Celebrating the PRFC 2026, SPR Travel Award Recipients
We are pleased to announce the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Travel Award recipients, selected from the top-scoring abstracts submitted by early-career investigators from North America. This award provides $1,000 in support to attend Paediatric Research for the Future of Children (PRFC): A Global Forum 2026.
The inaugural PRFC seeks to chart the course for global leadership in pediatric research by examining future trends and fostering innovation on a global scale. Taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, February 11-13, 2026, PRFC brings together a select group of global thought leaders — senior experts and emerging scholars alike — to explore the future of pediatric science.
Please join us in congratulating the SPR Travel Award recipients (as pictured from left to right, top row first):
- Tyler Rice, PhD, Yale
- Emily Lai, MD, UCSF
- Alexandra Huttle, MD, MSc, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Leon Bichmann, PhD, Yale
- Kiely Fagundes, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
- Christopher Rees, MD, MPH, Emory University
- Jessica Messier, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Miantong (Jerry) Zhang, Duke University
- John Erickson, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s
- Drew Schwartz, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
