Faculty Scholars Program

"The Arline and Pete Harman Faculty Scholar Award presents a remarkable opportunity for me to cultivate new skills in cost-effectiveness methods through didactic coursework and experiential training. With this award, we are collaborating with national experts to gather cost data for an ongoing R01 study (Water First) that we are conducting to examine how promoting fresh water intake in schools impacts childrens' intake of sugary drinks and obesity. This data will support future proposals to estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness and population health impacts of the Water First intervention."

Anisha I. Patel, MD, MSPH, MSHS
Arline and Pete Harman Endowed Faculty Scholar (2018-2021)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

2023 Awardees

Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Medical Genetics)
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Study Title: Transforming Krabbe Disease Treatment: Synergizing Autologous Transplantation and Novel Conditioning Strategies for Enhanced Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Prasanna Jagannathan, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
The Woods Family Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Study Title: Tuning the Innate Immune Response to Malaria

Anca Pasca, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatology & Developmental Medicine)
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Study Title: Investigating the Protective Role of Fetal Hemoglobin in the Prevention of Prematurity-Related Brain and Lung Injury

Brad Zuchero, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Covert-Matera Families Endowed Faculty Scholar
Study Title: Mechanisms of Myelin Tuning During Development of the Central Nervous System

2022 Awardees

Tamar Green, MD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry - Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
The Stephen Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2027)
Study Title: A Dyadic Modeling Approach to Improve Prognosis for Children at High Risk for Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Christin Kuo, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Pulmonary Disease
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2027)
Study Title: Elucidating lung developmental pathways in the pathogenesis of pediatric respiratory diseases

Kelly Mahaney, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery - Pediatric Neurosurgery
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health Faculty Scholar (2022-2027)
Study Title: Role of iron-mediated injury in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) following severe neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)

Katherine Elizabeth Travis, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Developmental Behavioral
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2027)
Study Title: Towards improving brain health and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born preterm: Leveraging clinical MRI and medical records data for research and for clinical care

2021 Awards

Danton Char, MD, MAS
Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Study Title: Integration of Pediatric Palliative Care and Cardiac Ventricular Assist Device Care for Children.

Sushma Reddy, MD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Faculty Scholar
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Study Title: A Non-invasive Signature of Myocardial Signaling in Children with Single Ventricle Heart Failure

Bo Yu, MD, MS
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Assistant Professor,  Obstetrics & Gynecology (Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility)
Study Title: Non-Invasive Preconceptual Chromosomal Diagnosis in Living Sperm

2020 Awardees

Valerie Chock, MD, MS
Arline and Pete Harman Endowed Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatal & Developmental Medicine)
Study Title: Targeted Cerebral Saturations in Extremely Preterm Infants (Brain Oxygenation or BOX Study)

Manish Saggar, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Study Title: A Computational Neuropsychiatry Approach Towards Characterizing Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development

Peter Santa Maria, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology (Otology & Neurotology)
Study Title: Sensory Hearing Loss in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Pervez Sultan, MD, MBChB
Arline and Pete Harman Endowed Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Study Title: Development and Validation of a New Postpartum Quality of Recovery Patient-Reported Outcome Measure

Suzanne Tharin, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Study Title: Microrna Control of Connectivity in the Developing Central Nervous System

Jiangbin Ye, MD, PhD
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Faculty Scholar
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology (Radiation & Cancer Biology)
Study Title: Targeting Pediatric Cancer Epigenome with Metabolic Intervention