2015 Research Annual Report
Education and Training

Education and Training

Pediatric Scientist Development Program

 

Year Recipients
2015 6
2014 8

 

T-32 Fellowships

 

Division PI Name Reference Award Dates
Adherence Psychology Kevin Hommel, PhD (SPR109310) T32 HD068223 5/1/12 to 4/30/17
Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology Scott Powers, PhD, ABPP (SPR110774) T32 DK063929 7/1/13 to 6/30/18
Clinical Pharmacology Alexander Vinks, PharmD, PhD, FCP (SPR108033) T32 HD069054 5/1/11 to 4/30/16
Critical Care Co-PI: Alex Lentsch, PhD, and Hector Wong, MD T32 GM008478 7/1/11 to 6/30/16
Gastroenterology Lee Denson, MD (previously M. Cohen) (SPR114118/SPR106193) T32 DK007727 7/1/11 to 6/30/16
General Pediatrics Kristen Copeland, MD (SPR108998/SPR116147) T32 HP10027 7/1/11 to 6/30/16
Immunology Co-PI: David I Bernstein, MD and Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD T32 AI060515 9/1/14 to 8/31/19
Molecular Cardiovascular Biology Jeffery Molkentin, PhD (SPR113520) T32 HL125204 12/1/14 to 11/30/19
Neonatology & Pulmonary Biology Jeffery Whitsett, MD (SPR111862) T32 HL007752 7/1/14 to 6/30/19
Nephrology Prasad Devarajan, MD (SPR112492) T32 DK007695 7/1/14 to 6/30/19
Neurology Charles Vorhees, PhD (SPR109286) T32 ES007051 7/1/12 to 6/30/17

 

 

Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award

 

 

Clinical/Research Fellow Name Division Advisor Project
Research Yoshinobu Odaka, PhD Ophthalmology Richard Lang, PhD Notch-dependent regulation of pro-survival factor, VEGF-B, and pro-apoptotic factor, Wnt7b, in hyaloid associated macrophage for vascular regression
Research Fuli Xiang, PhD Molecular Cardiovascular Biology Katherine Yutzey, PhD Tbx20 function in adult cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry and proliferation
Research Changwen Zhang, PhD Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Chunyue Yin, PhD VEGF Signaling Regulates the Acute Alcohol-induced Liver Injury of Zebrafish
Clinical Nihal Bakeer, MD Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute Punam Malik, MD Understanding Cardiovascular Pathologies with Sickle Cell Disease
Clinical Amanda Schondelmeyer, MD Hospital Medicine Jeffrey Simmons, MD Frequency of Medical Device Alarms in a Children's Hospital
Clinical Nicole M. Sheanon, MD Endocrinology Philippe Backeljauw, MD Early Quantification of Beta-Cell Function in Turner Syndrome Youth

 

Research Fellows

 

Department Name # of Fellows
Allergy and Immunology 6
Anesthesiology 5
Biomedical Informatics 2
Biostatistics and Epidemiology 1
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency 1
Cardiology 1
Center for Autoimmune Genetics and Etiology 5
Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth 3
Clinical Pharmacology 3
Developmental Biology 18
Endocrinology 3
Experimental Hematology 26
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition 4
General and Community Pediatrics 2
Hematology 4
Human Genetics 4
Immunobiology 10
Infectious Diseases 1
Molecular Cardiovascular Biology 19
Neonate & Pul Biol 3
Neurology 5
Oncology 5
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 4
Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery 13
Pulmonary Medicine 4
Reproductive Sciences 8
Research in Patient Services 2
Total 162

 

Clinical Fellows

 

Adolescent Medicine 6 Neonatology 14
  + Transition Medicine 0 Nephrology 7
Allergy/Immunology 5   + Acute Care Nephrology & Dialysis 0
Anesthesia 12 Neurology 0
  + ABA Alternate Pathway 1   + Clinical Neurophysiology 1
  + Advanced Fellowship in Quality Improvement & Safety 1   + Pediatric Epilepsy 1
  + Advanced Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship in Education 0   + Neurocritical Care 1
  + Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring 1 Neurosurgery 1
  + Pediatric & Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia 1 Ophthalmology 1
Cardiology 13 Orthopaedics 2
  + Adult & Adolescent Congenital Heart Disease 1   + Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery 2
  + Cardiac Electrophysiology 1   + Surgery of the Spine 1
  + Cardiac Imaging 1 Otolaryngology 6
  + Cardiac Intensive Care 0 Pain Medicine 2
  + Fetal Cardiology 1 Pathology 2
  + Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy & Transplant 1 Plastic Surgery 1
  + Interventional Cardiac Cath 1 Psychiatry 9
  + Preventive Cardiology 1 Psychology 17
Child Abuse 2 Pulmonary 9
Congenital Cardiac Surgery 1 Radiology 9
Critical Care 13   + Body MRI 0
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics 5   + Interventional Radiology 0
Emergency Medicine 11   + Pediatric Neuroradiology 2
Endocrinology 10 Rehabilitation Medicine 3
Gastroenterology 12 Rheumatology 6
  + Pediatric Transplant Hepatology 1 Sleep Disorder Medicine 3
Division of General Pediatrics  0 Sports Medicine 2
+ Pediatric Master Educator 2 Surgery 2
+ Pediatric Primary Care Research 4   + Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology 2
Genetics, Medical 1   + Colorectal Surgery 1
  + Clinical Biochemical Genetics 1   + ECMO 1
  + Clinical Cytogenetics 1   + Fetal Surgery 1
  + Clinical Molecular Genetics 4   + Pediatric International Surgical Fellow 1
Hematology/Oncology 12   +  Trauma Surgery 1
  + Academic Research in Pediatric Hem/Onc 2   + Vascular Anomalies 1
  + Bone Marrow Transplant 3 Urology 2
  + Clinical Immunodeficiency 0   + International Pediatric Urology Fellow 3
  + Neuro-Oncology 2    
  + Sickle Cell Disease 0    
Hospice & Palliative Medicine 2    
Hospital Medicine 6    
Infectious Disease 4    
       
TOTAL CLINICAL FELLOWS 263    

 

Graduate Programs

 

Program Number of students
Biomedical Informatics - Graduate Certificate 13
Immunology Graduate Program - PhD students 39
Immunology Graduate Program - MS students 17
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)  52
Molecular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program - MS students 5
Molecular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program - PhD students 53

 

Residents

 

Division Number of Residents
Pediatrics 119
Medicine/Pediatrics 28
Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) 4
Dental 10
Psychology 5
Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry/Pediatrics 14
Human Genetics/Pediatrics 8
Neuro/Pediatrics 22
Dermatology 30  (22 rotating)
Anesthesia 14 (rotating)
Surgery (includes General Surgery, Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology, Cardiothoracic, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Plastic, Orthopedic & Urology) 130 (rotating)
Radiology 54 (rotating)

 

Summer Students

 

 

Name Number
High School Interns 30
  + Biomedical Research Internship for Minority Students (BRIMS) 5
  + High School Senior Summer Internship Program 19
  + Summer for Sickle Cell Science Program 6
Undergraduate Students 106
  + Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 106
Medical Students 18
  + Summer Medical Student Respiratory Research Fellowship 10