FY2024 Awards

Kazuo Ando, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Study Title: Leveraging Immune System Dynamics to Predict the Clinical Course Following Induction of Labor

Katherine Bianco, MD
Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Study Title: Metabolics of Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Adam Frymoyer, MD
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatal and Developmental Medicine)
Study Title: Pharmaco-Metabolomics to Advance Precision Dosing in Neonates with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalophathy: A 'Proof of Concept' Pilot Study

Alka Goyal, MBBS, MD
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
Study Title: Assessing the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Peter Meaney, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care Medicine)
Study Title: Innovating for Better Childhoods in Tanzania: Smartphones and Adaptive Learning in Pediatric and Newborn Care

Rishi Mediratta, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
Study Title: Quality Measures for Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Low-And Middle-Income Country Emergency Departments

Anoop Rao, MBBS, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatal and Developmental Medicine)
Study Title: Neonatal Early Warning System for Detecting Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Clea Sarnquist, DrPH, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Study Title: Adapting and Piloting a Mental Health Intervention Among HIV Positive Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Novel Approaches to Untangle Complex Relationships and Improve Health Outcomes in Western Kenya

Heather Siegel, MD
Clinical Professor, Dermatology (Pediatric Dermatology)
Study Title: Investigation of the Genetic Cause of Infantile Hemangiomas

Oscar Silva, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology
Study Title: Spatial Profiling of Pediatric Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children Less Than 6 Years

Jyothi Tirumalasetty, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine)
Study Title: Understanding the Socioeconomic Disparities and Treatment Barriers of Pediatric Food Allergy Management

Mirko Uljarevic, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development)
Study Title: A Novel Real Time Digital Assessment Protocol for Characterizing Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism

Nichole Wang, DO, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatal and Developmental Medicine)
Study Title: Neonatal Circumcision Incidence, Variation, and Numbers-Needed-to-Treat to Prevent UTI

FY2023 Awards

Julianne Burns, MD, MSCE
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
Study title: Outpatient Prescribing Patterns of Non-Recommended Therapies for Children with Acute COVID-19

Yusuke Hori, MD
Clinical Instructor, Neurosurgery
Study Title: Identification of Novel Therapeutic Compounds for Radiation-Induced Brain Injury Through High-Throughput Drug Screening Platforms Using Organoid Models

Stephanie Cizek, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology - Obstetric & Gynecology
Study title: HPV Immunization in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Yi Li, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology - Epilepsy
Study title: Genetic impact of folate metabolism in women with epilepsy on their children's neurodevelopmental outcome

Yihan Lin, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Study Title: Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Rwandan Women with Mechanical Heart Valves

Damian Mihaela, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Critical Care
Study title: Outcomes of continuous kidney replacement therapy as liver support for children with liver failure

Wanqiong Qiao, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology
Study Title: Implementing Whole Genome Sequencing for Comprehensive Variant Identification in Pediatric Epilepsy

Jade Shorter, MD, MSHP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Study title: Patient Outcomes and Experiences with Early Pregnancy Complications after Exposure to an Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic

Emily Spelbrink, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Study Title: Role of Sodium Channel Blocking Anti-Seizure Medications in Risk of Infantile Spasms

Yao Yang, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology
Study Title: Increasing the Diagnostic Yield of Pediatric Hearing Loss by Long Read Genome Sequencing

FY2022 Awards

Jessica Ansari, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia - Obstetric
Study Title: Standardized uterine tone assessments to predict hemorrhage during cesarean delivery: A prospective observational study with nested comparative pharmacologic effectiveness assessment

Audra Horomanski, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Immunology & Rheumatology
Study Title: Analysis of twenty years of pregnancy outcomes in systemic vasculitis in California

Lianna Marks, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology
Study Title: Outcomes in Pediatric Relapsed/Refractory Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

Peter Meaney, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Critial Care
Study Title: Initial Feasibility and Refinement of Pediatric Acute Care Education (PACE): an Adaptive E-Learning Program for Tanzanian Providers to Increase Child Survival

Rishi Mediratta, MD, MSc, MA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Medicine
Study Title: Training Providers in Ethiopia on Helping Babies Breathe with a Combination of Online and Remote Simulation Instruction

Scott Sutherland, MD
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Nephrology
Study Title: Optimizing NINJA: Applied Analytics to Stratify the Injury Risk of Individual Nephrotoxins

