Presentations and publications, January 2026

January 5, 2026
Group of 9 people standing in hotel ballroom

Houston HVIP Senior Program Manager Eresha Bluth, MHA, (fourth from right) with Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network colleagues at recent conference.

Presentations

Allergy & Immunology Division highlights from the 2025 American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting:

  • 8 accepted abstracts — 6 poster presentations and 2 platform presentations

  • 1 platform presentation received national media coverage: “Evaluating the Impact of Eczema on Outgrowing Food Allergies, Multiple Food Allergies, and Atopic Multimorbidity in Children” by MS2 Nicole Koulov.

Nicole Koulov’s work was featured in two national articles:

Study Finds Link Between Eczema Patterns and Children’s Ability to Outgrow Food Allergies

Study Links Early Onset and Severity of Childhood Eczema with Lower Odds of Overcoming Food Allergies

Allergy & Immunology has had 7 abstracts accepted at the 2026 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting, 4 focused on pediatric allergy:

  • Omar Alaina, MD, PGY-2: “Wheat Allergy in Childhood: Timing, Comorbidities, Associations, and Outcomes”

  • Leah Kaplan, MD, PGY-4: “Predicting Resolution of Cow’s Milk Allergy through Reaction Timing and Serum IgE”

  • Anundu Dileep, DO, RUSH fellow 1: “Shellfish IgE, Atopic Comorbidities, and Demographic Characteristics as Predictors of Outgrowing Shellfish Allergy”

  • Mark Matthews, visiting UH student: “Examining the Natural History of Peanut Allergy Resolution and Its Association with Clinical Predictors in a Multicenter Cohort Study”

Publications

Prajakta Yeragi, MD, FAAP; Vinay N. Prabhu, MD; et al.: “Implementation and Effectiveness Outcomes of a Pilot Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Food Is Medicine Program Among At-Risk Pediatric Populations“

Sheela Gavvala, DO, FAAP, et al.: “A New Era in Advocacy Training: Promoting Safety and Resilience“

Michelle Ruda, MD, et al.: “The Impact of COVID-19 on Patterns of Burns Evaluated in Pediatric Emergency Departments”

Rhea Daniel, MD; Salomea Giorgberidze; J. Marc Rhoads, MD; Yuying Liu, PhD, MEd; et al.: “Limosilactobacillus reuteri Strains Differentially Stimulate Immunity in Response to Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Newborn Mice”

Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH, et al.: “Bias and Disparities in Neonatal End-of-Life Care“

Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD; Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, MS, PhD; Lindsay F. Holzapfel, MD, MS; et al.: “Evaluating the accuracy of point of care testing compared to standard laboratory testing among inborn infants in the neonatal intensive care unit”

Dr. Romero López, et al.: “Time to Full Enteral Feeds and Late-Onset Sepsis in Extremely Preterm Infants”

Dr. Rysavy, et al.: “Antenatal Prediction of Early Cord Clamping among Infants Born Extremely Preterm“

Dr. Rysavy, et al.: “Expectant Management vs Medication for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants: The PDA Randomized Clinical Trial”

Tina O. Findley, MD, et al.: “Maternal Race and Ethnicity and Mortality Differences Among Infants with Birth Defects: A Statewide Cohort Analysis in Texas”

Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MS; Neonatal Research Network; et al.: “Hydrocortisone in Preterm Infants and School-Age Functional Outcomes: Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial“