Research Opportunities During Residency
Many of our residents engage in research during training, with experiences ranging from case reports to mentored projects with extramural funding. The academic strengths of our diverse faculty, the flexibility of our curriculum, and an incredibly supportive institutional environment provide ample opportunities to succeed in research during residency. With 6 months of elective time, residents can choose to schedule dedicated research elective months or may also apply for the Integrated Research Pathway or the Accelerated Research Pathway through the American Board of Pediatrics.
Record of Excellence
- Number of residents presenting posters/abstracts at national meetings 2022-23: 32
- Number of publications involving residents during the academic year July 2022 to June 2023: 19
- Pratt Resident Research Symposium submissions in 2024: 49
- 8 platform presentations
- All 22 Online poster presentations at PrattLectures.com
- American Academy of Pediatrics CATCH grants: 2
- Saige Camara, Kristen Peterson and Elizabeth Lendrum: Reinforcing Health Equity Around Childhood Homelessness – Mentors Anita Shah, DO, MMS, MPH & Nick DeBlasio, MD
- Nicole Damari: Utilizing digital screening questionnaires to generate automated community referrals – Mentor Amy Rule, MD
- Multiple recent American Board of Pediatrics Accelerated Research Pathway and Integrated Research Pathway residents
Research Innovation in Support of Excellence (RISE) Award Recipients
- Rosario Alarcon, MD, MS
PGY2
Association between HLA typing and Celiac Disease prevalence in patients with Turner Syndrome
Mentor: Iris Gutmark-Little, MD
- Leland Dunwoodie, MD
PGY2
Multi-omic profiling of host transcriptome and proteome to unravel causal pathways among pediatric septic shock mortality risk-strata
Mentors: Andrew Lautz, MD & Mihir Atreya, MD, MPH
- Leonardo Ferreira dos Santos, MD, MS
PGY3
ChatGENE: Decoding Genetics with AI-Enhanced Dialogues
Mentor: V. B. Surya Prasath, PhD
- Meghan Haney, MD, PhD
PGY2
Novel bone disease biomarkers in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Mentors: Stella Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP & Anthony Sabulski, MD
- Jennifer Jess, MD
PGY2
Incidence and Impact of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Patients With HLH
Mentor: Michael Jordan, MD
- Odemaris Narváez del Pilar, MD, PhD
PGY2
Analysis of the mouse lung mesenchyme after dysbiosis in influenza-induced lower respiratory tract infection
Mentor: Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD
- Carol Rowley, MD, PhD
PGY2
Systems Analysis of Influenza Vaccine Response in Chronic Dialysis Patients
Mentor: Thomas Hagan, PhD
Global Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) Award Recipients
- Leslie Cabrera Toribio, MD
PGY1
Parental Self-Efficacy, Parental Investment, and Early Child Development in an urban setting in Peru
Mentor: Kelly Kamimura-Nishimura, MD, MS
- Megan Harris, MD, MPH
PGY3
Sickle Cell Health and Reaching Equity - A Partnership for Quality Improvement (SHARE-QI)
Mentor: Luke Smart, MD
Recent Resident Research projects
- Imogen Clover-Brown, MD - Urine Olfactomedin-4 is Associated with Furosemide Responsiveness and Receipt of Kidney Replacement Therapy
- Olivia Post, MD - Early Identification of Patients at risk of Clinical Deterioration
- Megan Smith MD - Addressing Food Insecurity in the Pediatric Setting: Results of a Pilot Intervention to Address Post- Discharge Food Insecurity
- Emily Labudde, MD - A Retrospective Study of Trends in Testing and Treatment for Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Young Children Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
