Karmel Choi, Ph.D. – 2024
Karmel Choi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Massachusetts General Hospital Linkedin Globe Twitter Evaluating Effective Combinations of Modifiable Factors for Preventing Youth Depression Risk This project tackles the challenge of preventing depression in children, which represents a major growing source of distress and impairment. Depression in children is influenced by many different risk and […]
Margaret Stefater-Richards, M.D., Ph.D. – 2024
Margaret Stefater-Richards, M.D., Ph.D. Instructor in Pediatrics Boston Children’s Hospital Linkedin Globe Twitter Role of Xenobiotic Pathways to Modulate Intestinal Epithelial Metabolism, As Possible Targets for Obesity and Diabetes The rising incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes (T2D) highlights a growing need to understand mechanisms behind highly-effective therapies such as bariatric surgery, in order […]
Sailaja Ghanta, M.D. – 2024
Sailaja Ghanta, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Brigham and Women’s Hospital Linkedin Globe Twitter The Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Enhance Immune Function in a Model of Neonatal Infection Neonatal sepsis, defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction resulting from infection, remains a leading cause of death and complications in newborns worldwide. Due to the […]
Brielle Ferguson, Ph.D. – 2024
Brielle Ferguson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Genetics and Neurology Boston Children’s Hospital Linkedin Globe Twitter Characterizing the role of two subcortical nuclei in prefrontal regulation of attention Attention refers to our ability to filter out irrelevant sensory inputs, like sights, sounds, touch and smell, to effectively process information needed for our current goals. Attention […]
Yan Bai, M.D. – 2024
Yan Bai, M.D. Instructor in Pediatrics Massachusetts General Hospital Linkedin Globe Twitter Deciphering the Mechanism Underlying Short- and Long-term Airway Hyperresponsiveness Following Early-life RSV Infection Respiratory Synthetical Virus (RSV) is the most common respiratory virus that causes young children sickness with cough, wheezing, and respiratory distress. In severe cases, sick babies need care in […]
Ryoji Amamoto, Ph.D. – 2024
Ryoji Amamoto, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Linkedin Globe Twitter Advancing the Retinoic Acid Signaling Activator as a Novel Therapeutic in Mouse Models of Retinal Degeneration Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic blindness disease that afflicts millions worldwide. Although patients with this disease are born with the mutation that causes […]
Duncan Morhardt, M.D., Ph.D. – 2024
Duncan Morhardt, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Linkedin Globe Twitter Evaluating mechanisms of environmental chemical exposure with developing zebrafish urinary system Many children with improper organ growth before birth have disfigured pelvic organs. In many cases these disfigured organs affect the urinary system: they urinate from more than one hole, […]
Carol Wilkinson, M.D. – 2023
Carol Wilkinson, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Boston Children’s Hospital Linkedin Globe Twitter Identifying EEG-based Biomarkers of Language Growth in Preschool-aged Children with Down Syndrome Down syndrome (DS) is the most common cause of intellectual disability. In addition, most children with DS are delayed in their language development and have challenges in communicating throughout their […]
Brittney van de Water, Ph.D., RN, PNP-PC – 2023
Brittney van de Water, Ph.D., RN, PNP-PC Assistant Professor Boston College Linkedin Globe Twitter Improving Childhood Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Post-TB Lung Functioning and Quality of Life in Rural South Africa The purpose of this study is to assess TB treatment outcomes and post-TB lung function and quality of life for children. We will use […]
Samuel Rowbotham, Ph.D. – 2023
Samuel Rowbotham, Ph.D. Instructor Massachusetts General Hospital Linkedin Globe Twitter Tackling pulmonary hypoplasia with genetic, epigenetic and stem cell approaches Fully functioning lungs are essential for human life and newborn infants must quickly transition from receiving oxygenated blood from their mother to breathing air after birth. To survive this transition, the lungs must be developed […]