Current Awardees
- Anupama Narla, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2017-2022)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology & Oncology)
Study Title: Molecular Targeting of Erythroid Progenitors and Ribosomes for the Treatment of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
- Manish Saggar, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2020-2025)
Title at Time of Award: 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 (2020-2025)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology (Otology & Neurotology)
Study Title: Sensory hearing loss in chronic suppurative otitis media
- Suzanne Tharin, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2020-2025)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Study Title: microRNA control of connectivity in the developing central nervous system
- Keith Van Haren, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2020-2025)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Study Title: Multi-omic Modeling of Vitamin D in the Blood and Brain of ALD Boys and ABCD1-null Mice
- Christin Kuo, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2027)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Study Title: Elucidating lung developmental pathways in the pathogenesis of pediatric respiratory diseases
- Katherine Travis, PHD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2027)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor (Research) Of Pediatrics (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics)
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
- Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2028)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics)
Study Title: Transforming Krabbe Disease Treatment: Synergizing Autologous Transplantation and Novel Conditioning Strategies for Enhanced
- Anca Pasca, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2028)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatology & Developmental Medicine)
Study Title: Investigating the Protective Role of Fetal Hemoglobin in the Prevention of Prematurity-Related Brain and Lung Injury
- Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2024-2029)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor of Neurology (Pediatric Neurology) and of Pediatrics
Study Title: Translational research toward novel, disease modifying treatments for pediatric generalized epilepsy
- Jonathan Samuel Litt, MD, MPH, ScD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2024-2029)
Title at Time of Award: Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatal and Developmental Medicine)
Study Title: The Roles of Neonatal Multimorbidity and Epigenetic Age in Predicting Long-term Functional Outcomes in Preterm Infants
Past Holders
- Claudia Mueller, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2008-2013)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Pediatric Surgery)
Study Title: Psychological Implications of Childhood Illness
- Julien Sage, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2008-2014)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology (Pediatric)
Study Title: The RB Gene Family in Cancer Initiation
- Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2015)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology (Pediatric)
Study Title: Employing Genetic Approaches to Dissect the Cancer Signaling Pathways that Underlie the Pathogenesis of Ewing’s Sarcoma
- Shreyas Vasanawala, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2017)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Radiology)
Study Title: Anesthesia-Free Pediatric MRI
- Samuel H. Cheshier, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2012-2017)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neurosurgery)
Study Title: Anti-CD47 Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma and Medulloblastoma: Preclinical Studies Modeling Pediatric Patients to Target Tumor and Tumor Stem Cells
- Manish J. Butte, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2016)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Immunology)
Study Title: Mechanical Forces in T-Cell Function
- Marius Wernig, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2018)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pathology-Stem Cell Institute
Study Title: Direct lineage reprogramming to study and treat connatal brain disease
- Cristina Alvira, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2020)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Study Title: Essential Physiologic Roles for Nuclear Factor Kappa -B during Lung Development
- Catherine Blish, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2020)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Disease)
Study Title: Inflammatory pathways of pregnancy, viral infection, and preterm birth
- David Camarillo, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2020)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Study Title: Autonomous Ablation Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmia Using Robotic Catheters
- Alexander Urban, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2016-2019)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences-Behavioral Sciences
Study Title: A Transgenic marmoset model for neurodevelopmental disorders
- Elizabeth Egan, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2017-2022)
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Study Title: Investigating Novel Host Erythrocyte Determinants of Malaria Infection