FY2021 Awards

Marwa Abu El Haija, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Study Title: The Effect of Weight Loss Surgery on Resting Energy Expenditure in Patients with Obesity

Catherine Aftandilian, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)
Study Title: Using Microbial Cell-Free DNA to Differentiate Infection from Inflammation in Pediatric Patients with B ALL Receiving CAR T Cell Therapy

Anna Arroyo, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine)
Study Title: Maternal Preeclampsia and the Risk of Childhood Asthma

William Collins, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
Study Title: The Utilization of Virtual Reality Headset Games to Mitigate the Emotional Burden of Food Allergy Research Participation for Pediatric Patients and their Caregivers

Kay Daniels, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Study Title: Pilot Evaluation Study of Simulation-Based Training to Improve Emergent Obstetric Procedures in Low Resource Settings Within the United States

Sara Kreimer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)
Study Title: CIC-Rearranged Sarcoma: A Multi-Institutional, Retrospective, Observational Study Describing the Clinicopathologic Features, Treatments, and Outcomes of Patients <30 Years with CIC-Rearranged Sarcomas

Sarah Lee, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Study Title: Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Favorable Outcome after Thrombectomy in Acute Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke

Zoel Quinonez, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia (Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine)
Study Title: Validation of diagnosis and procedure codes available in administrative claims data for outcomes assessment of patients undergoing pulmonary valve repair or replacement surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Melissa Scala, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatal and Developmental Medicine)
Study Title: Heart Rate Variability in Preterm Infants: Norms and association with intraventricular hemorrhage or mortality in the first week of life

Lauren Schneider, PsyD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Study Title: Validation of the Stanford Pediatric Pretransplant Optimization Tool for Transplant (SPPOTT)

Sarah Elizabeth Streett, MD
Cllinical Professor, Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Study Title: Effect of Immunologic Therapies on Reproductive Health in Men with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Stanford SIMBA Study

Elizabeth Shepard, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Study Title: Gardner GOALS

FY2020 Awards

Catherine C. Aftandilian, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology & Oncology)
Project Title: Comparative effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Bacteremia, Death, C Difficile Infection, and Time to Next Course Of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Thomas A. Anderson, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine (Pediatric Anesthesia)
Project Title: Characterization of Adolescent Prolonged Opioid Use After Surgery: Healthcare Burden and Machine Learning Prediction Algorithms Using a National Insurance Database

Sumit Bhargava, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Project Title: Pediatric Home Sleep Apnea Testing in Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Katherine Bianco, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Project Title: Does Pregnancy Accelerate Cellular Aging? Maternal Telomere Length as a Novel Marker for Pregnancy Outcomes

Weidong Cai, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Project Title: Dynamic Brain Circuits Underlying Childhood ADHD: Leveraging Big-Data to Investigate Robustness, Stability, Generalizability and Methylphenidate Treatment Effects

Victoria Cosgrove, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Project Title: Toward Mechanisms to Inform Treatment precision in Adolescent Depression: The Role of Psychological Stress and Executive Control in Group CBT Response

Kay Daniels, MD
Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Project Title: Pilot Evaluation Study of Simulation-Based Training to Improve Emergent Obstetric Procedures in Low Resource Settings Within the United States

Michelle Kaplinski, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology)
Project Title: Establishing Dosing Parameters for the Use of Maternal Hyperoxgenation to Affect Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology

Maya Kasowski, MD, PhD
Instructor, Medicine; Pathology
Project Title: The Pediatric Leukemia Metabolome: Identifying Predictive Biomarkers and Metabolic Vulnerabilities

Hyunmi Kim, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences (Child Neurology)
Project Title: Association of Continuous EEG Use with Hospitalization outcomes in Critically Ill Children

Moon Lee, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Project Title: Emergency Medicine Physician Screening for Physical Child Abuse in Infants with Isolated Skull Fractures

Kara Meister, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology (Pediatric Otolaryngology)
Project Title: Next-Generation Sequencing to Detect Cell-Free Microbial DNA in Pediatric Patients with Neck Abscesses

Anoop Rao, MBBS,MS
Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics (Neonatal & Developmental Medicine)
Project Title: Wearable Sensor for Non-invasive Detection of Continuous Blood Pressure in Neonates

