Current Research Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in research with the Department of Pediatrics faculty. Please review the options below and reach out to the primary investigator listed.
| Research name/focus | Principal investigator/point of contact | Comments | Division/program |
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| Summer Research Immersion: Infectious Diseases in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients | Gabriela Del Bianco, MD Ramia Zakhour, MD | Infectious Diseases | |
| Chylothorax in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease patients | Gnana Ardhanari, MD | Cardiac Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology | |
| Pediatric Population Health Initiative | Tiffany Collins | Pediatric Population Health Initiative Community & General Pediatrics Advocacy |
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| Teaching Together: The Added Value of Tiered School Plus Homes for Young Children At-Risk for Language Difficulties | Tricia Zucker, PhD | I am seeking support on papers or abstracts with medical students who are interested in children's learning or family involvement in learning, as access to early learning is a long-term determinant of health outcomes. | Children's Learning Institute |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder and Genetic Testing Results | Sarah L. Wilson, MD | Likely will be a collaboration with genetics and developmental peds also | Child & Adolescent Neurology |
| Turner Syndrome Research Registry Surveys | Michelle Rivera, MD | Surveys related to comorbidities experienced by individuals with Turner syndrome as well as the pre and postnatal experience of caregivers. We are also looking to recruit individuals with sex chromosome aneuploidies to register to INSIGHTS and GALAXY databases. | Endocrinology |
| Social determinants of health screening for pediatric patients, caregiver health literacy | Sheela Gavvala, DO, FAAP | Pediatric Population Health Initiative Pediatric Hospital Medicine |
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| Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (nHIE) | Viola Caretti, MD, PhD | Medical students participating in this project will contribute to research investigating the role of the gut microbiome in nHIE and its impact on neurodevelopmental outcomes. Students will gain experience in clinical data collection, sample processing, and literature review, as well as exposure to translational research integrating neuroscience, neonatology, and immunology. This project provides an opportunity to develop foundational skills in hypothesis-driven research and understand the gut–brain axis in neonatal brain injury. | Child & Adolescent Neurology |
| Molecular and genetic mechanisms of congenital heart disease | Jun Wang, PhD, FAHA | Pediatric Research Center | |