Inside Pediatrics Winter 2021

DR. WADHWA ACCEPTED INTO TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON ENERGETICS AND CANCER (TREC) FELLOWSHIP Aman Wadhwa, M.D., MSPH , assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, has been accepted into the Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Training Workshop 2021 fellowship cohort. The TREC 2021 fellowship cohort consists of an array of researchers from a variety of backgrounds, including basic, clinical and population cancer research. Fellows will participate in a five-day virtual training workshop focused on transdisciplinary (TD) research in energy balance and cancer, followed by 12 months of guidance and mentorship from course faculty and fellow alumni. This workshop is designed for junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows to gain experience and to develop their own transdisciplinary expertise. DR. WADHWA RECEIVES EMERGING SCIENTIST AWARD Aman Wadhwa, M.D., MSPH , assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, was awarded an Emerging Scientist Award from the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. This award will help fund Dr. Wadhwa’s research project titled, “Body composition and adverse outcomes in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma.” Emerging Scientist Award winners receive $100,000 for a one-year period and must be in the first seven years of their career. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY SELECTS DR. WADHWA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2021 CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING INSTITUTE Aman Wadhwa, M.D., MSPH , assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to participate in the 2021 ASH Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI). CRTI is a year-long program that offers a broad education on clinical research methods, research collaborations, statistical analysis, and managing the demands of family and career. The goal of the program is to produce leaders armed with ideas for clinical hematology research and the tools and resources to make their ideas a reality. DR. SALAS RECEIVES 2021 TRAVEL AWARD FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION Ariel Salas, M.D., MSPH , assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, received a 2021 Travel Award grant for Early Career Investigators from the International Pediatric Research Foundation (IPRF) and the journal, Pediatric Research. This award is given to three authors of papers that appeared in Pediatric Research in the previous calendar year. Dr. Salas is being honored for his paper, “Serial assessment of fat and fat-free mass accretion in very preterm infants: a randomized trial.” DR. WILLIS SELECTED FOR EDITORIAL BOARD FELLOWSHIP Kent Willis, M.D. , assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, has been selected for the AJP-Lung Editorial Board Fellowship Program (EBFP). Dr. Willis is among 10 other early-career researchers selected for the program. The EBFP provides insight into the many stages of manuscript processing.

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