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Henry T. Akinbi, MD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
henry.akinbi@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Pharmacokinetis/pharmacodynamics of psychotropic medications in neonates; role of lysozyme in airway host defense
Paritha I. Arumugam, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
paritha.arumugam@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Gene therapy for inherited disorders; Hereditary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (hPAP)
Tanya E. Cahill, MD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
tanya.cahill@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Neurodevelopmental outcomes in NICU graduates
Hitesh S. Deshmukh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
hitesh.deshmukh@cchmc.org
Kevin R. Dufendach, MD, MS
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
kevin.dufendach@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Clinical informatics; user-centered design; human-computer interaction; quality improvement; novel software development
James M. Greenberg, MD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
james.greenberg@cchmc.org
Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
mingxia.gu@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Development of heart, lung, and vasculature; human induced pluripotent stem cells; organoid; high-throughput drug screening; human genetics Visit the...
Minzhe Guo, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
minzhe.guo@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Developing novel computational methods and software tools to support single cell multi-omics data analysis and integration for scientific discovery...
Beth E. Haberman, MD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
beth.haberman@cchmc.org
Beth Ann Johnson, MA, MD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
beth_ann.johnson@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Medical education and simulation training; curriculum development; procedural experience and perceived procedural comfort in the NICU; how exposure...
Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
heather.kaplan@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Understanding variations in evidence-based care practices across hospitals; examining strategies for increasing the implementation of evidence into...
Alan P. Kenny, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
alan.kenny@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Lung progenitor development; stem cell differentiation; fetal malformations
Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
paul.kingma@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Innate immune systems; surfactant protein D; Neonatal lung growth; genetic basis of congenital malformations
Timothy D. Le Cras, PhD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
tim.lecras@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Pathogenesis of vascular anomalies; vascular malformations; kaposiform lymphangiomatosis; capillary lymphatic venous malformations; pulmonary...
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Visit the LeCras Lab
Yutaka Maeda, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
yutaka.maeda@cchmc.org
Kristin R. Melton, MD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
jacqueline.hawkins@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Patient safety; medication errors; unplanned extubation; neural crest and craniofacial malformations; surfactant biology
Yifei Miao, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
yifei.miao@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Organoids; human pluripotent stem cell; congenital cardiac and pulmonary defect; single ventricle defects; epigenetic regulation
Vivek Narendran, MD, MRCP, MBA
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
vivek.narendran@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Innate immunity of the skin with a particular focus on epidermal biomarkers and antimicrobial peptides on the skin surface; role of coconut oil...
Amy T. Nathan, MD
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
amy.nathan@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Strategies to prevent morbidities of prematurity
Nehal A. Parikh, DO, MS
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
nehal.parikh@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Early diagnosis of perinatal brain injury/delayed brain development; early detection and prevention of neurodevelopmental disabilities
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Visit the Parikh Lab
Anne-Karina Theresia Perl, MS, PhD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
anne.perl@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Lung development and regeneration; fibroblast function in development, regeneration and fibrosis
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Visit the Perl Lab
Ward R. Rice, MD, PhD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
ward.rice@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Processing of surfactant protein C
Debora I. Sinner, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
debora.sinner@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Developmental biology; lung development; congenital defects
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Visit the Sinner Lab
Daniel T. Swarr, MD
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
daniel.swarr@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Early endoderm and lung development; epigenetic regulation of gene expression; long non-coding RNAs; Congenital lung malformations; TEF/EA; VACTERL
Bruce C. Trapnell, MS, MD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
bruce.trapnell@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Alveolar macrophage function; molecular techniques using gene knockout, transgenic and conditional gene expression mouse models and non-human...
Laura P. Ward, MD, IBCLC, FAAP
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
laura.ward@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Neonatal abstinence syndrome; breastfeeding
Scott L. Wexelblatt, MD
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
scott.wexelblatt@cchmc.org
Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD
Professor,
UC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Email
kathryn.wikenheiser-brokamp@cchmc.org
Yan Xu, PhD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
yan.xu@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Yan Xu: main area of research interests are bioinformatics and systems biology application in pulmonary research. Our current focus is to...
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Visit the Xu Lab
William J. Zacharias, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
william.zacharias@cchmc.org
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Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD
Professor,
UC Department of Pediatrics
Email
jeffrey.whitsett@cchmc.org
Research Interests
Lung development
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