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. 

Behavioral Medicine

  • 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)
  • Intersections across health outcomes (Stephanie Anzman-Frasca)
  • Reinforcing Value (Katelyn Carr)
  • Tobacco and nicotine product use (Xiaozhong Wen)

Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation

Emergency Medicine

  • 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)

Endocrinology

  • 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)

Gastroenterology and Nutrition

  • 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)

General Pediatrics

Genetics

  • Craniofacial Disorders (Laurie Sadler)
  • Dysmorphology (Laurie Sadler)
  • Williams Syndrome (Laurie Sadler)

Hematology/Oncology

  • 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)

Infectious Diseases

  • Antibody and B cell responses during childhood, including Kawasaki disease (Mark Hicar)
  • 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)

Neonatology

  • Alternative airway during resuscitation - laryngeal mask airway (Munmun Rawat)
  • Apnea of prematurity (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
  • Birth asphyxia and neonatal resuscitation (Munmun Rawat)
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) (N Ja Hpa; Anne Marie Reynolds)
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)
  • 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)
  • 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 nutrition (Anne Marie Reynolds; Deepali Handa)
  • Neonatal Nutrition, BPD, Neonatal resuscitation (Kavya Rao)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Thermal care of preterm infants (Bobby Mathew)
  • Vasopressor use for systemic hypotension (Munmun Rawat; Praveen Chandrasekharan)

Nephrology

  • 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)

Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine