Thrasher Research Fund - Medical research grants to improve the lives of children

Grants Awarded

Since the Fund was established, over $100 million has been awarded for over 1000 projects.

Principal InvestigatorSupervising InstitutionProject TitleLocationKeywordsAward Granted
Aaron Chen
MD
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaContrast enhanced ultrasonography for blunt abdominal trauma imaging in childrenPennsylvaniaComputerized Tomography, Diagnosis, Emergency Department, Imaging$241,217
Agostino Pierro
MD
The Hospital for Sick ChildrenRIC-NEC Phase II Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial: Remote Ischemic Conditioning in Necrotizing EnterocolitisCanada, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States$497,546
Alex Claiborne
PhD
East Carolina UniversityPrenatal Exercise Dose and Infant Adiposity (PEDIA)North Carolina$26,750
Alexander Sandweiss
MD, PhD
Baylor College of MedicineExome sequencing for the discovery of genetic determinants of pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitisTexas$26,750
Alexandra Griffin
PhD
Cerebral Palsy AllianceNon-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Children and Young People with Cerebral PalsyAustralia$26,750
Alexandra Power-Hays
MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterVerifying Antibodies after Live Immunization Delivery (VALID) in children with sickle cell diseaseGhana, Tanzania, United States$26,750
Alison Nair
MD
University of California, San FranciscoMechanisms and outcomes in children with acute traumatic coagulopathyCalifornia$26,750
Alissa D'Gama
MD, PhD
Boston Children's HospitalPrecision Therapy Amenability Assessment of Pathogenic Variants in Infantile EpilepsyMassachusetts$26,750
Amanda Driscoll
PhD, MHS
University of Maryland School of MedicineThe effect of azithromycin and microbiome composition on infant rotavirus vaccine immunogenicityMali, United States$26,750
Ana Devesa
MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiCHIldren's Lifestyle, Diet, and exERcise InterventioN (CHILDREN’s Project)New York$26,750
Anca Vasiliu
MD, MPH, PhD
Baylor College of MedicinePerformance of computer aided detection for tuberculosis diagnosis in children living with HIVPapua New Guinea, United States$26,750
Andrea Beaton
MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterReducing New Cases of Rheumatic Heart Disease through a Community Streptococcal Treatment ProgramUganda, United States$450,000
Andrea Beaton
MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterA Long-Term Follow-up Study for Patients Who Participated in the GOAL Trial (GOAL-Post)Uganda, United States$430,000
Andrew Hale
MD, PhD
University of Cape TownCerebral Organoids as a Model to Understand Genetic and Acquired HydrocephalusSouth Africa$26,750
Andrew Prendergast
MBBS, MRCPCH, DTM&H, DPhil
Zvitambo Institute for Maternal & Child Health ResearchThe impact of antenatal antibiotics on child neurodevelopment and growth in rural ZimbabweZimbabwe$453,177
Angelique Boutzoukas
MD
Duke UniversityDuration of Post-Discontinuation Antibiotic Exposures in Premature Infants and Associated OutcomesNorth Carolina$26,750
Anne Chang
MBBS, MPHTM, PhD, FRACP, FASPR
Queensland University of TechnologyImproving outcomes for children with bronchiectasis: a multicenter RCT using a novel mucolyticAustralia, Malaysia, Philippines$367,366
Anne Chang
MBBS, MPHTM, PhD, FRACP, FASPR
Queensland University of TechnologyPreventing bronchiectasis in children: a multicenter RCT and cohort studyAustralia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Philippines$498,823
Anthony Hsieh
PhD
University of OxfordEstablishing the association between cytomegalovirus viremia and immune aging in Zimbabwean childrenUnited Kingdom, Zimbabwe$26,744
Anup Katheria
MD
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns2 year Neurodevelopmental outcomes in Premature Infants receiving Milking or Delayed Cord ClampingCanada, Germany, Ireland, United States$531,788
Aviad Rabinowich
MD
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical CenterQuantitative MRI Anthropometric Analysis for Growth Restriction Perinatal Outcome PredictionIsrael$24,610
Benjamin Fensterheim
MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaLongitudinal Immune Profiling of Preterm InfantsPennsylvania$26,750
Benjamin Rader
PhD, MPH
Boston Children's HospitalLeveraging digital surveillance to identify gaps and inequities in Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccinationMassachusetts$26,750
Blair Armistead
PhD, MPH
Seattle Children's HospitalElucidating a novel respiratory-mammary axis of T cell immunityWashington$26,750
Brett Manley
MBBS, PhD
Murdoch Children's Research InstituteNeurodevelopment at 2 years of extremely preterm infants who received early intratracheal budesonideAustralia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore$534,370
Brian Kavanaugh
PsyD
E. P. Bradley HospitalrTMS and executive functioning training for working memory deficits in adolescent psychopathologyRhode Island$26,750
Brittany Kmush
PhD
