Pediatric Research

Departmental Research Conference

Mondays, 4 pm, COMRB 4th floor conference room 
Fridays, 8 am, Hospital Conference room, 1st floor 

Faculty Research

Rama Bhat

1. Management of pain in newborn and follow up of infants in N.E.O.P.A.I.N trial.

2. Ontogeny of opiate receptors in newborn rats exposed to cocaine and morphine.

3. Motor and cognitive function assessment of rat pups exposed to cocaine and/or opiates in utero.

Deming Gou   

1. Regulation of Lung Development by microRNA

2. Lung Cancer

Jordan Hupert 

1. Evidence Based Medicine Education Program.


Eunice John 
1. Endothelium in shock hypoxia.

2. Cyclosporin toxicity and endothelium receptors.

3. Cytokinesis in hypoxia and hypotension of sepsis. 

Richard Labotka
1. Erythrocyte-anion-transport protein evaluated with nuclear magnetic spectroscopy.

2. Covalent hemoglobin modifiers evaluated with nuclear magnetic spectroscopy.

3. Basic and clinical research into new therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease. 
 

Usha Raj

1. Regulation of the Pulmonary Circulation in the Fetus and Newborn.

2. Developmental Vascular Biology of the Lung.

3. Chronic Hypoxia Induced Pulmonary Hypertension.

Resident Participation: Yes Develop Resident Project: Yes 

Kenneth Rich

1. Perinatal HIV-1 infection natural history; pediatric and perinatal HIV-1 treatment and prevention studies; immune function in pregnant women HIV-1 infected and uninfected women.


Mary Lou Schmidt 
1. Children’s Oncology Group Neuroblastoma Clinical Trials.

2. Health-related quality of life in Survivors of Neuroblastoma (supported by the American Cancer Society).

3. Medical ethics including end-of-life issues.

Christiane Stahl
1. Adolescent obesity and its complications, especially Type 2 diabetes and menstrual disorders.

2. STIs in chronically mentally ill youth.

3. Under development: contraceptive methods for adolescents with chronic disease (especially DMPA for teens with sickle cell anemia); office-based fitness assessment, and physical activity counseling for teens.


Dharmapuri Vidyasagar 
1.  Meconium Aspiration Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Injury.

Saul Weiner 
1. Access to care for uninsured patients; physician-patient communication.

Guofei Zhou

1. Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Fibrosis.

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