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