Syracuse UniversityA Phase II, Randomized, Observer-blinded, Placebo Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of Hecolin® in Healthy Pregnant Women between Gestational Age 14-34 weeks and Non-Pregnant Women of 16-45 years oldPakistan, South Korea, United States$499,992
Brittni Smith
PhD
Brittni Test project EWAT$0
Brittni Smith
PhD
Thrasher Research FundBrittni's Test ProjectUtah$400,000
Brittni Smith
PhD
Thrasher Research FundTest Project$0
Caitlin Williams
PhD
Weill Cornell MedicineMaternal Interference of Infant SARS-CoV-2 mRNA VaccinationNew York$26,750
Cara Ebbeling
PhD
Boston Children's HospitalEffects of Whole vs. Non-fat Milk Consumption on Body Composition in Children: a 1-Year RCTMassachusetts$535,465
Caroline van Gemert
PhD, MAppEpi, MPH
Burnet InstituteExpanding use of tenofovir to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B in VanuatuAustralia, Vanuatu$292,355
Catherine Oldenburg
ScD, MPH
University of California, San FranciscoMothers Applying MUAC screening for Acute Malnutrition (MAMAN) TrialBurkina Faso, United States$293,713
Catherine Satzke
PhD
Murdoch Children's Research InstituteOn target, On time: improved diagnostics for childhood complicated pneumonia in AsiaAustralia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand$420,000
Charlotte Woods-Hill
MD
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUsing implementation science to reduce pediatric mortality at Botswana’s national referral hospitalBotswana, United States$26,750
Christina Hanna
MD, MPH, MSCE
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaEstablishing a Registry & Assessing Treatment Abandonment in South African Pediatric Cancer PatientsSouth Africa, United States$26,750
Christine McDonald
ScD, MSC
University of California, San FranciscoThe effects of multiply-fortified salt on the micronutrient status of preschool-aged children in Punjab, IndiaIndia, United States$474,647
Daniel Erchick
PhD, MPH
Johns Hopkins UniversityFortified Balanced Energy Protein Supplementation in Pregnancy & Infant Growth and NeurodevelopmentNepal, United States$399,611
Daniel Leung
MD, MSc
University of UtahDeveloping a pediatric cholera rapid diagnostic testing routine in low- and middle-income countriesBangladesh, United States$26,750
Daniel Park
PhD, MSPH
George Washington UniversityQuantifying the role of zoonotic transmission of E. coli in pediatric sepsis in NigeriaNigeria, United States$26,750
David Blauvelt
MD
Nemours Children's Hospital, DelawareAn Anticoagulation-Free Oxygenator for an Artificial Placenta$26,750
David Chaima
BSc, MSc, PhD
Kamuzu University of Health SciencesImpact of helminth and Giardia infections on antibody immune responses to oral vaccines in childrenMalawi$26,696
David Mukunya
PhD, MBChB
Busitema UniversityNeurodevelopment and brain volume one-year post-neonatal sepsis: a prospective cohort studyUganda$26,750
Deepak Kumar
PhD
Baylor College of MedicineSARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy: Reprogramming of Lipid Metabolism and impact on Fetal GrowthTexas$26,750
Dylan Kain
MD
Oregon Health & Science UniversityMucosal invariant T cells and their memory potential – how they may be crucial in future tuberculosis vaccine developmentOregon$26,750
Elizabeth Ryan
PhD
Colorado State UniversityRice bran-based supplemental foods for the treatment and prevention of malnutrition in IndonesiaFrance, Indonesia, United States$400,000
Elizabeth Stenger
MD, MSc
Emory UniversityAcute GVHD Suppression using Costimulation Blockade to Expand Non-malignant Transplant (ASCENT)Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York$336,355
Emily Ahn
MD
Weill Cornell MedicineDecreasing Neonatal Mortality with Interventions Initiated during Labor, at Birth, and the Golden HourTanzania, United States$26,750
Emily Harris
MD
Boston Children's HospitalDeveloping a Diagnostic Test for Pediatric Immune CytopeniasMassachusetts$26,750
Emöke Deschmann
MD, MMSc, PhD
Karolinska InstitutetNew markers of bleeding risk among thrombocytopenic preterm neonatesNetherlands, Sweden, United States$325,280
Eric McCollum
MD
Johns Hopkins UniversityEfficacy of antenatal corticosteroids on the lung function of premature children in BangladeshBangladesh, United States$477,783
Eric McCollum
MD
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineEvaluating novel pediatric pulse oximeters for outpatient child pneumonia care in sub-Saharan AfricaSouth Africa, United States$450,000
Faith Goronga
MD, MPH, MS
University of California, San FranciscoMaternal, perinatal, and neonatal risks for neurodevelopmental impairment in a Zimbabwean cohortUnited States, Zimbabwe$26,750
Felix Richter
MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMultimodal Seizure Monitoring in the Neonatal Intensive Care UnitNew York$26,750
Gary Darmstadt
MD, MS
Stanford UniversityEmollient Therapy for Improved Survival and Growth of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in ZimbabweUnited States, Zimbabwe$525,870
Grace Androga
PhD
University of IbadanA rapid CRISPR-Cas9 based method for detection of multi-drug resistant blood infections in NigeriaNigeria$24,878
Gregory Valentine
