Morgridge Fellows
Current 2024-2025 Awardees
Eva Archer, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2024-2025)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Infectious Disease
Study Title: Investigating Fc-FcγR immunity in pediatric influenza infection and vaccination
Elizabeth Lynn Nguyen, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2024-2025)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Study Title: Multidisciplinary perspectives on physician leadership of inpatient pediatric teams
Stephen Liangtjan Trisno, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2024-2025)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Study Title: Peptide and aptamer re-targeting of AAV towards pancreatic cell gene delivery
Past Holders
- Lucina Uddin, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2008-2009)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences & Behavioral Science
Study Title: Structural and functional neuroimaging of large-scale brain networks in Autism Spectrum Disorders - Yaël Gernez, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2008-2010)
Title at Time of Award: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology, & Rheumatology)
Study Title: Novel granulocyte-based diagnosis in allergy - Christin Kuo, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2011)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Study Title: Quantification and localization of PNECs using a whole-mount approach in mouse embryos - Hidetoshi Taniguchi, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2011)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Study Title: The mechanism of prostaglandin E2-EP4 receptor-mediated protection against neonatal hypoxic ischemic brain injury - Crystal Botham, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2011)
Title at Time of Award: Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology, & Rheumatology)
Study Title: Immune mechanisms of cationic lipid-DNA complex adjuvant - Sergiu Pasca, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2010-2012)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Neurobiology"
Study Title: Investigation of Neuronal phenotypes of autism spectrum disorders with induced pluripotent stem cells - Kareem Shehab, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2012)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Pediatrics (Infectious Disease)
Study Title: B-cell responses to TIV vs. LAIV in Identical Twin Children - Robert Payne, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2012)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Study Title: Aluminum Content of Parenteral Nutrition Solution Products - Joseph Hernandez, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2013)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology, & Rheumatology) & Allergy
Study Title: Modeling the role of mast cells in asthma - Rajiv B. Kumar, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2012-2013)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Pediatrics (Endocrinology) & Diabetes
Study Title: Development of a Microfluidic Assay for Detection of Type 1 Diabetes Biomarkers - Alexandra Abrams, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2012-2013)
Title at Time of Award: Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)
Study Title: Identification of Cancer Stem Cells and characterization of metastases in Osteosarcoma. - Marisa Holubar, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2012-2013)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Study Title: Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV) transmission among household contacts of Zimbabwean children vaccinated with OPV - Sarah Osmundson, MD, MS
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2012-2014)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Study Title: A randomized controlled trial of early screening and treatment of women with prediabetes - Danielle Barnes, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013- 2016)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Study Title: A Novel Preparation of Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Recurrent Pediatric C Difficile Infection - Edward Esplin, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2014)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Pediatrics- Medical Genetics
Study Title: Genomic, transcriptomic interrogation of the familial adenomatous polyposis molecular cascade - Jonathan Nizar, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2015)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow, Medicine
Study Title: Role of Insulin on ENaC activity and Hypertension in a model of metabolic syndrome - Megumi Itoh, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2015)
Title at Time of Award: Fellow. Pediatrics (Infectious Disease)
Study Title: Effects of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Children1 - Christina Seng Chao, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2015)
Title at Time of Award: Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
Study Title: Identifying Mutations Causing Agenesis in Humans - Janene Fuerch, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2014-2016)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Neonatology)
Study Title: Improving diagnostic accuracy and efficiency by optimization of bedside data display - Tabitha Cooney, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2014-2016)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics - Dylan Kann, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2016)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Anti-CD47 Monoclonal Antibody as a Novel Therapeutic Agent for Pediatric Malignancies - Laura Prolo, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2017)
Title at Time of Award: Resident, Neurosurgery
Study Title: Fecal Markers of Mucosal Immunity Using Oral Poliovirus Vaccine as a Model - Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2017)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Expansion of regulatory and invariant natural killer T cells to suppress graft versus host disease - Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2017)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Correction of Mucupolysaccharidosis type 1: Targeting safe harbor loci using Genome Editing - Jonathan Kort, MD, MBA
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2016-2017)
Title at Time of Award: Postdoctoral Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Study Title: Genetic analysis of early human embryo development and clinical implications - Candice Sheldon, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2016-2018)
Title at Time of Award: Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Bone Microarchitecture, Strength and Mineral Metabolism in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Patients - Derek Yecies, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2016-2018)