Xinshu She, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Project Title: Planting Seeds For Resilience-A Pilot Mindfulness and Mentorship Program in Migrant Chinese Children

Marie E. Wang, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
Project Title: Outcomes of Children with Bacteriuria without Pyuria

Dana L. Weintraub, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Project Title: Gardner GOALS

FY 2019 Awards

Cynthia J. Campen, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences (Child Neurology)
Project Title: Characterizing White Matter Microstructure of Optic Pathways Gliomas in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Thomas J. Caruso, MD, MEd
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine (Pediatric Anesthesia)
Project Title: Bilateral Erector Spinae Blocks for Pediatric Patients undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery - A Prospective, Randomized Trial

Sharon Chen, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology)
Project Title: Outcomes After Strokes in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients Bridged with Ventricular Assist Devices

Adam R. Frymoyer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatal & Developmental Medicine; General Pediatrics)
Project Title: Individualized Vancomycin Therapy in Children Using Model-Based Dosing

Grace Gengoux, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Project Title: The AMOR Method: Resilience Training for Parents of Children with Autism

Amy E. Judy, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Project Title: Introduction of an Automated Conversational Agent in the Peripartum Setting to Improve Maternal Mental Health

Sruti S. Nadimpalli, MPH, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Project Title: Innate and Adaptive Immune Reconstitution Following Cardiac and Renal Transplantation in Children

Neha Purkey, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology)
Project Title: Does Birth Location Impact Outcomes for Neonates with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome in California?

Thalia Robakis, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Project Title: Maternal Attachment Style in Relation to Parenting Practices and Child Development

Joyce Teng, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Dermatology (Pediatric Dermatology)
Project Title: Gene Expression Characterization of Lymphatic Malformation Following Treatment

Kali R. Tileston, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery (Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery)
Project Title: The Role of Health Mindset in Adolescents' Compliance with Brace Wear for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Kirsten A. Willar, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Project Title: Exploring Outcomes of the PEERS Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

FY 2018 Awards

Jennifer Frankovich, MS, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology
Project Title: Defining KIR and HLA Class I Genotypes at Highest Resolution via High-throughput Sequencing in Caucasian Patients with PANS and Caucasian Controls

Anita Kishore, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Project Title: Examining the Impact of Outdoor Psychiatric Treatment on Anxiety and Affective Response

Shiraz Maskatia, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Project Title: Limited Cardiac MRI vs Echocardiography to Assess Systolic Function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Annette Nasr, RN, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology
Project Title: Understanding the Long Term Relationship of the Parental Live Liver Donor and the Adolescent Young Adult Dyad

Meera Sankar, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Project Title: Barriers to Optimal Breast Milk Provision and Successful Breastfeeding in the NICU Setting

Melissa Scala, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Project Title: The Starling Project: Evaluation of a Novel Device for Characterizing the Language Environment of the NICU

Despina Contopoulos-Ionnidis, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Project:  Early Life Antibiotic Exposure and Childhood Obesity

Victoria Cosgrove, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Project: Who is bullied?  An examination of biological and psychological correlates of adolescent peer

Hayley Gans, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Project: Risk Factors for Cytomegalovirus and Epstein Barr Virus Infections in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients

Scott Sutherland, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Nephrology
Project: Using Kinetic GFR to Identify AKI Events and Progression

Joyce Teng, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Dermatology
Project: Investigating Genetic Mutations Associated with Lymphatic Malformation

Moon Lee, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Project: A pilot train-the-trainer program for community emergency departments to implement in situ pediatric resuscitation simulations.

Sharon Chinthrajah, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Project: Understanding Gender Differences in Asthma

Priya Vishnu Akula, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Project:  Evaluation and Improvement of Quality of Neonatal Inter-facility Transport

Grace Gengoux, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Project:  Social Motivation Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Improving Peer Initiation

Sandhya Kharbanda, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology/SCT/Cancer Biology
Project:  Cell free nucleic acid analysis for identification of novel biomarkers of engraftment failure, graft-versus-host disease, and infections, following hematopoietic stem cell transplant   

Joseph Kim, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine
Project:  Cell-free DNA Sequencing of Plasma to Diagnose Infectious Diseases

Kavita Sarin, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dermatology
Project:  Identifying the genetic etiology of Becker’s nevus