DoP Honors, Sept 2025

Thu Tran, DO, was highlighted by the American Thoracic Society as a respiratory structure and function early-career professional.

Lakshmi Srivaths, MD, received the John P. McGovern “Champion in Women’s Health & Wellness Award” at the Women’s Fund for Health Education and Resiliency spring membership luncheon.

Jessica Gomez, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, IBCLC, won the Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) Best Research Article with a Practice Focus Award for her systematic review published in 2024.

Syed Hashmi, MD, MPH, PhD, awarded the Highest Commendation by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Faculty Membership Committee.

Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, MS, PhD, awarded the National Institutes of Health R03 grant for her project: “Effects of Earlier and Higher Vitamin D Supplementation in Extremely Preterm Newborns at 2 Years of Age,” AKA the ViDES Study

Graduate Medical Education Professionals Day

Texas Pediatric Society E-Poster Awards

Medical students Sara Koh, Sahiba Trehan, and Payton Cabrera‘s e-poster won Honorable Mention in the Evidence-Based Medicine/QI category: “Using Quality Improvement Methodology to Develop a Social Needs Screening Protocol in a Hospital Setting”
Faculty mentors: Sheela Gavvala, DO, FAAP; Madeleine Bricker, DO; Zoabe Hafeez, MD

Medical students Maisie Nievera and Mary Li won first place in the Evidence-Based Medicine/QI category for their e-poster: “Assessing Crash Severity of Pediatric Active Commuters and Social Vulnerability in a Large American City”
Faculty mentor: Zoabe Hafeez, MD

Educator of the Year Award

Plaques proudly displayed outside of the Pediatric Chair’s office, MSB 3.020. Stop by to check them out. Your name could be next! Details in SharePoint.

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