Faculty Research Mentors
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Clinical Researchers Department: Division Current Research Interests
Acarregui Michael J., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Pulmonary development of the air-blood barrier & pulmonary vasculogenesis
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 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
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
Hall, James A., PhD, LISW Pediatrics: Psychology Development and evaluation of interventions for adolescent substance abuse
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
Law, Ian, MD Pediatrics: Cardiology Management of arrhythmias in children and adults with congenital heart disease
Loew, Thomas, MD Pediatrics: Heme/Onc Clinical oncologic protocols of the Children's Oncology Group; enzyme replacement therapy for storage diseases, & pharmaceutical drug trials
Morriss, Frank H., MD 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
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
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.
Ziegler, Ekhard E., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Nutrition of term and preterm infant, especially protein & iron requirements
Clinical / Translational Researchers Department: Division Current Research Interests
Brophy, Patrick D., MD Pediatrics: Nephrology Renal transplants, molecular genetics and functional mechanisms of normal and abnormal development of the kidneys and genitourinary (GU) tract
Goldman, Frederick D., MD Pediatrics: Hem/Oncology Bone marrow failure syndromes, immune deficiencies, role of telomeres in the development of blood forming units
Klein, Jonathan M., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Sex-specific mechanisms influencing pulmonary development
Mathews, Katherine, MD Pediatrics: Neurology Clinical and genetic aspects of neuromuscular diseases (particularly muscular dystrophies)
Rebouche, Charles J., PhD Pediatrics: Nutrition Carnitine biosynthesis, metabolism and function; iron nutrition and toxicology
Widness, John A., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Anemia, erythropoiesis, & iron metabolism during the perinatal period. Erythropoietin pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Clinical / Translational / Basic Researchers Department: Division Current Research Interests
Grose, Charles, MD Pediatrics: Infectious Disease Varicella-zoster virus and human herpes virus type 8
Murray, Jeffrey C., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Birth defects, particularly those involving the craniofacial region, utilizing genetics, molecular biology, embryology and epidemiology approaches
Scholz, Thomas , MD Pediatrics: Cardiology Metabolic development of the heart & the adaptation of cardiac metabolism
Uc, Aliye, MD Pediatrics: Gastroenterology Regulatory mechanisms involved in the intestinal heme iron absorption, role of oxidative stress in intestinal fluid and electrolyte homeostasis
Welsh, M.J., MD Internal Medicine: Pulmonary Cellular & molecular biology of transmembrane ion channels & gene transfer
Translational / Basic Researchers Department: Division Current Research Interests
Bartlett, Heather, MD Pediatrics: Cardiology Genetic regulation of cardiac development and origins of congenital heart disease
Bonthius, Daniel, MD, PhD Pediatrics: Neurology Fetal alcohol syndrome, congenital LCMV infection, and neuroblastoma
Campbell, Kevin P, PhD Physiology & Biophysics Molecular & genetic basis of muscular dystrophy & function of dystrophin
Dagle, John, MD, PhD Pediatrics: Neonatology Organogenesis and left-right asymmetry, & high-throughput genetic screening
Ferguson, Polly, MD Pediatrics: Rheumatology Genetic basis of chronic inflammatory disorders that affect the bone and skin (CRMO, SAPHO, psoriasis)
Lamb, Fred S., MD, PhD Pediatrics: Critical Care Vascular smooth muscle physiology & biophysics in pathologic states including ion channels, fetal programming of adult vascular disease
McCray, Paul B., MD Pediatrics: Pulmonary Pulmonary host defense &gene transfer for the treatment of inherited diseases, especially for cystic fibrosis
Moreland, Jessica G., MD Pediatrics: Critical Care Innate immune response to bacterial pathogens in the lung
O'Dorisio M. Sue, MS, MD, PhD Pediatrics: Heme/Oncology Nervous system tumors: studies of neural crest and cerebellar development & neuropeptide receptors as diagnostic and therapeutic targets
Roghair, Robert, MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Role of genotype and environment in postnatal development; Perinatal programming of obesity, hypertension, diabetes
Segar, Jeffrey L., MD Pediatrics: Neonatology Developmental cardiovascular biology; Integrative neural regulation of cardiovascular function; fetal programming of adult vascular disease
Sheffield, Val, MD, PhD Pediatrics: Genetics Gene discovery: genes causing human hereditary disease
Smith, Richard, MD Otolaryngology: Genetics Genetics genetics of hereditary hearing loss: positional cloning
Williamson, Roger A., MD (pdf) Ob/Gyn: Genetics Prenatal diagnosis, fetal treatment, & pregnancy screening tests
Basic Researchers Department: Division Current Research Interests
Davidson, Beverly, PhD Internal Medicine: Gene Therapy Developmental neurobiology & neurodegenerative diseases & gene therapy
Norris, Andrew, MD, PhD Pediatrics: Endocrinology Mechanisms for Diabetes Progression and Complications
Sigmund, Curt D., PhD Physiology & Biophysics Genetics, molecular biology & physiology of hypertension
Tomanak, R.J., PhD Anatomy & Cell Biology Cell biology of angiogenesis during development
Weeks, Curt D., PhD Biochemistry Oligonucleotides forin vivo alteration of gene expression during development

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