MD, MEd, FAAP
University of WashingtonPrevention of Developmental Delay and Xylitol StudyMalawi, United States$429,451
Gretchen Bandoli
PhD, MPH
University of California, San DiegoComparative effectiveness of antihypertensive medication use strategies in pregnancyCalifornia$26,750
H. Pascaline Kohio
PhD
Washington University in St. LouisInhibition of the RalGAP protein complex as a novel approach to broadly block enteric infectionsMissouri$26,750
Haerin Chung
PhD
Boston Children's HospitalCharacterizing the trajectory of functional brain network subtypes for language outcomes in ASDMassachusetts$26,750
Heather Zar
MBBCh, PhD
University of Cape TownEvaluating the Accuracy of AI-powered Paediatric TB Diagnostic Pathway: A two-staged studyPakistan, South Africa$549,998
Helen Pitchik
PhD, MSc
University of California, BerkeleyEffect of multi-component early child development intervention on school-aged outcomesBangladesh, United States$26,723
Henry Foote
MD
Duke UniversityArtificial intelligence detection of pediatric heart transplant rejection from echocardiogramsNorth Carolina$26,561
Holger Unger
MBChB, DTM&H, MSc, PhD
Menzies School of Health ResearchA novel prenatal malaria intervention to prevent malaria and ill-health in infancy (SAPOT-I)Australia, Papua New Guinea$546,285
Hussnain Mirza
MD, FAAP
AdventHealth for ChildrenTreatment of delayed pulmonary transition in extremely preterm infants & broncho-pulmonary dysplasiaFlorida$362,624
Itamar Nitzan
MD
Shaare Zedek Medical CenterSkincubator - A novel preterm infant incubator for prolonged skin to skin contactIsrael$26,750
Jan Hau Lee
MBBS, MRCPCH, MCI
KK Women’s & Children’s HospitalStress Hydrocortisone in Pediatric Septic Shock in Asia (The SHIPSS-Asia trial)China, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Vietnam$399,995
Janice Tijssen
MD, MSc
London Health Sciences CentrePediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation: Evaluation of IM Epinephrine (The PRIME Trial)Canada$354,072
Jason Lang
MD, MPH
Duke UniversityGenotype-tailored treatment of symptomatic acid-reflux in children with uncontrolled asthmaFlorida, North Carolina$326,441
Jennifer Schramm
MD
Johns Hopkins UniversityMachine learning to identify risk factors for the development of necrotizing enterocolitis in children with congenital heart diseaseMaryland$26,750
Jenny Koo
MD
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & NewbornsHemodynamics of extremely preterm neonates receiving high vs low oxygen during delayed cord clampingCalifornia$26,750
Jeremy Anderson
PhD
Murdoch Children's Research InstituteIdentifying biomarkers of severe respiratory syncytial virus disease in preterm infantsAustralia$26,689
Jessie Oldham
PhD
Boston Children's HospitalA Multifaceted Assessment of Post-Concussion Adolescent Startle Response and InjuryMassachusetts$26,750
Jo-Anna Baxter
PhD
University of TorontoEffect of maternal supplementation from preconception to lactation on child growth and developmentCanada, Pakistan$26,750
Jonathan Wagner
DO, FAAP
Children's Mercy Kansas CityEffects of Pediatric Liver Adiposity on Statin Disposition and ResponseMissouri$383,281
José Clemente
PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiIntestinal Bifidobacteria in infants at high risk of developing allergiesNew York$26,750
Joshua Mayourian
MD, PhD
Boston Children's HospitalImproving Risk Stratification in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Using Radiomics and Deep LearningMassachusetts$26,750
Julia Dvorkin
MD
Fundación Instituto de Investigaciones BiotecnológicasClinical impact of RSVpreF maternal vaccine in infants of Argentina: An Active Surveillance StudyArgentina$26,750
Julian Adong
MBChB, MMed
Mbarara University of Science & TechnologyA family-centered social media intervention to promote antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents and young adults with HIV in Uganda (Family U-SMART)Uganda, United States$26,750
Julie Herlihy
MD, MPH
Boston UniversityZambia Infant Cohort Study: Brains Optimized for Surviving and Thriving (ZICS-BOOST)United States, Zambia$543,878
Kaitlin Winter
PhD
University of British ColumbiaAddressing Antimicrobial Resistance Through a Klebsiella Pneumoniae VaccineCanada$26,750
Katharina Pittner
PhD
Charité Universitätsmedizin BerlinValidating pediatric under-the-mattress sleep assessments with ambulatory EEG and actigraphyGermany$26,403
Katherine Lawrence
PhD
University of Southern CaliforniaPredicting ADHD and Depressive Symptom Severity in Youth with ADHD using Reward Brain ActivityCalifornia$26,602
Kattria van der Ploeg
PhD
Stanford UniversityGestational SARS-CoV-2, inflammation, and impact on infant development in a malaria-endemic settingUganda, United States$26,750
Kevin Kobylinski
MS, PhD
MORU Tropical Health NetworkEvaluating Pediatric Ivermectin in Children Under 15 kilograms (EPIC-15)Brazil, Finland, France, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom$521,256
Kirkby Tickell
MBBS, MPH, PhD
University of WashingtonA randomized trial of lactoferrin as a gut-friendly pediatric iron source in low-resource settingsKenya, United States$254,056
Kirsten Perrett
MD
Murdoch Children's Research InstituteCan early introduction of tree nuts prevent tree nut allergy? TreEat: a randomized controlled trialAustralia$274,905
Kristen Joseph
MD
Johns Hopkins UniversityOxygen Therapy for Children with Moderate Hypoxemia in Malawi: Pilot Randomized Control TrialMalawi, United States$26,750
Krysten North
MD, MPH
Brigham & Women's HospitalHuman milk composition and infant neurodevelopment in rural BangladeshBangladesh, United States$26,750
Lakshmi Ganapathi
MBBS
Boston Children's HospitalYouth Life-Steps: a mobile-phone delivered problem-solving intervention for improving engagement in substance use treatment among young people who inject drugs in IndiaIndia, United States$26,750
Laura Malone
MD, PhD
Kennedy Krieger InstituteAnalysis of Psychometric Properties of a Novel Pediatric Stroke Motor Impairment Measure (PSMIM)Maryland$26,750
Lauren Cohee
MD, MS
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicinePreventing malaria in school children to protect the whole communityMalawi, United States$543,272
Lauren Frazer
MD, PhD
UNC School of MedicineThe role of Interleukin-22 signaling and goblet cells during experimental necrotizing enterocolitisNorth Carolina$26,750
Lillian Juttukonda
MD, PhD
Boston Children's HospitalNasal response to rhinovirus infection in early childhoodMassachusetts$26,750
Lindsey Reif
DrPH
Weill Cornell MedicineMAISHA-Youth!: Gender equity and empowerment to prevent violence among adolescentsTanzania, United States$26,750
Lorraine Pfavayi
DPhil
University of EdinburghDetermining the feasibility and health impact of integrating pediatric schistosomiasis treatment into the Early Child Development programUnited Kingdom, Zimbabwe$26,750
Manimaran Ramani
MD, MPH, MSHA, MSHQS
University of Alabama at BirminghamRepurposing Intrapartum Azithromycin as a Neuroprotector in Birth AsphyxiaDemocratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Pakistan, United States, Zambia$495,075
Marie-Coralie Cornet
MD
University of California, San FranciscoNeonatal Encephalopathy following SSRI exposure in utero: The NESSRI studyCalifornia$26,750
Marilyn Ahun
PhD
McGill UniversityPrevalence and correlates of mental health problems in young (birth-5 years) Ghanaian childrenCanada, Ghana$2,232
Mark Manary
MD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisEggs to Eradicate Environmental Enteric DysfunctionSierra Leone, United States$349,522
Mark Murphy
DO
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterOptimizing Voriconazole Therapy Using Model-Informed Precision DosingOhio$14,101
Martin Chebet
MBChB
University of BergenThe role of infections in the aetiology of stillbirths in UgandaNorway, Uganda$26,744
Melisa Carrasco McCaul
MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin-MadisonPredictors of Cognitive Disability and Executive Dysfunction After Acute Symptomatic Neonatal SeizuresWisconsin$26,750
Meri Varkila
MD
Stanford UniversityWastewater-based surveillance for monitoring Respiratory Syncytial Virus circulationCalifornia$26,750
Michelle Yang
MD
University of UtahA trial of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor in neonatal congenital diaphragmatic hernia (TOP-CDH)Utah$23,107
Miriam Osei
MD, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteImproving knowledge and care for adolescents with sickle cell disease in Tamale, GhanaGhana, United States$26,750
Nandita Perumal
PhD MPH
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthPrenatal antiretroviral therapy initiation and school readiness among HIV-exposed, uninfected children in TanzaniaTanzania, United States$26,750
Ngu Abanda
PhD
Centre Pasteur in CameroonAn assessment of humoral and cellular immunity against yellow fever in HIV+ and HIV- children vaccinated during infancyCameroon, United States$25,000
Nicklas Brustad
MD, PhD
Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC)The Effect of Early Life Vitamin D on Child Bone Health – A Personalized ApproachDenmark$26,750
Nicolas Abreu
MD
NYU Grossman School of MedicineDevelopment of a tool harnessing single-view video for computational gait analysis in toddlersNew York$26,750
Nicole Stoffel
PhD
University of OxfordMalaria and measles vaccine response in Kenyan infants treated for iron deficiency anemiaKenya, Netherlands, Switzerland$498,565
Nuttada Panpradist
PhD
University of WashingtonDevelopment of a point-of-care wearable device for congenital cytomegalovirus screening in newbornsKenya, United States$26,750
Paul Alain Tagnouokam Ngoupo
PhD
Centre Pasteur in CameroonAlternative diagnostic markers for HIV in persistently seronegative HIV-infected children put early on cARTCameroon, United States$26,750
Porter Hunt
PhD
University of UtahOptimal Antibiotic Dosing for Pediatric Bacterial MeningitisUtah$26,733
Rachel Greenberg
MD, MB, MHS
Duke UniversityPharmacokinetics of Clonidine Administered in the Infant PopulationNorth Carolina$26,750
Ravi Upadhyay
MD
Society for Applied StudiesMulti-domain interventions from preconception to early childhood and neurodevelopment at 4-6 yearsIndia$419,536
Richard Derman
MD, MPH
Thomas Jefferson UniversityNeurodevelopmental Follow-up of Children whose Mothers Participated in the ASPIRIN StudyDemocratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Pakistan, United States, Zambia$480,000
Rina Bao
PhD
Boston Children's HospitalDevelopment of neuroimaging biomarkers for 2-year neurocognitive outcomes in mild neonatal brain injuryMassachusetts$26,750
Robinder Khemani
MD
Children's Hospital Los AngelesThe Effect of Intensive Care unit therapies on long-term outcome for children with Pediatric ARDSCalifornia$272,526
Rose McGready
MD, PhD
University of OxfordNeonatal and infant exposures to tafenoquine and primaquine during treatment in lactating womenThailand, United Kingdom$245,791
Ross England
MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaEvaluating mRNA-lipid nanoparticle and adjuvants in a measles maternal antibody modelPennsylvania$26,750
Ruben Colman
MD, MS
Stanford UniversityLeveraging Molecular Discovery to Guide Precision Dosing for Children with Crohn’s DiseaseCalifornia$26,750
Rupsa Boelig
MD
Thomas Jefferson UniversityAzithromycin Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Pregnancy and Preterm Birth Prevention: Optimizing dosing to improve maternal and neonatal outcomesPennsylvania$26,750
Sarah Boudova
MD, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalThe effect of maternal iron status during pregnancy on the potential for malaria transmissionGhana, United States$26,750
Sarah Cusick
PhD
University of MinnesotaSupplemental choline to prevent and treat learning and memory deficits of early iron deficiencyUganda, United States$549,945
Sathi Wijeyesinghe
MD, PhD
Baylor College of MedicineDefining immune networks that underlie pediatric asthma exacerbated by rhinovirus infectionTexas$26,750
Sesh Sundararaman
MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaEstablishing the role of erythrocyte glycolysis in the Plasmodium falciparum lifecyclePennsylvania$26,750
Simon Warfield
PhD
Boston Children's HospitalHigh Resolution Quantitative MR Imaging of Focal Cortical Dysplasia in Pediatric EpilepsyMassachusetts$321,000
Sonia Bonifacio
MD, FAAP
Stanford University School of MedicineTIME Study: An RCT of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Infants with Mild Encephalopathy in CaliforniaCalifornia$372,711
Stephen Luby
MD
Stanford UniversityIdentifying the most significant contributors to child blood lead levels in Dhaka, BangladeshBangladesh, United States$348,273
Stephen Luby
MD
Stanford UniversityQuantifying the True Burden of Pediatric Typhoidal Salmonella in Dhaka, BangladeshBangladesh, United States$360,300
Stuart Goldstein
MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterPharmacokinetics of Cefepime in Children receiving Continuous Kidney Replacement TherapyOhio$26,750
Sudhin Thayyil
MD, DCH, FRCPCH, PhD
Imperial College LondonErythropoietin Monotherapy for Neonatal Encephalopathy in Low and Middle-income Countries (EMBRACE Trial)Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United States$349,500
Susanne Martin Herz
MD, PhD
University of California, San FranciscoValidation of Neurodevelopmental Assessments for Early Identification of High Risk Infants in LMICUnited States, Zimbabwe$504,375
Sweta Patel
MD
Duke UniversityThe effect of household air pollution on the health outcomes of infants in BotswanaBotswana, United States$26,750
Tina Slusher
MD
Hennepin Healthcare Research InstituteBubble NCPAP vs. Bubble NIPPV for Preterm Infants in Respiratory DistressIndia, Nigeria, United States$26,750
Tobias Strunk
MD, PhD, FRACP
University of Western AustraliaTopical coconut oil to prevent late-onset sepsis in extremely preterm infants: a cluster-randomized clinical trialAustralia$363,010
Trevor Davis
MD
Washington University in St. LouisImproving Diagnostic Precision for Esophageal Disorders with Pediatric-Specific Manometry ThresholdsMissouri$26,750
Walter Chen
MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical CenterInvestigation of uncharacterized human proteins associated with metabolic organellesTexas$26,750
Wenqiao He
PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMolecular characterization of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in the DRCCongo, United States$26,750
William Johnston
MD
University of PennsylvaniaIn utero gene editing in a murine model of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosaPennsylvania$26,750
Yashar Kiarashi
PhD
Emory UniversityEnhancing Behavioral Understandings and Interventions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder using Artificial IntelligenceGeorgia, New York$26,576
Yvonne Goh
PhD
University of GhanaA novel method for measuring zinc status in Indian children using nail clippingsCanada, Ghana, India, United States$26,750
Zeenat Gaibee
MBChB, FCPaeds, MMED
The Hospital for Sick ChildrenMonogenic Intestinal Disease in AfricaCanada, South Africa$26,750
Zubair Aghai
MD
Nemours Children's Hospital, DelawareRandomized clinical trial of umbilical cord milking compared to early cord clamping in preterm infants who are non-vigorous at birthIndia, United States$528,037
