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