Education and Training
Pediatric Scientist Development Program
This NICHD-funded program provides intensive training to prepare entry-level faculty for research careers in academic pediatrics.
| Year |
Recipients |
| 2017 |
7 |
| 2016 |
6 |
T-32 Fellowships
The NIH provides these institutional grants to support research training opportunities at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels. Cincinnati Children's received funding for these T32 programs in FY2017:
| Division |
PI Name |
Reference Award # |
Dates |
| Allergy |
Co-PI: David I. Bernstein, MD and Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD |
T32 AI060515 |
9/1/04 to 8/31/19 |
| Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology |
Kevin Hommel, PhD (SPR109310/SPR117516) |
T32 HD068223 |
5/1/12 to 4/30/22 |
| Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology |
Scott Powers, PhD, ABPP (SPR110774) |
T32 DK063929 |
7/1/03 to 6/30/18 |
| Clinical Pharmacology |
Alexander Vinks, PharmD, PhD, FCP (SPR108033/SPR116141) |
T32 HD069054 |
5/1/11 to 4/30/21 |
| Critical Care |
Co-PI: Alex Lentsch, PhD, and Hector Wong, MD |
T32 GM008478 |
7/1/93 to 6/30/18 |
| Gastroenterology |
Lee Denson, MD (SPR114118/SPR106193) |
T32 DK007727 |
1/1/95 to 6/30/20 |
| General Pediatrics |
Kristen Copeland, MD (SPR108998/SPR116147) |
T32 HP10027 |
7/1/11 to 6/30/21 |
| Immunology |
David A. Hildeman, PhD (SPR116382) |
T32 AI118697 |
7/1/16 to 6/30/21 |
| Molecular Cardiovascular Biology |
Jeffery Molkentin, PhD (SPR113520) |
T32 HL125204 |
12/1/14 to 11/30/19 |
| Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology |
Jeffery Whitsett, MD (SPR111862) |
T32 HL007752 |
7/15/94 to 6/30/19 |
| Nephrology |
Prasad Devarajan, MD (SPR112492) |
T32 DK007695 |
7/15/92 to 6/30/19 |
| Neurology |
Charles Vorhees, PhD (SPR109286) |
T32 ES007051 |
7/1/77 to 6/30/17 |
| Rheumatology |
Alexei A. Grom, MD (SPR115798) |
T32 AR069512 |
5/1/16 to 4/30/21 |
Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award
The Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award is a one-year $10,000 funding opportunity instituted in 2014 in honor of Dr. Strauss' tireless advocacy of higher education at Cincinnati Children's.
| Clinical/Research Fellow |
Name |
Division |
Mentor |
Project |
| Clinical |
Tarek Alsaied, MD |
Cardiology |
Michael Taylor, MD, PhD |
Cardiac fibrosis effect on exercise capacity and cardiac function in patients with Sickle Cell Disease |
| Clinical |
Maria Barnes-Davis, MD, PhD |
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine |
Scott Holland, PhD and Stephanie Merhar, MD, MS |
Multimodal neuroimaging of language networks in childhood: Impact of prematurity |
| Research |
Richard Brokamp, PhD |
Epidemiology |
Patrick Ryan, PhD, MS |
Assessing exposure to air pollution across time and space |
| Research |
Shadi Khademi, MD, PhD |
Anesthesia |
Steve Danzer, PhD |
Mechanisms mediating seizure in a PTEN KO model of epilepsy |
| Research |
Heather McCauley, PhD |
Developmental Biology |
Jim Wells, PhD |
Enteroendocrine cells, nutrients and metabolic disease |
| Research |
Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, PhD |
Anesthesia/Pain Medicine |
Robert Coghill, PhD |
Disrupted pain modulation in adolescents with migraines |
| Clinical |
Anna Peters, MD, PhD |
Gastroenterology |
Jorge Bezerra, MD |
Control of cholangiocyte proliferation by innate lymphoid cells |
| Clinical |
Francis Real, MD |
General & Community Pediatrics |
Melissa Klein, MD, MEd and Andrew Beck, MD, MPH |
IMPACT Asthma: Effect of a caregiver education bundle on asthma control |
Research Fellows
| Department Name |
# of Fellows |
| Allergy and Immunology |
9 |
| Anesthesiology |
5 |
| Asthma Research |
1 |
| Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
1 |
| Center for Autoimmune Genetics and Etiology |
3 |
| Cardiology |
2 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgery |
1 |
| Chronobiology |
2 |
| Clinical Pharmacology |
3 |
| Developmental Biology |
16 |
| Endocrinology |
3 |
| Experimental Hematology |
23 |
| Fetal Therapy |
1 |
| Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition |
12 |
| General and Community Pediatrics |
1 |
| Hematology |
3 |
| Human Genetics |
7 |
| Imaging Research |
1 |
| Immunobiology |
11 |
| Infectious Diseases |
4 |
| Molecular Cardiovascular Biology |
19 |
| Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology |
6 |
| Neurology |
5 |
| Neurosurgery |
1 |
| Oncology |
5 |
| Ophthalmology |
4 |
| Pathology |
3 |
| Patient Services |
