Bass Society Pediatric Scholars
2024 Awardees (Current)
Bereketeab Haileselassie, MD, MHS
Bechtel Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2024-2029)
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Christopher Russell, MD, MS
Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2024-2029)
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine)
Steven Douglas Tate, MD
Taube Research Faculty Scholar of the Youth Addiction Initiative (2024-2025)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
2023 Awardees
Glaivy Batsuli, MD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2024-2028)
Prasanna Jagannathan, MD
Woods Family Faculty Scholar (2023-2028)
Gregory Sahiem
Taube Research Faculty Scholar of the Youth Addiction Initiative (2023-2024)
Taia T. Wang, MD, PhD, MSCI
Bravo Family Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2023-2025)
2022 Awardees
Tamar Green, MD
Bechtel Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2027)
John Hegarty, PhD
Postdoctoral Faculty Scholar in the Stanford Autism Center at Packard Children’s Hospital (2022-TBD)
Karen Chan Osilla, PhD
Taube Endowed Community Faculty Scholar of the Youth Addiction Initiative (2022-2026)
Mirko Uljarevic, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Faculty Scholar in the Stanford Autism Center at Packard Children’s Hospital (2022-TBD)
2021 Awardees
Danton Char, MD
Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2026)
Sushma Reddy, MD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2021-2025)
Bo Yu, MD
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2026)
2020 Awardees
Bonnie Felsher-Halpern, PhD
Taube Endowed Research Faculty Scholar of the Youth Addiction Initiative (2020-2023)
Professor, Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)
Bradley Aaron Zicherman, MD
Taube Endowed Clinical Faculty Scholar of the Youth Addiction Initiative Fund (2020-2025)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
2019 Awardees
Irene Loe, MD
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2023)
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Study Title: Promoting Growth Mindset: A School-Based Intervention Targeting Health, Behavior and Learning in Underserved Communities
Sayantani "Tina" Sindher, MD
Gies Foundation Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2019-2025)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine)
Jo Wallace, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC
Sheri Sobrato Brisson Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Neuropsychology (2019-2027)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
2018 Awardees
Kara Davis, DO
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2018-2028)
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Study Title: Relapse Prediction and Mechanism of Drug Resistance of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Avnesh S. Thakor, MD, PhD
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2018-2024)
Assistant Professor - Radiology (Pediatric Radiology)
Study Title: A novel approach for treating diabetes using pulsed focused ultrasound and intra-arterial delivery of mesenchymal stem cells, and their associated exosomes, directly into the pancreas
Past Holders
Cheryl Ambler, PhD
Sheri Sobrato Brisson Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Neuropsychology (2011-2014)
Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Kari Berquist, PhD
Autism Center Faculty Scholar (2010-2012)
Currently: Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Alan G. Cheng, MD
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2016)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Chitra Dinakar, MD
Gies Foundation Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2016-2017)
Currently: Clinical Professor, Medicine – Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Brian Feldman, MD, PhD
Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2012-2017)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Endocrinology
Wendy Froehlich, MD
Stanford Autism Center Postdoctoral Faculty Scholar (2011-2014)
Currently: Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Raphael Guzman, MD
Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2011)
Currently: Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Bern, Switzerland
Maya Kumar, PhD
Bravo Family Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2015-2017)
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
A. Desiree LaBeaud, MD, MS
Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2020)
Currently: Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Norman Lacayo, MD
Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2016-2019)
Currently: Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology and Oncology)
Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Faculty Scholar (2014-2018)
Currently: Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Jayakar V. Nayak, MD, PhD
The Gies Foundation Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2015-2016)
Currently: Associate Professor of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD
Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2016)
Currently: Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Manpreet Singh, MD, MS
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2018)
Currently: Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)