Aaron Chen, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Keywords: Computerized Tomography, Diagnosis, Emergency Department, Imaging
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$241,217
Agostino Pierro, MD
The Hospital for Sick Children
Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$497,546
Alex Claiborne, PhD
East Carolina University
North Carolina
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Alexander Sandweiss, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Alexandra Griffin, PhD
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Australia
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Alexandra Power-Hays, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ghana, Tanzania, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Alison Nair, MD
University of California, San Francisco
California
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Alissa D'Gama, MD, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Amanda Driscoll, PhD, MHS
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Mali, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Ana Devesa, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Anca Vasiliu, MD, MPH, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Papua New Guinea, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Andrea Beaton, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Uganda, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$450,000
Andrea Beaton, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Uganda, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$430,000
Andrew Hale, MD, PhD
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Andrew Prendergast, MBBS, MRCPCH, DTM&H, DPhil
Zvitambo Institute for Maternal & Child Health Research
Zimbabwe
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$453,177
Angelique Boutzoukas, MD
Duke University
North Carolina
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Anne Chang, MBBS, MPHTM, PhD, FRACP, FASPR
Queensland University of Technology
Australia, Malaysia, Philippines
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$367,366
Anne Chang, MBBS, MPHTM, PhD, FRACP, FASPR
Queensland University of Technology
Australia, Guatemala, Malaysia, Philippines
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$498,823
Anthony Hsieh, PhD
University of Oxford
United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,744
Anup Katheria, MD
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
Canada, Germany, Ireland, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$531,788
Aviad Rabinowich, MD
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Israel
Award Granted:
Early Career
$24,610
Benjamin Fensterheim, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Benjamin Rader, PhD, MPH
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Blair Armistead, PhD, MPH
Seattle Children's Hospital
Washington
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Brett Manley, MBBS, PhD
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$534,370
Brian Kavanaugh, PsyD
E. P. Bradley Hospital
Rhode Island
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Brittni Smith, PhD
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$0
Brittni Smith, PhD
Thrasher Research Fund
Utah
Award Granted:
Early Career
$400,000
Brittni Smith, PhD
Thrasher Research Fund
Award Granted:
Early Career
$0
Caitlin Williams, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Cara Ebbeling, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$535,465
Caroline van Gemert, PhD, MAppEpi, MPH
Burnet Institute
Australia, Vanuatu
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$292,355
Catherine Oldenburg, ScD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
Burkina Faso, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$293,713
Catherine Satzke, PhD
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$420,000
Charlotte Woods-Hill, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Botswana, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Christina Hanna, MD, MPH, MSCE
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
South Africa, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Christine McDonald, ScD, MSC
University of California, San Francisco
India, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$474,647
Daniel Erchick, PhD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University
Nepal, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$399,611
Daniel Leung, MD, MSc
University of Utah
Bangladesh, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Daniel Park, PhD, MSPH
George Washington University
Nigeria, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
David Blauvelt, MD
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
David Chaima, BSc, MSc, PhD
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Malawi
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,696
David Mukunya, PhD, MBChB
Busitema University
Uganda
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Elizabeth Ryan, PhD
Colorado State University
France, Indonesia, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$400,000
Elizabeth Stenger, MD, MSc
Emory University
Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$336,355
Emily Ahn, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Tanzania, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Emily Harris, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Emöke Deschmann, MD, MMSc, PhD
Karolinska Institutet
Netherlands, Sweden, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$325,280
Eric McCollum, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Bangladesh, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$477,783
Eric McCollum, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
South Africa, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$450,000
Faith Goronga, MD, MPH, MS
University of California, San Francisco
United States, Zimbabwe
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Felix Richter, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Gary Darmstadt, MD, MS
Stanford University
United States, Zimbabwe
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$525,870
Gregory Valentine, MD, MEd, FAAP
University of Washington
Malawi, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$429,451
Gretchen Bandoli, PhD, MPH
University of California, San Diego
California
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
H. Pascaline Kohio, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Missouri
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Haerin Chung, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Heather Zar, MBBCh, PhD
University of Cape Town
Pakistan, South Africa
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$549,998
Helen Pitchik, PhD, MSc
University of California, Berkeley
Bangladesh, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,723
Holger Unger, MBChB, DTM&H, MSc, PhD
Menzies School of Health Research
Australia, Papua New Guinea
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$546,285
Itamar Nitzan, MD
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Israel
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Jan Hau Lee, MBBS, MRCPCH, MCI
KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital
China, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Vietnam
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$399,995
Janice Tijssen, MD, MSc
London Health Sciences Centre
Canada
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$354,072
Jason Lang, MD, MPH
Duke University
Florida, North Carolina
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$326,441
Jenny Koo, MD
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
California
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Jeremy Anderson, PhD
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Australia
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,689
Jessie Oldham, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Jo-Anna Baxter, PhD
University of Toronto
Canada, Pakistan
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Jonathan Wagner, DO, FAAP
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Missouri
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$383,281
José Clemente, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Joshua Mayourian, MD, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Julia Dvorkin, MD
Fundación Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas
Argentina
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Julie Herlihy, MD, MPH
Boston University
United States, Zambia
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$543,878
Kaitlin Winter, PhD
University of British Columbia
Canada
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Katharina Pittner, PhD
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,403
Katherine Lawrence, PhD
University of Southern California
California
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,602
Kattria van der Ploeg, PhD
Stanford University
Uganda, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Kevin Kobylinski, MS, PhD
MORU Tropical Health Network
Brazil, Finland, France, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$521,256
Kirkby Tickell, MBBS, MPH, PhD
University of Washington
Kenya, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$254,056
Kirsten Perrett, MD
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Australia
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$274,905
Kristen Joseph, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Malawi, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Krysten North, MD, MPH
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Bangladesh, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Laura Malone, MD, PhD
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Maryland
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Lauren Cohee, MD, MS
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Malawi, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$543,272
Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD
UNC School of Medicine
North Carolina
