The Society for Pediatric Research announces new members for 2022

The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce 157 new members. Ā SPR encourages and supports pediatric research endeavors by creating a multidisciplinary network of diverse researchers to improve child health. Collaboration among SPR members creates meaningful progress for the future of childrenā€™s health.

Active members are independent researchers that have been nominated and seconded by SPR members and approved by SPR Council who are conducting ongoing hypothesis-driven research in a field related to pediatrics.

Some benefits of SPR membership include:

  • Research and presentation forum: SPR is the founding organization of the PAS Meeting, the premier North American scholarly child health meeting. This annual gathering of 8,000 child health professionals is a forum for research presentation and discussion that is highly relevant to SPR membersā€™ research endeavors. Each year, SPR members contribute original and invited science to the program and serve on key committees to shape the PAS Meeting.
  • Honoring pediatric researchers: Each year, SPR honors the outstanding achievements of members through a prestigiousĀ awards program.
  • Advocacy for child health research: TheĀ SPR works through theĀ Pediatric Policy Council(PPC) to ensure that lawmakers understand the value of dedicating resources for pediatric research. Through this and other channels,Ā SPR member advocacy has helped achieve year-over-year growth in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds available to support pediatric research, as well as important protection of Medicare payments to hospitals and institutions where SPR members conduct their research.
  • Developing pediatric researchers: SPR offers strategic and practical support for pediatric researcher members. Active members may serve as mentorsĀ to fellows and junior facultyĀ through theĀ SPR Junior Member Section providing career development guidance. SPR offersĀ early stage investigatorsĀ special support through the Grant Writing 101 course, theĀ Bridging to SuccessĀ grant, the PRomotion of FellOwSā€˜Ā PEdiatricĀ ResearchĀ (PROSPER) Diversity Award grant, and the Research Cohort Network.

SPRā€™s Call for New Active Members occurs each year from mid-May to late July. For more information about SPR membership, please visit theĀ SPR website.

SPR new members include:

  • Fredrik Ahlsson, MD PhD; Uppsala University
  • Oleh Akchurin, MD PhD; Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Osamah Aldoss, MD; University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
  • Thomas Alexander, MD MPH; University of North Carolina
  • Noorjahan Ali, MD MSc; UT Southwestern
  • Prasanna Ananth, MD MPH; Yale School of Medicine
  • Brett Anderson, MBA MD MS; Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • James Antoon, MD MS PhD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Monica Ardura, DO MSCS; Ohio State University & Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Marc Auerbach, MD MSCI; Yale University
  • Jessica Babal, MD; University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Aditya Badheka, MBBS MS; University of Iowa Children’s Hospital
  • Kelly Bailey, MD PhD; University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Stephen Balevic, MD MHS; Duke University
  • Anuja Bandyopadhyay, MBBS MD; Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Matthew Barhight, MD MS; Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Maria Barnes-Davis, MD PhD; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Jeffrey Bednarski, MD PhD; Washington University
  • Kristen Benninger, MD MSc; Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Parth Bhatt, MD MPH; United Hospital Center
  • Jonathan Blau, MD; Staten Island Univ Hospital / Donald & Barbara Zucker SOM at Hofstra/Northwell
  • Tehnaz Boyle, MD PhD; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
  • Callie Brown, MD MPH; Wake Forest School of Medicine
  • Ryan Callahan, MD; Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Jessica Carpenter, MD; University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Amy Caruso Brown, MD MSC MSCS; State University of New York, Upstate Medical University
  • Lindsay Caverly, MD; University of Michigan Medical School
  • Madhuradhar Chegondi, MBBS MD; Stead Family Children’s Hospital,Ā  Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
  • Danny Chou, PhD; Stanford University
  • Christina Cifra, MD MS; University of Iowa
  • Onur Cil, MD PhD; University of California San Francisco
  • Shayna Coburn, PhD; Children’s National Hospital / The George Washington University
  • Josef Cortez, MD; University of Florida College of Medicine
  • Alain Cuna, MD; Children’s Mercy Kansas City
  • An Dang Do, MD PhD; NICHD, NIH
  • Heather De Keyser, MD MSCR; University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Katie Donnelly, MD MPH; Children’s National Hospital
  • Andrew Dylag, MD; University of Rochester
  • Amy Elliott, PhD; Avera Health &Ā  University of South Dakota School of Medicine
  • Dalia Feltman, MD MA; NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston Hospital
  • Tina Findley, MD; University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Wayne Fisher, PhD; Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Anthony Flores, MD MPH MS PhD; UTHealth/McGovern Medical School
  • Saul Flores, MD; Baylor College of Medicine
  • Lisa Forbes Satter, MD; Baylor College of Medicine
  • Carolyn Foster, MD MSHS; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Sean Frey, MD MPH; University of Rochester
  • Chintan Gandhi, MBBS MD; Penn State College of Medicine
  • Bernadette Gillick, PhD MSPT; University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Nicolaus Glomb, MD MPH; University of California San Francisco
  • Anna Gloyn, PhD; Stanford University
  • Joseph Glykys, MD PhD; University of Iowa
  • Semsa Gogcu, MD MPH; Wake Forest School of Medicine
  • Brian Greer, PhD; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Olga Gupta, MD MSCI; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Carmen Halabi, MD PhD; Washington University School of Medicine
  • Rana Hamdy, MD MPH MSCE; Children’s National Hospital
  • Mark Hanudel, MD MSCR; UCLA
  • Syed Hashmi, MD MPH PhD; McGovern Medical School at UTHS Center at Houston
  • Marlyse Haward, MD; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
  • Patrice Held, PhD FACMG; University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Jennifer Herington, PhD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Kimberly Hieftje, MS PhD; Yale University School of Medicine
  • Inga Hofmann, MD PhD; University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Amjad Horani, MD; Washington University in St Louis
  • Narayan Iyer, MBBS MD; USC Keck School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  • Seethal Jacob, MD MS; Riley Hospital for Children/Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Sophia Jan, MD MSHP; Cohen Children’s Medical Center of Northwell Health; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine of Hofstra/Northwell Health
  • Niko Kaciroti, PhD; University of Michigan
  • Venkatakrishna Kakkilaya, MBBS; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Brian Kalish, MD; Hospital for Sick Children
  • Sreenivas Karnati, MD FAAP; Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
  • Erica Kaye, MD MPH; St Jude’s Research Hospital
  • Virginia Kimonis, MD MRCP; UC Irvine School of Medicine
  • Amy Kogon, MD MPH; University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Teresa Kortz, MD MS PhD candidate; University of California San Francisco
  • Stephanie Kraft, JD; University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Panagiotis Kratimenos, MD PhD; Children’s National Hospital, George Washington University SOM and Health Sciences
  • Emily Kroshus, ScD MPH; University of Washington
  • Sarah Kunz, MD MPH; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Christin Kuo, MD; Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Luke Lamers, MD; University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Blake Lancaster, PhD; Michigan Medicine
  • Benjamin Landis, MD; Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Janet Legare, MD; University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Jennifer Lighter, MD; NYU School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health
  • Yuying Liu, PhD; UTHSC at Houston McGovern Medical School
  • Aline Maddux, MD MSCS; University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Kartikeya Makker, MBBS; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Renee Manworren, PhD; Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Lucy Marcil, MD MPH; Boston University School of Medicine
  • Brynn Marks, MD MSHPEd; Children’s National Hospital
  • Mary McBride, MD MEd; Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Matthew McGraw, MD; University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Megan McHenry, MD MS; Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Shina Menon, MBBS; University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital
  • Laura Mercer-Rosa, MD MSCE; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Janardhan Mydam, MBBS MD; John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County/Rush Medical Center
  • Mary Lauren Neel, MD MSCI; Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Abigail Wexner Research Institute
  • Kristen Ogden, PhD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Kimihiko Oishi, MD; The Jikei University School of Medicine
  • Margaret Parker, MD MPH; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
  • Anca Pasca, MD; Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Nivedita Patni, MBBS; UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Megan Paulsen, MD; University of Minnesota
  • Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, MD MSc; UMMS Baystate
  • Katie Pfister, MD; University of Minnesota
  • Richard Pierce, MD MS; Yale School of Medicine
  • Enkhsaikhan Purevjav, MD PhD; University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • Shane Quinonez, MD; University of Michigan
  • Manuela Raffatellu, MD MS; University of California San Diego
  • Riad Rahhal, MD MS; UI Stead Family Childrenā€™s Hospital / University of Iowa Health Care
  • Robert Richter, MD; University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Mary Robbins, MD; Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Rebecca Rosenberg, MD MPH; NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health
  • Mindy Ross, MBA MD; University of California Los Angeles
  • Eniko Sajti, MD PhD; University of California San Diego
  • Samira Samiee-Zafarghandy, MD; McMaster University
  • Joyce Samuel, MD MS; McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
  • Keia Sanderson, MD MSCR; University of North Carolina
  • Davida Schiff, MD MSc; MassGeneral Hospital for Children
  • Jason Schwartz, MD PhD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Shivang Shah, MD PhD; Columbia University Medical Center
  • Malika Shah, MD; Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Anjali Sharathkumar, MBBS MD MS; University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
  • Roopa Siddaiah, MBBS; Penn State Health Children’s Hospital
  • Bryan Sisk, MD; Washington University in St Louis
  • Gwenn Skar, MD; University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Andrew Smitherman, MD MSc; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Nancy Spector, MD; Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Michael Stalvey, MD; University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Ryan Stark, MD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Michelle Starr, MD MPH; Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Ashley Steed, MD PhD; Washington University in St Louis
  • Brynne Sullivan, MD MSCR; University of Virginia
  • Neeraj Surana, MD PhD; Duke University
  • Sana Syed, MBBS MS; University of Virginia
  • Caterina Tiozzo, MD MPH PhD; New York University-Long island School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Trainor, MD; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Katherine Travis, PhD; Stanford University
  • Megan Tschudy, MD MPH; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Ruben Vaidya, MBBS MD; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Baystate
  • Peter Vitiello, PhD; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • Jodie Votava-Smith, MD; Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
  • Susan Walley, MD; University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Jennifer Walter, MD MS PhD; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of PA SOM
  • Bryn Webb, MD; University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Joshua Wechsler, MD MSCI; Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern Feinberg SOM
  • Lauren Wisk, PhD; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • Charlene Wong, MD MSHP; Duke University
  • Thomas Wood, PhD BM BCh; University of Washington
  • Sarah Wood, MD MS; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  • Jeffrey Yaeger, MD MPH; University of Rochester
  • Vivien Yap, MD; Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Jason Yeatman, PhD; Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Inci Yildirim, MD PhD; Yale School of Mediicne
  • Peter Zage, MD PhD; UCSD Moores Cancer Center

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About the Society for Pediatric Research

TheĀ Society for Pediatric ResearchĀ (SPR) encourages and supports pediatric research endeavors by creating a network of multidisciplinary researchers to improve child health. Collaboration among SPR members creates meaningful progress for the future of childrenā€™s health. For more information, please visitĀ www.societyforpediatricresearch.org, and follow us onĀ Facebook` andĀ Twitter.

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Society for Pediatric Research
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