Instructor K Award Support
"NIH K awards are extremely valuable in supporting the salary and career of junior investigators, but do not provide enough support for the research costs, and the additional help from the MCHRI is crucial to being able to conduct the proposed research. I look forward to using these funds in my research focused on preventing graft-versus-host disease, which causes significant morbidity and mortality in children undergoing stem cell transplantation. My overall goal is to make stem cell transplantation a safer way to cure cancer and other blood diseases."
Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD
Instructor, Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation)
FY 2025 Awards
Rebecca Dang, MD Instructor, Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine) Study Title: Development of Evidence-Based Practices for the Management of Neonatal Hypothermia in the Newborn Nursery
Alexander Kaiser, PhD
Instructor, Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery) Study Title: Optimizing Congenital Aortic Valve Surgery with Simulation-Guided Design
Mindy Lee, MD, PhD
Instructor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes) Study Title: CGM use for Hospital Pediatrics (CHOP)
Neha Joshi, MD, MS
Clinical Scholar, Pediatrics (Pediatric Hospital Medicine) Study Title: Developing Clinical Benchmarks and Quality Indicators for Late Preterm Infants during the Birth Hospitalization
Jessica Ansari, MD, MS Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Obstetric Anesthesiology) Study Title: Oxytocin-mediated Calcium Signaling in Physiologic Uterine Contractility and Uterine Atony
Anjali Dixit, MD Instructor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine( Pediatric Anesthesia) Study Title: The Impact of Discontinuing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After Surgery: Evaluating Predictors and Outcomes to Guide Perioperative Care
Dorien Feyaerts, MD Instructor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Study Title: Endometrial Immune Microenvironment Dysfunction in Endometriosis Pathobiology
Kevin Mintz, PhD Instructor, Pediatrics (Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics) Study Title: Investigating Ethical Challenges in Emerging Precision Medicine Research with Disability Communities: The Case of Cerebral Palsy
Past Awards
Amanda Dudek, PhD
Instructor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine)
Study Title: Mechanisms That Enhance and Suppress HIV-1 Resistance in Gene Edited Primary Human Cells
Babajide Ojo, MS, PhD
Instructor, Pediatric (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)
Study Title: Dysregulation of Epithelial Metabolism and Regeneration By Sulfite Exposure in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis
Lea Steffes, MD
Instructor, Pediatrics (Pulmonary, Asthma and Sleep Medicine)
Study Title: Exploiting Neointimal and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Heterogeneity to Reveal Mechanisms Driving Venous Neointimal Growth and Vascular Remodeling in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension