| Pediatrics Department |
Residency Program
Research
Residents are involved in research projects throughout their residency. Some current topics of research include:
Stephannie Baehl
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Smoking—Exposure to 2nd hand smoke and hospital duration
Sharie Cooper
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The Use of Gestational Age (GA) in Assessing Initial Fluid Requirements in Fetal Newborns (FN) <=25 Weeks; Accepted for a poster presentation at 48th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research
Elizabeth Dawson
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Violence Prevention in the Maywood Community
Maha Elhassan
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Identification of metabolic syndrome in obese children in LOC pediatric clinic
Elizabeth Harstad
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Received a CATCH grant to provide Parent education for parents of children with ADHD
Jennifer Johnson
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Thornwaldt Cyst Presenting as Pediatric Asthma; Accepted for a poster at ACAAI’s 2007 Annual Meeting
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Defecation Syncope in an Asthmatic Child – submitted to ACAAAI 2008 meeting
Himala Kashmiri
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Chronic Urticaria-Angioedema linked to Pharyngeal Group C Strep Carrier State; submitted to ACAAI 2008 Annual Meeting
Rajiv Kumar
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T cell mediated Reaction to Easter Egg Dyes submitted to ACAAI 2008 Meeting
Tim Marsho
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Risk Factors for Medical Defaults in USTA Junior National Tennis Tournaments
Purvi Patel
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Management of Pediatric Eosinophilic Enteritis with a Specific igG-identified Dietary Protein; Accepted for a poster and oral presentation at ACAAI’s 2007 Annual Meeting
Ryan Scheper
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Triage of Pediatric Patients Away from the Main Emergency Department; Submitted to the AAP National Conference and awaiting approval
Nazia Sheriff
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Received an AAP Resident Initiative grant for her Refugee Health Promotion project
Tricia Thomson
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Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Grade 3 Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Preterm Newborns; Presented AAP Conference
Jill Veselik
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Pediatric Resident Exposure to Workplace Violence
Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics are involved in various research projects based on their interests. Examples of ongoing research in the department include:
Dr. Ira Horowitz (critical care):
Hypoalbuminemia in critically ill children
Dr. Tseghai Berhe (endocrinology)
Real time blood sugar monitoring (sensors) in children
Retrospective effect of insulin pump therapy on glycemic control in non-
complaint children with type 1 diabetes
Neonatal Group:
Growth and development in infants with BPD
Effectiveness of grief counseling after neonatal death
Rapid sequence intubation in premature babies
Markers of neonatal sepsis
Controlled management of neonatal ventilation
PDA and Surfactant
Grade III IVH Follow-Up
Fluids in the Extremely Low Birthweight Newborn
Multiple Gestations
Dr. T. Gunasakaran (gastroenterology):
Stress as a risk factor for GER symptoms
Food as a risk factor for GER symptoms
Drs. Ruby Roy and Lisa Martin (general pediatrics)
Obesity and the metabolic syndrome
Dr. Ruby Roy (behavioral and general pediatrics)
Medical education/ Humanism
Dr. Mary Keen (physical medicine and rehabilitation):
Efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen on motor and cognitive function among children with cerebral palsy.
Dr. David Hatch (pediatric urology):
Oxybutynin patch for treatment of neurogenic bladder in patients with spinal cord abnormalities.
Safety and efficacy of semi-solid silicone testicular prosthesis
In addition, all residents have a senior research project requirement. The purpose of this project is to have residents begin investigating a question that has come to them in the course of seeing patients. Residents begin thinking about their projects towards the end of their first year – beginning of their second year. They select a topic and a faculty mentor and begin designing their study as early as the second year. Several projects have gone on to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meetings held each year in May. Grand Round presentations of the projects occur in May and June of the residents’ PL3 year.
