2023 Department of Pediatrics Academic Annual Report

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2315315. Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects of Hydrocortisone by Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Death Among Extremely Preterm Infants in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network Trial: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Samuel J Gentle, Matthew A Rysavy, Lei Li, Matthew M Laughon, Ravi M Patel, Erik A Jensen, Susan Hintz, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Waldemar A Carlo, Kristi Watterberg; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. JCI Insight. 2023 Mar 14;e160697. Thyroid hormone modulates hyperoxic neonatal lung injury and mitochondrial function. Bianca M Vamesu, Teodora Nicola, Rui Li, Snehashis Hazra, Sadis Matalon, Naftali Kaminski, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Jegen Kandasamy. N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 9. Azithromycin to Prevent Sepsis or Death in Women Planning a Vaginal Birth. Alan T N Tita, Waldemar A Carlo, Elizabeth M McClure, Musaku Mwenechanya, Elwyn Chomba, Jennifer J Hemingway-Foday, Avinash Kavi, Mrityunjay C Metgud, Shivaprasad S Goudar, Richard Derman, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette Tshefu, Melissa Bauserman, Carl Bose, Poonam Shivkumar, Manju Waikar, Archana Patel, Patricia L Hibberd, Paul Nyongesa, Fabian Esamai, Osayame A Ekhaguere, Sherri Bucher, Saleem Jessani, Shiyam S Tikmani, Sarah Saleem, Robert L Goldenberg, Sk M Billah, Ruth Lennox, Rashidul Haque, William Petri, Lester Figueroa, Manolo Mazariegos, Nancy F Krebs, Janet L Moore, Tracy L Nolen, Marion Koso-Thomas; A-PLUS Trial Group. Pediatrics. 2023 Sep 1;152(3):e2023061603. Early Human Milk Fortification in Infants Born Extremely Preterm: A Randomized Trial. Ariel A Salas, Emily Gunawan, Kelly Nguyen, Audrey Reeves, Victoria Argent, Amber Finck, Waldemar A Carlo. EXTRAMURAL AWARDS & LEADERSHIP ROLES Namasivayam Ambalavanan, M.D., was appointed to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Allison Black, M.D., serves on the Board of Trustees at Grandview Medical Center starting in November 2022. Andrea Kane, M.D., received a 2023 Inspiration Award from the AMA Women Physicians Section. Ariel Salas, M.D., received the Outstanding Paper by an Associate Member/Best Young Investigator Paper, Perinatal Research Society Award at the Perinatal Research Society annual meeting. Vikek Shukla, M.D., received the Outstanding Paper by an Associate Member/Best Young Investigator Paper, Perinatal Research Society Award at the Perinatal Research Society annual meeting. Dr. Shukla received AHA Career Development Award for machine-learning research. Dr. Shukla was named August Pediatric Research: ECI Highlight. Kent Willis, M.D., was elected to the Society for Pediatric Research. Dr. Willis received the SSPR Young Faculty Award at the Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) Annual Meeting in New Orleans last weekend. Dr. Willis is a standing member of the American Thoracic Society’s Pediatric Program Committee. Click here for the full list of publications from the division faculty in 2023.

GRANTS AWARDED IN 2023

INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE

SPONSOR

DIRECT AWARDED

Peralta-Carcelen, Ada Myriam

HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study at UAB and UA

National Institute on Drug Abuse/ NIH/DHHS

$1,428,193

Salas, Ariel

Comparison of Multinutrient Human Milk Fortifiers in Preterm Infants: A Non Inferiority Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

MEAD JOHNSON & CO LLC

$669,810

Carlo, Waldemar A.

Interventions to Reduce Infant Mortality and Morbidity in Low Resource Settings

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/ DHHS

$546,498

Ambalavanan, Namasivayam

Vital Signs in Opioid-Exposed Neonates

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/ DHHS

$407,480

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