Pilot grant awardees

Each year, the Department of Pediatrics earmarks funding for full-time academic faculty who may be early in their careers — such as instructors and assistant professors — to initiate new research directly relevant to the development and/or health of infants, children or adolescents. Applications were due in June, and disbursement of funds began with the start of the new fiscal year on September 1.

The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the recipients of the research pilot grants for FY2025.

2024 DoP Pilot Grant Awardees

Principal Investigator	Proposal Title	Co-Investigator	Mentor
Jessica Gomez, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC, IBCLC	Feasibility and Cost Assessment of a Personal Pumping Pathway Tool to Standardize Lactation Care for Pumping Mothers of Infant Born < 34 Weeks Gestation: A Mixed Methods Study	Amir Khan, MD	Paula Meier, PhD, RN
Lindsay Holzapfel, MD, MS	Bilirubin Ubound and Neurodevelopmental Impairment (BUNNI) Study in Extremely Premature Infants	Matthew A. Rysavy, MD, PhD (Co-Mentor) Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, PhD (Co-I) Kyung “Katie” Hyun Lee, PhD (Statistician)	Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH
Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, PhD	Non-Invasive Respiratory Oscillometry Study in Neonates (NIRO Study)	Ricardo Mosquera, MD (Co-Mentor) Amir Khan, MD (Co-Mentor) Lindsay Holzapfel, MD, MS (Co-I)	Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH
Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD	Effect of Ambient Humidity on Transepidermal Water Loss and Heat Loss in Preterm Infants	Caitlin Stoll, DO

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