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Lillian Juttukonda, MD, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Lindsey Reif, DrPH
Weill Cornell Medicine
Tanzania, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Manimaran Ramani, MD, MPH, MSHA, MSHQS
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Pakistan, United States, Zambia
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$495,075
Marie-Coralie Cornet, MD
University of California, San Francisco
California
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Mark Manary, MD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Sierra Leone, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$349,522
Mark Murphy, DO
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ohio
Award Granted:
Early Career
$14,101
Martin Chebet, MBChB
University of Bergen
Norway, Uganda
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,744
Melisa Carrasco McCaul, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Meri Varkila, MD
Stanford University
California
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Miriam Osei, MD, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Ghana, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Nandita Perumal, PhD MPH
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Tanzania, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Nicklas Brustad, MD, PhD
Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC)
Denmark
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Nicolas Abreu, MD
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Nicole Stoffel, PhD
University of Oxford
Kenya, Netherlands, Switzerland
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$498,565
Nuttada Panpradist, PhD
University of Washington
Kenya, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Paul Alain Tagnouokam Ngoupo, PhD
Centre Pasteur in Cameroon
Cameroon, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Porter Hunt, PhD
University of Utah
Utah
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,733
Rachel Greenberg, MD, MB, MHS
Duke University
North Carolina
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Richard Derman, MD, MPH
Thomas Jefferson University
Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Pakistan, United States, Zambia
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$480,000
Robinder Khemani, MD
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
California
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$272,526
Rose McGready, MD, PhD
University of Oxford
Thailand, United Kingdom
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$245,791
Ross England, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Ruben Colman, MD, MS
Stanford University
California
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Sarah Boudova, MD, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Ghana, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Sarah Cusick, PhD
University of Minnesota
Uganda, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$549,945
Sathi Wijeyesinghe, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Sesh Sundararaman, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Simon Warfield, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$321,000
Sonia Bonifacio, MD, FAAP
Stanford University School of Medicine
California
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$372,711
Stephen Luby, MD
Stanford University
Bangladesh, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$348,273
Stephen Luby, MD
Stanford University
Bangladesh, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$360,300
Stuart Goldstein, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ohio
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Sudhin Thayyil, MD, DCH, FRCPCH, PhD
Imperial College London
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United States
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$349,500
Susanne Martin Herz, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
United States, Zimbabwe
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$504,375
Sweta Patel, MD
Duke University
Botswana, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Tina Slusher, MD
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
India, Nigeria, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Tobias Strunk, MD, PhD, FRACP
University of Western Australia
Australia
Award Granted:
E.W. "Al" Thrasher
$363,010
Trevor Davis, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Missouri
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Walter Chen, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Texas
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Wenqiao He, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Congo, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
William Johnston, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Yvonne Goh, PhD
University of Ghana
Canada, Ghana, India, United States
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750
Zeenat Gaibee, MBChB, FCPaeds, MMED
The Hospital for Sick Children
Canada, South Africa
Award Granted:
Early Career
$26,750