Title at Time of Award: Resident, Neurosurgery
Study Title: Developing MOZART imaging with targeted nanoparticles for the intraoperative detection of brain tumor margins - Sara Kreimer, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2016-2018)
Title at Time of Award: Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Targeting Neuronal Activity-Regulated Giloma Growth - Coralee Del Valle Mojica, MD, MPH
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2017-2019)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Infectious Disease)
Study Title: Host and pathogen risk factors in Adenovirus infection in Pediatric Solid Organ transplantation - Rebecca Richards, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2017-2019)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Comparison of TCR- and CAR-based technology to improve rational design of T cell immunotherapy - Rachel Ruiz, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2017-2019)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Development and integration of a TEG protocol in pediatric liver transplant recipients - Sara Kibrom, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Nephrology
Study Title: Management of Hypertension in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease in Ethiopia - Jill Krissberg, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Nephrology
Study Title: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Pediatric Glomerular Diseases - Rachelle Lo, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)
Study Title: Assessing Peanut Allergy Testing and Prevalence in Infants Before and After Early Peanut Introduction Guidelines - Justine Colette Maller, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)
Study Title: Extracellular vesicles as novel biomarkers and clues to pathogenesis in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Jonathon J. Parker MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)
Study Title: Towards Pediatric-Epilepsy Specific Neurostimulation: Exploring White Matter Local Field Oscillations During Neocortical Seizures and in Response to Brain Stimulation - Ragini Malika Shyam, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)
Clinical Fellow, Hematology & Oncology
Study Title: Circulating Tumor DNA in Genetic Profiling and Monitoring of Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma - Myong Sun Choe, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2020-2021)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Study Title: Improving Use of a Standardized Neurological Examination in High-risk Infant Follow-up: Evaluation of a Novel Simulation Curriculum for Residents - Irogue I. Igbinosa, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2020-2021)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternal-Fetal Medicine)
Study Title: Prevention of Severe Anemia at Time of Birth Admission - Lauren Kushner, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2022)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Study Title: Application of the FUNGAL CELL-FREE DNA (cfDNA) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Assay to Invasive Fungal Disease Evaluation in the Neutropenic Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant Population - Lori Lee, PhD, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2022)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Study Title: Role of CFTR Mutations in Adaptive Immunity - Valerie Peicher, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2022)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Study Title: Sí se puede: Medicaid for all and measurable health outcomes - Cathy Tsin, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2022)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology)
Study Title: Thrombotic microangiopathic changes in kidney biopsies of childhood‐onset Systemic Lupus Erythematous patients with severe ematologic disturbances: A single center retrospective case control study - Luisa Valenzuela Riveros, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2022)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Pediatric Endocrinology)
Study Title: Trabecular Bone Score in a Healthy Pediatric Population - Xavier Gaeta, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2023)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)
Study Title: A Wnt Signaling Approach to Improving Kidney Tubule Regeneration and Recovery in a Mouse Model of Acute Kidney Injury - Ryan Jamiolkowski, MD, PhD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2023)
Title at Time of Award: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurosurgery
Study Title: The Fasciola Cinereum in Pediatric Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - Hayley Miller, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2023)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Study Title: Mifepristone as an Adjunct to Transcervical Balloon for Labor Induction (MiLI): A Randomized Clinical Trial - Danielle Nahal, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2022-2023)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Study Title: Pediatric Resident Competence in Infectious Diseases: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Didactic and Experiential Curricula - Rafael G. Gonzalez, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2024)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition)
Study Title: Endoscopic Spring Mediated Distraction Enterogenesis - Erin Eanes Holsinger, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2024)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Study Title: Does Living in A Home with A Gun Increase A Child's Chance of Dying by Violent Means? - Patil Nanor Kavarian, DO
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2024)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition)
Study Title: Investigating the Adipokine Profiles in Pediatric Patients with Obesity and Their Role in the Development of NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - Ingrid Y Lin, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2024)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics)
Study Title: Autism Family Empowerment Coaching and Training Program (AFECT): Evaluating A Parent Coaching and Family Navigation Program for New Autism Spectrum Disorder - Aaron Lee Misakian, MFA, MD
Tashia and John Morgridge Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2024)
Title at Time of Award: Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Endocrinology & Diabetes)
Study Title: Changes in Body Composition and Muscle Strength After 12 Months of Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy in Transgender Adolescents