Areas of Research
Our research spans from basic through translational and clinical. We are devoted to addressing difficult problems and gaining knowledge through our research to advance the standards of care in Pediatrics.
- Basic, applied and clinical research in behavioral medicine (Leonard Epstein)
- Childhood obesity risk and protective factors (Katelyn Carr)
- Early childhood obesity prevention (Stephanie Anzman-Frasca)
- Exercise and activity behavior (Leonard Epstein)
- Intersections across health outcomes (Stephanie Anzman-Frasca)
- Obesity treatment and prevention (Leonard Epstein)
- Reinforcing value (Katelyn Carr)
- Tobacco and nicotine product use (Xiaozhong Wen)
- Epilepsy (Michelle Hartley-McAndrew)
- Neurobiology of autism (Michelle Hartley-McAndrew)
- Using ultrasound to increase catheterization efficiency in children (Sarah DiPalma)
- Using simulation curriculum to teach team leadership, management, and emergent procedures to pediatric residents (Sarah DiPalma)
- Quality improvement in the pediatric emergency department (Sarah DiPalma)
- Bronchiolitis patient treatments (Sarah DiPalma)
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (Lucy Mastrandrea)
- Growth hormone deficiency (Teresa Quattrin; Kathleen Bethin; Lucy Mastrandrea)
- Type 1 and type 2 diabetes (Teresa Quattrin; Kathleen Bethin; Lucy Mastrandrea)
- Weight management and obesity (Teresa Quattrin; Kathleen Bethin; Lucy Mastrandrea)
- Celiac disease (Susan Baker)
- Eosinophilic esophagitis (Susan Baker)
- Gastroesophageal reflux (Robert Baker; Susan Baker)
- Hepatitis and liver disease (Robert Baker)
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Robert Baker; Susan Baker)
- Social determinants of health disparities (Kendria Hall, Sarah Ventre)
- Asthma education and treatment in the school setting (Lucy Holmes)
- Craniofacial disorders (Laurie Sadler)
- Dysmorphology (Laurie Sadler)
- Williams syndrome (Laurie Sadler)
- Adherence to oral chemotherapy (Kara Kelly)
- Bleeding disorders (Beverly Schaefer)
- Cancer-related disparities in care (Kara Kelly)
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) and cellular therapy (Nataliya Buxbaum)
- Childhood cancer survivorship (Denise Rokitka)
- Hematological malignancies (Matthew Barth)
- Hodgkin lymphoma (Kara Kelly)
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Matthew Barth)
- Pediatric lymphoma (Matthew Barth)
- Pre-clinical models of immunity (Nataliya Buxbaum)
- Symptom management (Kara Kelly)
- Thromboses (Beverly Schaefer)
- Transplant immunology (Nataliya Buxbaum)
- Antibody and B cell responses during childhood, including Kawasaki disease (Mark Hicar)
- Burnout among physicians (Howard Faden)
- COVID-19 related multisystem inflammatory syndrome of childhood (MIS-C) (Mark Hicar)
- Development of HIV vaccine to novel conformational epitope (Mark Hicar)
- Epidemiology of Kawasaki disease (Mark Hicar)
- HIV antibody responses (Mark Hicar)
- Perinatal hepatitis C (Karl Yu)
- Use of novel antibiotics in children (Karl Yu)
- Bacteriophage therapy for difficult-to-treat infections (Patrick Kenney)
- Identification and Characterization of Novel Therapeutic Bacteriophages (Patrick Kenney)
- Alternative airway during resuscitation - laryngeal mask airway (Munmun Rawat)
- Apnea of prematurity (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Birth asphyxia and neonatal resuscitation (Munmun Rawat, Mausma Bawa)
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) (N Ja Hpa; Anne Marie Reynolds)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Chest compressions in a neonate (Mausma Bawa)
- Delayed cord clamping during birth and its benefits (Mausma Bawa)
- Feedback devices during resuscitation (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Gas exchange and noninvasive methods of assessing effective ventilation and chest compression (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Gestational exposure to electronic cigarette aerosol (N Ja Hpa)
- Neonatal Nutrition - breast milk storage and processing (Deepali Handa) Neonatal nutrition (Anne Marie Reynolds; Deepali Handa) Neonatal nutrition, BPD, neonatal resuscitation (Kavya Rao)
- Gestational exposure to electronic cigarette aerosol (N Ja Hpa)
- Inhaled nitric oxide (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Kangaroo care (Munmun Rawat)
- Medication administration during resuscitation (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Natriuretic peptides in newborn lung (Bobby Mathew)
- Neonatal bioinformatics (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Neonatal epidemiology (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Neonatal hypoglycemia and dextrose gel (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (Anne Marie Reynolds)
- Neonatal resuscitation (Bobby Mathew; Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Oxygen use in preterm/term infants (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan) Oxygen use in the delivery room (Mausma Bawa)
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (Bobby Mathew)
- Placental transfusion (delayed cord clamping and milking) (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Pulmonary hypertension (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Quality improvement projects in neonatal nutrition (Kavya Rao)
- Smooth transition in the delivery room (Mausma Bawa)
- Thermal care of preterm infants (Bobby Mathew)
- Vasopressor use for systemic hypotension (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
- Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) (Xiaoyan Wu)
- Primary culture endothelial cells from glomeruli in mice (Xiaoyan Wu)
- Membrane transport and calcium signaling (Xiaoyan Wu)
- Metabolic acidosis in pediatric pyelonephritis (Hannah Brummer)
- Clinical course and treatment patterns in Tubulointerstitial Nephritis with Uveitis (TINU) Syndrome (Hannah Brummer)
- Optimizing determination of estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in pediatric patients (Hannah Brummer)
- Airway epithelial immunity (Geovanny Perez)
- Asthma research (Geovanny Perez; Danielle Goetz)
- Cystic fibrosis (Daniel Sheehan; Carla Frederick; Danielle Goetz)
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Daniel Sheehan)
- Mental health in cycstic fibrosis (Danielle Goetz)
- Quality improvement projects in cystic fibrosis (Danielle Goetz)
- Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) (Geovanny Perez)