2 |
| Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery |
3 |
| Pulmonary Medicine |
10 |
| Reproductive Sciences |
8 |
| Sports Medicine |
2 |
| Total |
177 |
Clinical Fellows
| Department Name |
# of Fellows |
Department Name |
# of Fellows |
| Adolescent Medicine |
7
|
Neonatology |
15
|
| +Transition Medicine
|
|
+ Academic Research in Neonatology |
1
|
| Allergy/Immunology |
6
|
Nephrology
|
9
|
| Anesthesia |
10
|
+ Academic Research in Nephrology and Hypertension |
1
|
| + ABA Alternate Pathway |
|
+ Acute Care Nephrology and Dialysis |
1
|
| + Advanced Fellowship in Quality Improvement & Safety |
1
|
Neurology |
|
| + Advanced Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship in Education |
|
+ Pediatric Epilepsy |
3
|
| + International Pediatric Anesthesiology |
2
|
+ Headache Medicine |
1 |
| + Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring |
|
+ Neonatal Neuro |
|
| + Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia |
|
Neurosurgery
|
1
|
| Cardiology |
14
|
Ophthalmology
|
1
|
| + Adult & Adolescent Congenital Heart Disease |
1
|
Orthopaedics
|
3
|
| + Cardiac Electrophysiology |
|
+ Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery |
|
| + Cardiac Imaging |
2
|
Otolaryngology |
6
|
| + Cardiac Intensive Care |
|
Pain Medicine |
2
|
| + Fetal Cardiology |
|
Pathology |
2
|
| + Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and Transplantation |
2
|
Plastic Surgery |
1
|
| + Interventional Cardiac Cath |
1
|
Psychiatry |
7
|
| + Preventive Cardiology |
2
|
Psychology |
20
|
| Child Abuse |
1
|
Pulmonary |
9
|
| Congenital Cardiac Surgery |
1
|
+ Genetic Pulmonary Disease |
1
|
| Critical Care |
12
|
Radiology |
8
|
| Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics |
3
|
+ Body MRI |
|
| Emergency Medicine |
13
|
+ Interventional Radiology |
1
|
| Endocrinology |
8
|
+ Musculoskeletal Imaging |
1
|
| Gastroenterology |
12
|
+ Pediatric Neuroradiology |
2
|
| + Pediatric Advanced Nutrition |
1
|
Rehabilitation Medicine |
4 |
| + Pediatric Transplant Hepatology |
1
|
Rheumatology |
6
|
| Division of General Pediatrics |
|
Sleep Disorder Medicine |
2
|
| + Pediatric Master Educator |
1
|
Sports Medicine |
2
|
| + Pediatric Primary Care Research |
3
|
Surgery |
2
|
| Genetics, Medical and Genomics |
1
|
+ Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology |
2
|
| + Clinical Biochemical Genetics |
|
+ Colorectal Surgery |
|
| + Clinical Cytogenetics |
1
|
+ ECMO |
|
| + Clinical Molecular Genetics |
3
|
+ Fetal Surgery |
1 |
| Hematology/Oncology |
14
|
+ Pediatric International Surgical Fellow
|
1
|
| + Bone Marrow Transplant |
1
|
+ Trauma Surgery |
1
|
| + Clinical Immunodeficiency |
1
|
+ Vascular Anomalies
|
1
|
| + Neuro-Oncology |
|
Urology
|
2
|
+ Sickle Cell Disease
|
1
|
+ International Pediatric Urology Fellow |
3 |
| Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
2
|
|
|
| Hospital Medicine |
6
|
|
|
| Infectious Disease |
6
|
|
|
| Total Clinical Fellows |
263 |
Graduate Programs
| Program |
Number of students |
| Biomedical Informatics - PhD students |
8 |
| Biomedical Informatics - Graduate Certificate |
14 |
| Immunology - PhD students |
34 |
| Immunology - MS students |
5 |
| Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) |
55 |
| Molecular and Developmental Biology - MS students |
7 |
| Molecular and Developmental Biology - PhD students |
50 |
Residents
| Division |
Number of Residents |
| Pediatrics |
121 |
| Medicine/Pediatrics |
28 |
| Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) |
4 |
| Dental |
12 |
| Psychology |
5 |
| Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry/Pediatrics |
14 |
| Human Genetics/Pediatrics |
8 |
| Neuro/Pediatrics |
23 |
| Dermatology |
10 UC Dermatology/14 Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Resident Rotators |
| Anesthesia |
14 Rotating |
| Surgery (Includes General Surgery, Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology, Cardiothoracic, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Plastic, Orthopedic and Urology) |
146 Rotating |
| Radiology |
54 Rotating |
Summer Students
| Name |
Number |
| High School Interns |
33
|
| + Biomedical Research Internship for Minority Students (BRIMS) |
16 |
| + High School Senior Summer Internship Program |
14 |
| + Summer for Sickle Cell Science Program |
3 |
| Undergraduate Students |
164 |
| + Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship |
130 |
| Medical Students |
19 |
| + Summer Medical Student Respiratory Research Fellowship |
13 |
