The Society for Pediatric Research announces new members for 2024

HOUSTON, January 5, 2024 – The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce 127 new members. 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 children’s health.

Active members are independent researchers that have been nominated and seconded by SPR members and approved by SPR Council who are conducting 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 members’ research endeavors. Each year, SPR members contribute original and invited science to the program and serve on key committees to shape the program.

• Honoring pediatric researchers: Each year, SPR honors the outstanding achievements of members through a prestigious awards program.

• Advocacy for child health research: The SPR works through the Pediatric Policy Council (PPC) to ensure that lawmakers understand the value of dedicating resources for pediatric research. Through this channel, 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 mentors to fellows and junior faculty through the SPR Junior Member Section and the PRomotion of FellOwS‘ PEdiatric Research (PROSPER) Diversity Award, providing career development guidance. SPR offers early stage investigators special support through the Grant Writing course, and via the Bridging to Success grant. SPR Active Members host international fellows through the Japan Pediatric Society (JPS) Fellow Exchange Program, expanding SPR’s network of pediatric researchers beyond North America.

SPR’s Call for New Active Members occurs each year from mid-May to mid-July. For more information about SPR membership, please visit the SPR website.

SPR New Members Include:

Gangaram Akangire, MBBS, MS, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Uduak Akpan, MBBS, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Tarek Alsaied, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Asimenia Angelidou, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chidiogo Anyigbo, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Marcella Aquino, MD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital at Rhode Island Hospital
Natasha Archer, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s Hospital
Marin Arnolds, MD, University of Michigan Medical School
Mohamed Badawy, MD, Children’s Health
Rajit Basu, MD, MS, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Nathaniel Bayer, MD, Golisano Children’s Hospital at The University of Rochester Medical Center
James Bayrer, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Kristyn Beam, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jori Bogetz, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine
Samudragupta Bora, PhD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Jill Chang, MD, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Arpitha Chiruvolu, MBBS, MD, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Rushina Cholera, MD, PhD, Duke Children’s Hospital
Divyaswathi Citla Sridhar, MD, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Jonathan Cogen, MD, MPH, Seattle Children’s
Alexandra Corley, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Brian Crompton, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Raja Dandamudi, MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Jayna Dave, MSPH, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Shanlee Davis, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn, MD, MPH, University of Washington School of Medicine
Douglas Dean, PhD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Jagdish DesaI, MD, MPH, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Stephanie Deutsch, MD, MS, Nemours Children’s Hospital
Lori Devlin, DO, MS, University of Louisville School of Medicine
David Dickens, MD, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Katherine Dobbs, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Kevin Downes, MD, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Keri Drake, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Adam Durbin, MD, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Dina El Metwally, MBBCh, MSc, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Laura Ellington, MD, MSc, Seattle Children’s
Carmina Erdei, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Cristina Fernández, MD, MPH, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Samuel Gentle, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Akhgar Ghassabain, MD, PhD, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Sharada Gowda, MBBS, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Megan Gray, MD, MPH, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas
Katie Greenzang, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Bereketeab Haileselassie, MD, MHS, Stanford Children’s Hospital
Sara Handley, MD, MSCE, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Sarah Henrickson, MD, PhD, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Alex Huang, MD, MS, PhD, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Edward Hurley, MD, UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Suzannah Iadarola, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Autumn Ivy, MD, PhD, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Lenore Jarvis, MD, Children’s National Hospital
Amy Johnson, PhD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Jegen Kandasamy, MBBS, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine
Heidi Karpen, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Wei Li Koay, MBBS, MSc, Children’s National Hospital
Sandra Leibel, MD, MS, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
John Letterio, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Kendra Liljenquist, MPH, PhD, Seattle Children’s
Benjamin Liu, MBBS, PhD, Children’s National Hospital
Melissa Long, MD, Children’s National Hospital
Kate MacDuffie, PhD, Seattle Children’s
Kerri Machut, MD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Burhanuddin Mahmood, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Krishelle Marc-Aurele, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Sarah Martin, PhD, CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Nana Matoba, MD, MPH, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Robin McKinney, MD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital at Rhode Island Hospital
Timothy Mead, PhD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Michel Mikhael, MBBCh, CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County
David Ming, MD, Duke Children’s Hospital
Christine Mirzaian, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Ravi Misra, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Souvik Mitra, MBBS, MD, MSc, PhD, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Tahagod Mohamed, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Sindhu Mohandas, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Jaime Moore, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Desiree Neville, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Gaston Ofman, MD, Oklahoma Childrens Hospital at OU Health
Pamela Okada, MBA, MD, MS, Children’s Health
Allison O’Neill, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Anthony Orvedahl, MD, PhD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Raymond Parlar-Chun, MD, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Sameer Patel, MD, MPH, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Grant Paulsen, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Mark Petersen, MD, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Yana Pikman, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Pavadee Poowuttikul, MD, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Adrianne Rahde Bischoff, MD, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Sriram Ramgopal, MBBS, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Sharla Rent, MD, MSc, Duke University School of Medicine
Jessica Rice, DO, MHS, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Anne-Marie Rick, MD, MPH, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Franziska Rosser, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Robert Rowe, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Tamar Rubinstein, MD, MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack Rusley, MD, MHS, Hasbro Children’s Hospital at Rhode Island Hospital
Meera Sankar, MBBS, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Katherine Satrom, MD, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital
Seema Shah, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Sarah Sheppard, MD, MS, PhD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Vivek Shukla, MBBS, MD, Children’s of Alabama
Michael Silverman, MD, PhD, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Beth Smith, PhD, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Kathryn Smith, DrPH, MS, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Elizabeth Spencer, MD, MSc, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Margaret Stefater-Richards, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Katherine Steffen, MD, MHS, Stanford University School of Medicine
Abigail Strang, MD, Nemours Children’s Hospital
Srinivasan Suresh, MBA, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Nathaly Sweeney, MD, MPH, MS, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Tomo Tarui, MD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital at Rhode Island Hospital
Vidhu Thaker, MBBS, MD, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Peyton Thompson, MD, MSCR, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Mary Ellen Vajravelu, MD, MSHP, UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Gregory Valentine, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Juan Vasquez, MD, MHS, Yale School of Medicine
Laura Vella, MD, MTR, PhD, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Kristin Voegtline, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Caleb Ward, MBBCh, MPH, Children’s National Hospital
Muhammad Waseem, MBBS, Weill Cornell Medicine
Jill Weatherhead, MD, MSc, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Matthias Wolf, MD, Children’s Health
Charles Wood, MD, MPH, Duke University School of Medicine
Brian Zanoni, MD, MPH, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Emily Zimmerman, MS, PhD, Collaborate with Boston Children’s Hospital and MassGeneral Hospital

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About the Society for Pediatric Research
The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) encourages and supports pediatric research endeavors by creating a multidisciplinary network of researchers to improve child health. Collaboration among SPR members creates meaningful progress for the future of children’s health. For more information, please visit www.societyforpediatricresearch.org, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.