Publications and presentations, March 2026
Presentations
Presenting at PAS? Make sure you’re on our list (external link)!
McGovern Medical School will have excellent representation from the Department of Pediatrics at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting this year. View our list of PAS Meeting posters and presenters (external link) and let Clarissa Webb know if you have any to add.
Upcoming
Melodie Allison and Judith Cerino have been selected to give a poster presentation at the 2026 Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD) meeting in Denver, CO, as well as at the 2026 Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME) meeting in Reno, NV: “Everyone Needs CANDY! A Peer-Led Support Model for GME Program Coordinators”.
Also at AHME, Judith Cerino, et al. will give a poster presentation on “Institution-Led Second-Look Events: A Collaborative Approach to Strengthen Recruitment in Hard-to-Fill Subspecialty Fellowship Programs”.
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division to represent at Digestive Disease Week 2026 (external link):
- Platform presentation by Marc Rhoads, MD: “A Combination Probiotic for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Impact on GI Symptoms, Behavior, and Metabolites”
- Platform presentation by Supriya Nair, MD: “Biomarkers for Feeding Intolerance in Infants with Complex Heart Defects Undergoing Palliation Surgery”
- Poster by Ana Fadhel Alvarez, MD: “Limosilactobacillus reuteri-modulated T-cells Mitigate Live Inflammation and Reshape the Hepatic Transcriptome in Immunocompromised Mice”
- Poster by Nhat Kim Thanh Hoang, MD, PGY-6: “Oral Administration of Limosilactobacillus Reuteri Modulates Gut-Lung Axis and Alters Lung Inflammatory Transcripts in Treg-Deficient Mice”
- Poster by Rida Noor Sherwani, MD, PGY-5: “Casamino Acid Supplementation Augments Probiotic Limosilactobacillus Reuter-Generated Beneficial Metabolites
- Poster by Melissa Nicole Munroe, MD, PGY-6: “Limosilactobacillus Reuteri Reprograms Enterocyte Function Toward a High-Absorptive, Brush-Border Phenotype in Developing Murine Intestinal Epithelium”
Previous
Nam Nguyen, MD, PGY-5, and Carley Allen, MD, PGY-3, (above left) presented their posters at the Memorial Hermann Robust Process Improvement Expo alongside mentors Michael Chang, MD, and Hoang Huynh, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCIDP.
Publications
Children's Learning Institute Division
- Keisey Fumero, PhD; Kelly Vaughn, PhD; Tricia Zucker, PhD; et al.: “From Barriers to Bridges: Promoting Multilingual Language Development Through Parent-Teacher Collaborations in Early Childhood (external link)”
- Dr. Zucker, et al.: “Content-Rich Classroom Conversations That Improve Language Comprehension in the Early Grades” (chapter 2) in Language and Literacy Beyond Decoding: Evidence-Based Instruction in Grades PreK-6 (external link)
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition Division
Yuying Liu, MEd, PhD; Supriya Nair, MD; et al.: “Biomarkers for feeding intolerance in infants with complex heart defects undergoing palliation surgery (external link)”
Hematology Division
- Lakshmi Srivaths, MD, et al.: “Venous thromboembolism in obese hormonal contraceptive users: a large national database study (external link)”
- Neethu Menon, MD; Dr. Srivaths; et al.: “Iron Deficiency and Anemia in Menstruating Adolescents (external link)”
- Dr. Srivaths; et al.: “Knizocytes in an Infant With Hemoglobin CE (external link)”
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Division
- Kanekal Suresh Gautham, MD; et al.: “Navigating the United States FDA advisory: Probiotics in Preterm Infants (external link)”
- Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD, et al.: “Bacterial and fungal infections in infants born before 24 weeks’ gestation: a review (external link)”
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
Magda Haj, MD, MSCR, et al: “Association of the Child Opportunity Index on Severity of Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation Admissions (external link)”
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division
- Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MS, et al.: “The Mental and Behavioral Health Services Available to Children With Medical Complexity in Complex Care Programs (external link)”
- Dr. Mosquera in the ECHO Cohort Consortium, et al.: “Individual and combined effects of indoor home exposures and ambient PM2.5 during early life on childhood asthma in us birth cohort studies (external link)”
- Dr. Mosquera; Dinorah Zanger, PhD; et al.: “Hydrocortisone in Preterm Infants and School-Age Functional Outcomes: Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial (external link)”
Multidisciplinary
- Emma A. Omoruyi, MD, MPH, and Veronica M. Gonzalez, MD, FAAP: “Transition from Medical School, Orientation, and Onboarding (external link)” (chapter) in Graduate Medical Education in Pediatrics (external link)
- Lakshmi Srivaths, MD; Deborah Brown, MD; Neethu Menon, MD; Ricardo Mosquera, MD, MS; James Stark, MD; et al.: “Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study (external link)”
- Matthew Wright, MD, PGY-6; Dr. Srivaths; Stuart Fraser, MD; et al.: “Spinal Cord Stroke in the Pediatric Population: A Clinical Overview (external link)”
- Kaleigh Riggs-Harpur; Dr. Srivaths; Asha Davidson, MD; Rebecca Beyda, MD; Dr. Menon; et al.: “Iron deficiency anemia is associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding (external link)”