Faculty Research Mentors
Clinical Research Interests


Clinical Researchers Department: Division Current Research Interests
Ahrens, Richard Pediatrics: Allergy & Pulmonary Division Evaluation and treatment of children with asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and other respiratory diseases
Atkins Dianne L., MD Pediatrics: Cardiology Clinical trials, pharmacokinetics of anti-arrhythmics, CPR and resuscitation
Bell, Edward, MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Clinical trials relating management to outcome in NICU patients, nutrition and energy metabolism, thermal physiology
Colaizy, Tarah, MD, MPH Pediatrics: Neonatology Donor milk use in the NICU and neurodevelopmental outcomes, breastfeeding promotion and support, large database analysis
Cooper-Brown, Linda, PhD Pediatrics: Psychology Assessment and treatment of feeding disorders, disruptive behavior and noncompliance in young children
Copeland, Sara, MD Pediatrics: Medical Genetics Newborn Screening Metabolic Disease and Therapy
D'Alessandro, Donna M., MD Pediatrics: General Pediatrics Medical informatics: improving health care with the use of computers in aiding medical practice, research, and education
Divekar, Abay, MD Pediatrics: Cardiology Clinical trial for closure devices – multicenter study
Edens, R. Erik MD,PhD Pediatrics: Cardiology Transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, myocardial dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, management of heart failure, inflammatory vascular diseases, patient safety & quality improvement
Joshi, Charuta, MD, FRCPC Pediatrics: Neurology Medically intractable epilepsy, surgical treatment of intractable epilepsy, ketogenic diet, epileptic encephalopathies, clinical research related to childhood epilepsy and neurophysiology. Also interested in resident and medical student education
Kaldjian, Lauris C., MD, PhD Internal Medicine: General Internal Medicine Disclosure of medical errors, dementia and end-of-life care, religious beliefs in medical practice
Klein, Jonathan M., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Sex-specific mechanisms influencing pulmonary development
Law, Ian, MD Pediatrics: Cardiology Management of arrhythmias in children and adults with congenital heart disease
Mahoney, Larry Pediatrics: Cardiology Noninvasive detection of atherosclerotic vascular disease (carotid, coronary and brachial arteries) in asymptomatic young adults
Mathews, Katherine, MD Pediatrics: Neurology Clinical and genetic aspects of neuromuscular diseases (particularly muscular dystrophies)
Morriss, Frank H., MD, MPH Pediatrics: Neonatology Patient safety, quality improvement, and outcomes research
Oral, Resmiye, MD Pediatrics: General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Perinatal illicit drug screening/intervention practices, prevention of in-utero exposure to illicit drugs, shaken baby syndrome, missed opportunities to diagnose child abuse
Rahhal, Riad, MD Pediatrics: Gastroenterology Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, feeding G and GJ tubes, and effects of chronic acid suppression therapy in pediatric GERD
Segar, Jeffrey L., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Developmental cardiovascular biology; Integrative neural regulation of cardiovascular function; fetal programming of adult vascular disease
Tannous, Raymond, MD Pediatrics: Heme/Onc Clinical trials in all areas of pediatric oncology as part of the Children Oncology Group; delivery of palliative care to children in a rural setting
Tansey, Michael, MD Pediatrics: Endocrinology and Diabetes Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet) and TrialNet investigates factors for and prevention of hypoglycemia and diabetes in children and first degree relatives.
Tsalikian, Eva, MD Pediatrics: Endocrinology and Diabetes Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet) and TrialNet investigates factors for and prevention of hypoglycemia and diabetes in children and first degree relatives
Van Dyke, Don, MD Pediatric Neurology, Development and Behavior Medical clinical genetics, development, disabilities, continuity of care, speech and language in children
Weinberger, Miles, MD Pediatrics: Allergy & Pulmonary Division Clinical pharmacology of drugs used in respiratory disease, health care delivery and education with regard to pediatric pulmonary disease.
Widness, John A., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Anemia, erythropoiesis, & iron metabolism during the perinatal period. Erythropoietin pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Willing, Marcia Pediatrics: Heme/Onc Iowa Bone Development Project: a longitudinal study of bone mineral accrual in children
Christine Ziebold, MD, PhD, MPH Pediatrics: Infectious Diseases Pediatric Fungal Network to increase the understanding of pediatric invasive fungal diseases. Pediatric Infection Control.
Ziegler, Ekhard E., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Nutrition of term and preterm infant, especially protein & iron requirements

 


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