2023 Department of Pediatrics Academic Annual Report

GRANTS AWARDED IN 2023 (continued)

INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE

SPONSOR

DIRECT AWARDED

Shukla, Vivek Vishwanath

Machine Learning Modeling for Early Identification of Perinatal Depression Risk Using Cardiotocography

American Heart Association

$70,000

Lal, Charitharth Vivek

Optimization of Saturation Targets and Resuscitation Trial (OptiSTART)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

$68,290

Sims, Brian

Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education (PARAdiGM) Program

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

$59,993

NEONATOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM The UAB Neonatology Fellowship Program provides an excellent educational, clinical and research experience to help train the next generation of academic neonatologists. Our program provides ample experience and instruction to enable our fellows to develop special competence in the management of critically ill neonates. Fellows are provided with instruction in the psychosocial implications of disorders of the fetus, neonate and young infant, as well as in the family dynamics surrounding the birth and care of a sick neonate. As part of their training, fellows are involved in a regional program that includes outreach education, patient consultation and transport of ill neonates. The program also places an emphasis on excellence in basic science and clinical research with up to two-thirds of the fellowship time dedicated to research. The program offers a robust curriculum of educational conference and seminar opportunities for fellows that includes Neonatal Patient Management Conferences, Perinatal Grand Rounds, and Developmental Physiology and Pathophysiology Seminars that are held weekly, and Perinatal Mortality Conferences, perinatal journal clubs and research seminars that are held monthly.

2023–2024 Fellows

First-Year Fellow Kulsajan Bhatia, M.D. Residency: The State University of New York (SUNY)

Third-Year Fellow Kathryn Brand, M.D. Residency: The University of Texas at Austin

First-Year Fellow Erin Thrasher, M.D. Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School

Third-Year Fellow Kylee Miller, M.D. Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Third-Year Fellow Binh Vu, M.D. Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Program Directors

Namasivayam Ambalavanan, M.D. Program Director

Sam Gentle, M.D. Assistant Program Director

Second-Year Fellow Denita Lindsey, M.D. Residency: University of Illinois Chicago

Colm Travers, M.D. Assistant Program Director

Second-Year Fellow Amelia Schuyler, M.D. Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Andrea Kane, M.D. Assistant Program Director

Second-Year Fellow Ting Wei, M.D. Residency: University of Arkansas First-Year Fellow Folasade Aderibigbe, M.D. Residency: University of Florida

Program Coordinator

Debbie Svensson

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