Presentations & Publications as of May 2025

May 6, 2025
Four smiling people

Joan Hernandez, MPH, (second from left) shared insights from her career alongside experienced colleagues from across UTHealth Houston.

Congratulations to all who have presented research posters recently! Those snapshots are all featured in the Conference Season post.

Presentations

Joan Hernandez, MPH, was featured in a leadership panel for the UTHealth Houston Emerging Leaders Institute.

Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, MD, PhD:

  • Invited Symposium Talk: The Microbiome in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases, William T Shearer Biennial Symposium, March 2025, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
  • Invited Symposium Talk: The Microbiome’s Role in the Development and Severity of CRS, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Annual Conference, March 2025, San Diego, CA
  • Invited Plenary Talk: Addressing Environmental Disparities and Vulnerable Populations, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Annual Conference, March 2025, San Diego, CA

Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MPH, was chosen to speak at the PCD On the Move International Scientific Conference set for August 20 to 22 in Minneapolis, MN.

Sarah Cavenaugh, MD, FAAP, will present at the Texas Pediatric Society Annual Meeting in October. Her proposal is “Smart Care for Kids: Exploring AI’s Promise and Pitfalls in Pediatric Medicine.”

  • Kim K. Cheung, MD, PhD, will also be presenting at that meeting.

Dana DeMaster, PhD, participated in a panel at the 28th Annual UTHealth Houston Neuroscience Forum on April 2. Forum theme was Youth Mental Health: Navigating the Storm & Stress of Adolescence.

Group at conferenceAutumn Atkinson, MD, residency education leaders and residents attended and presented at the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD) Annual Spring Meeting held in Atlanta, GA, March 25 to 28.

Group of people standing under a conference banner

Medical Genetics Division made a strong showing at the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Paul Hillman, MD, PhD, made an oral presentation and the team presented 9 posters.

 

 

Population Health Symposium

Sandy McKay, MD, FAAP, Associate Professor and Community & General Pediatrics Division Director, was a planner of and presenter at the inaugural Population Health Symposium held at the Fayez S. and Susan K. Sarofim Research Building on April 10.

Week of the Young Child

CLI’s Keisey Fumero, PhD, was invited to be the keynote speaker for the 2025 Week of the Young Child celebration hosted by Spring Independent School District. This annual event is a fun-filled week celebrating young children, their teachers, families, and communities.

Publications

Zoabe Hafeez, MD, published a commentary through the Baker Institute: A Safer, More Walkable Houston Starts Here

Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, MD, PhD, et al.: “Prevalence of food allergy and its association with atopic dermatitis in Iran: Results from the PERSIAN birth cohort”

Sandy McKay, MD, et al.: “Policies to Prevent Gun Violence in Schools”

Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, MS, PhD, et al.: “Evidence and unknowns for the relevancy of applying current parenteral nutrition support recommendations among infants born less than 750 g or younger than 25 weeks’ gestation: A narrative review”

Hope Northrup, MD; Kit-Sing “Paul” Au, PhD, et al.: “The contribution of de novo coding mutations to meningomyelocele“

Kanekal Suresh Gautham, MD; et al.: “Improving the quality of care for preterm infants in the golden hour”

Jon Tyson, MD, MPH; Amir Khan, MD; Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MPH; et al.: “Outcomes of extremely preterm infants exposed to prolonged prelabor rupture of membranes before 24 weeks of gestation”

Mosquera, et al.: “Overlapping Clinical Phenotypes in Patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia or Activated Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Delta Syndrome”

Khan; Mosquera; Fatima Boricha, MD; Janice John, NP; Tina Reddy, MD; et al.: “Respiratory Outcomes of Infants Born Extremely Preterm in the Necrotizing Enterocolitis Surgery Trial”

Beanna Okeugo; Shabba Armbrister; Rhea Daniel, MD; Zeina Saleh, MD; Jessica Wang; Salomea Giorgberidze; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD; et al.: “Reduced autoimmunity associated with deletion of host CD73” (Jan 2025)

Zeina Saleh, MD; Beanna Okeugo; Evelyn Park; Salomea Giorgberidze; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD; et al.: “Limosilactobacillus reuteri ameliorates maternal separation stress in newborn mice and alters subsequent adult behaviour” (Nov 2024)

Erini Kostandy, MD; Beanna Okeugo; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD; et al.: “Probiotic Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 Changes Foxp3 Deficiency-Induced Dyslipidemia and Chronic Hepatitis in Mice” (Feb 2024)

Pediatric Endocrinology Abstracts published via the 2025 Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) Conference

  • Michael Wassef, MD; Nunilo Rubio, Jr., MD; Michael Yafi, MD: “Assessing practitioner use of a hypoglycemia order set and increasing awareness to improve patient care during evaluation of hypoglycemia”
  • Ferial Darwish Shihadeh, MD; Katherine Velez, MD; Yafi; Avni Shah, MD: “Millstones for a smooth transition for type 1 diabetes from pediatric to adult care”
  • Sarah Mahmoud, MD; Sadaf Faiz, MD; Michelle Rivera-Davila, MD; Yafi: “Acute iron toxicity and hyperglycemia”