Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship
Meet Our Fellows

Meet Our Fellows

The Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship, designed as a three-year training program, has demonstrated unparalleled success in recruiting and training high-quality candidates to be leaders in primary care research and in defining the primary care research agenda. This multidisciplinary fellowship focused in research in pediatric primary care attracts trainees in medicine, nursing, psychology, public health, epidemiology, and related disciplines, with cohorts of six to eight fellows in their first, second, and third years of training. Graduates have exceeded our goals and national benchmarks for publishing in peer-reviewed journals, presenting their research at national meetings, and receiving federal research awards. Graduates have benefited from the rich resources at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the institution’s strong level of commitment to research and training. Faculty and trainees in this multidisciplinary training program, which started in 1998, strive to improve the health of children and adolescents, reduce health disparities, and redesign systems that work better for families and the community.

Kelsey Wiggs, PhD (Graduated 2024)
Research Interests: Etiology and treatment of ADHD and related diagnoses
Institution after graduation: Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Landon Krantz (Graduated 2024)
Research Interests: Adolescent mental health; public health; school-based health and primary care partnership
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Michelle March, MD, MPH, MEd (Graduated 2024)
Research Interests: Interventions to improve social determinants of health (SDH) and injury prevention
Institution after graduation: ESD Pediatric Group

Margaret Jones (Graduated 2023)
Research Interests: Antiracism, health equity
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Kim Hartley, PhD (Graduated 2023)
Research Interests: Associations between greenness, environmental exposure, and perceived stress
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Clare Crosh, DO (Graduated 2022)
Research Interests: Parental beliefs and motivations towards early shared reading in the first 6-months of life
Institution after graduation: Advocate Health Care

Marie Pfarr, MD (Graduated 2022)
Research Interests: Telehealth use and hospital-to-home transitions for children with medical complexity
Institution after graduation: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kara Duraccio, PhD (Graduated 2021)
Research Interests: Understanding how mental health, obesity, race, and income impacts insomnia in youth
Institution after graduation: Brigham Young University

Keith Martin, DO (Graduated 2021)
Research Interests: Barriers and facilitators to prevention and healthcare in Latina families
Institution after graduation: Johns Hopkins University

Brandon Terrizzi, PhD (Graduated 2021)
Research Interests: Longitudinal analysis methods with application for child health and development
Institution after graduation: Government Research Institution

Jessica M. Aguilar, PhD, CCC-SLP (Graduated 2020)
Research Interests: Speech-language pathologists’ interventions for executive functioning following TBI
Institution after graduation: Private practice, Tucson, AZ

Ashley Jenkins, MD (Graduated 2020)
Research Interests: Inpatient healthcare transition for adolescents and adults with pediatric chronic conditions
Institution after graduation: University of Rochester Medical Center

Jean Chia, MD (Graduated 2019)
Research Interests: Goal-directed care planning for children with medical complexity
Institution after graduation: Stanford University

Whitney J. Raglin Bignall, PhD (Graduated 2019)
Research Interests: Promoting emotional and behavior health in primary pediatrics
Institution after graduation: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Erik R. Hoefgen, MD (Graduated 2018)
Research Interests: The economic impact expenses incurred by families of hospitalized children
Institution after graduation: Washington University in St. Louis

Amrik Singh Khalsa, MD (Graduated 2018)
Research Interests: Caregiver intuitive eating behaviors, infant feeding styles, and infant growth trajectories
Institution after graduation: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Allison Parsons, PhD (Graduated 2018)
Research Interests: Equity gaps in assets and barriers that influence child wellbeing
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Catherine S. Forster, MD, MSc (Graduated 2017)
Research Interests: Recurrent UTI; UTI from colonization and antibiotic resistance
Institution after graduation: University of Pittsburg

Megan E. Narad, PhD (Graduated 2017)
Research Interests: Interventions for children and families following pediatric TBI
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

John S. Hutton, MD, MS (Graduated 2016)
Research Interests: Home reading environment and brain activation in preschool children
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Stephanie Donauer, PhD, MS (Graduated 2016)
Research Interests: Prenatal Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Infant Neurobehavior
Institution after graduation: University of Cincinnati

Stephen P. Becker, PhD (Graduated 2015)
Research Interests: Phenotypic correlates distinguishing sluggish cognitive tempo from ADHD
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Annie A. Garner, PhD (Graduated 2015)
Research Interests: Decision making regarding driving and licensure in teens with ADHD
Institution after graduation: St. Louis University

Roohi Y. Kharofa, MD, MPH (Graduated 2015)
Research Interests: School BMI policies and other modifiable factors of clinic attendance for children
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Joanna E. Thomson, MD, MPH (Graduated 2015)
Research Interests: Children with medical complexity; Pneumonia in children with neurologic impairment
Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center