| Ashutosh Singhal, M.D. |
BC Children's Hospital |
Apolipoprotein E and pediatric traumatic brain injury: A prospective observational study |
| Pingsheng Wu, Ph.D. |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Timing and etiology of infant bronchiolitis on the risk of childhood asthma |
