Congratulations to our Pediatrics Internship Program at Stanford (PIPS) students!

On July 24, 2026, our 33 PIPS students presented their final research project during a Poster Symposium, where they summarized the research projects they worked on this summer with their mentors and research labs.

We are appreciative of our faculty, mentors, and staff for their support and for helping us shape the next generation of scientists and physicians. We are so proud of our PIPS students!

1. Neural Auditory Pathway in Children: Structure, Function, and Pathology
   Author: N. Abulebdeh, Iram Ahmad Lab
2. Neural Language Pathway in Children: Function and Developmental Trajectory
   Author: A. Nguyen, Iram Ahmad Lab
3. The Effect of Doxycyclineon Lungs of Inflammatory Mice Models
   Author: Y. Aguilar Flores, John Benjamin Lab
4. CD54+ neutrophils contribute to lung inflammation in a mouse model of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
   Author: K. Liu, John Benjamin Lab
5. Detection of IFN-γ-producing cells and qualification of their effects on peripheral blood mononuclear cells
   Author: A. Ramisetty, Alice Bertaina Lab
6. Beyond the Clinic: Pediatric Subspecialists on Food Insecurity
   Author: A. Carbajal, Janine Bruce Lab
7. Find the Causes Behind Food Insecurity
   Author: I. Porter, Janine Bruce Lab
8. Association Between Adolescents’ Knowledge of Safe Firearm Storage Methods and Confidence in Safe Firearm Storage Knowledge
   Author: Z. Alazani, Stephanie Chao Lab
9. Association Between Adolescents’ Knowledge of Safe Firearm Storage Methods and Confidence in Safe Firearm Storage Knowledge
   Author: L. Chicas Leiva, Stephanie Chao Lab
10. Firearm Perceptions, Priority, and Potential: Adolescents’ Point of View
    Author: S. Cohen, Stephanie Chao Lab
11. Evaluating the Impact of School-Based Firearm Safety Education for High School Students
    Author: C. Fayad, Stephanie Chao Lab
12. Firearm Perceptions, Priority, and Potential: Adolescents’ Point of View
    Author: M. Fung, Stephanie Chao Lab
13. Firearm Perceptions, Priority, and Potential: Adolescents’ Point of View
    Author: J. Meza-Arenas, Stephanie Chao Lab
14. Development of Selective IGF-1 Receptor Antagonist Using Insulin Receptor Binding Peptides
    Author: B. Hui, Danny Chou Lab
15. Development of Non-Insulin Dual Antagonist of IR and IGF1R
    Author: N. Melia, Danny Chou Lab
16. Effect of a Gins4 Splicing Mutation on Cell Proliferation Markers in a Novel Mouse Model of Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus
    Author: M. Hershenson, Anna Gloyn Lab
17. Assessment of the Effect of Gins4 Splicing Mutation on Protein Expression Levels in a Novel Mouse Model of Neonatal Diabetes
    Author: M. Tang, Anna Gloyn Lab
18. Analyzing Adolescent Knowledge & Perceptions of the U.S. Tobacco 21 Health Policy
    Author: R. Bacon-Flores, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher Lab
19. Analyzing Adolescent Knowledge & Perceptions of the U.S. Tobacco 21 Health Policy
    Author: V. Vemuri, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher Lab
20. SASP Cytokine Biomarkers in Liver Machine Perfusion Perfusate as Predictors of Biological Age
    Author: B. Hsieh, Varvara Kirchner Lab
21. Comparison of Immune Cell Populations in Liver Perfusate Between Two Normothermic Machine Perfusion Systems
    Author: A. Nguyen, Varvara Kirchner Lab
22. Engineered Virus-Like Particles Efficiently Deliver Protein Cargo to Human Endothelial Cells and Hematopoietic Stem Cells
    Author: A. Moreno-Marquez, David Lewis Lab
23. Predictions and Biomarkers of Early Childhood Growth Faltering Across Low-and Middle-Income Countries Through Machine Learning
    Author: S. Chudgar, Ivana Maric Lab
24. Predictions and Biomarkers of Early Childhood Growth Faltering Across Low-and Middle-Income Countries Through Machine Learning
    Author: A. Shetty, Ivana Maric Lab
25. Characterizing Endothelial Cell Dysfunction in Alagille Syndrome Using Patient Derived iPSCs
    Author: A. Baviskar, Marlene Rabinovitch Lab
26. Characterizing Endothelial Cell Dysfunction in Alagille Syndrome Using Patient Derived iPSCs
    Author: K. Lee, Marlene Rabinovitch Lab
27. Identification of Candidate Circulating Cardiac-Derived Plasma Proteins in Congenital Heart Disease
    Author: F. Cantu Valadez, Sushma Reddy Lab
28. Role of Chi3L1 in Fibroblast Proliferation and Activation
    Author: D. Clark, Michael Rosen Lab
29. Testing The Effectiveness of Niclosamide and Imatinib On Ku812 Chronic Myeloid Leukemic Cells
    Author: D. Baik, Kathleen Sakamoto Lab
30. Mapping Brain Development in Autism
    Author: V. Aingaran, Kaustubh Supekar Lab
31. Mapping Brain Development in Autism
    Author: L. Nguyen, Kaustubh Supekar Lab
32. Vision-Language Model-Mediated Feature Extraction for Autism Classification from Play-Based Home Videos
    Author: S. Belur, Dennis Wall Lab
33. Optimizing Vision-Language Models (VLM’s) for Pediatric Behavioral Analysis via Prompt Engineering
    Author: E. Ruparel, Dennis Wall Lab