Margaret Samuels-Kalow, M.D., M.S.H.P. – 2021
Margaret Samuels-Kalow, M.D., M.S.H.P. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics Massachusetts General Hospital Globe Phone Twitter MEDS2: Medication Education for Dosing Safety Multiple studies have shown that patients and families leave the emergency department (ED) without full understanding of their discharge instruction and without knowing how to safely dose medications for their children. These […]
Yana Pikman, M.D. – 2021
Yana Pikman, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Linkedin Globe Envelope Twitter Precision Medicine for Pediatric Acute Leukemia While deciphering the DNA code in cancer cells has become commonplace in the research laboratory, the integration of these technologies into the clinical care and treatment of children with leukemia has been lagging. We have […]
Pui Lee, M.D., Ph.D. – 2021
Pui Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Boston Children’s Hospital Globe Envelope Vimeo mTORC1 as a Mediator of Hemophagocytosis and Macrophage Activation Syndrome Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening disease caused by overwhelming inflammation and activation of immune cells. MAS can affect children of any age, typically as a complication of autoimmune diseases, […]
Shiaulou Yuan, Ph.D. – 2021
Shiaulou Yuan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Globe Envelope Illuminating the function of polycystins as ciliary mechanotransducers in cardiac development My project seeks to understand and cure congenital heart disease, a birth defect which affects the heart. Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affects about 1% of all live […]
Sigrid Nachtergaele, Ph.D. – 2021
Sigrid Nachtergaele, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Yale University Linkedin Twitter Globe Envelope Exploring Therapeutic Opportunities for Severe and Early Onset FSHD Rapid advances in genome sequencing have revealed the genetic changes that cause many types of developmental delays and disorders. Uncovering the molecular mechanisms that drive these changes, however, has […]
Angela Lek, Ph.D. – 2021
Angela Lek, Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist Yale University Linkedin Globe Twitter Envelope Exploring Therapeutic Opportunities for Severe and Early Onset FSHD Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is one of the most common forms of inherited muscular dystrophy that produces muscle wasting and leads to profound disability. Age of onset is variable, but the most severe forms manifest […]
Volker Hovestadt, Ph.D. – 2021
Volker Hovestadt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Linkedin Twitter Github-alt Envelope Machine Learning-based Risk Prediction for Children with Medulloblastoma Brain tumors are among the most devastating medical conditions in humans. While brain tumors are most common in adults, there are certain types that only affect children. In fact, among all cancers that […]
Lauren Henderson, M.D., M.M.Sc. – 2021
Lauren Henderson, M.D., M.M.Sc. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Attending Rheumatologist, Boston Children’s Hospital Globe Phone Dysregulated T and B Cell Interactions in Early-onset Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (oligo JIA) is a pediatric form of chronic inflammatory arthritis that is defined by limited joint involvement (<5 joints) during the […]
Andrew Wang, M.D., Ph.D. – 2020
Andrew Wang, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine and Immunobiology Yale University Linkedin Globe Envelope Understanding the Role of Environmental Xenobiotics in Food Allergy Childhood food allergies have become increasingly more common in the last 40 years. This is now a major problem in these children, who face severe lifestyle restrictions and the risk of […]
Megan Orzalli, Ph.D. – 2020
Megan Orzalli, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School Linkedin Globe Envelope Twitter The Role of Cutaneous Intrinsic Immunity in Neonatal Antiviral Defense Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are one of the most severe viral infections acquired by neonates. Transmission predominantly occurs during childbirth through barrier tissues, such as the skin, mouth […]