Pediatric Research Conferences are held every Monday from 12:00-1:00pm. All conferences are being held virtually via Teams until further notice.
2024 Pediatric Research Conference Lecture Series
January 22
Anna E. Patrick, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Unraveling the Genetic Drivers of T Cell Dysfunction in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis"
January 29
Jeffrey L. Neul, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Special Education, Pediatric Neurology
Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair, Pediatric Neurology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Gene discovery to clinical trials: How clinical and basic research intersect to discover and test new therapies for Rett syndrome"
February 5
No Pediatric Conference - Faculty Meeting
February 12
C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH
Edie Carell Johnson Chair in Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
“Systems Biology Approaches to Vaccinology and Pediatric Infectious Diseases”
February 19
No Pediatric Conference - President's Day
February 26
Sarah S. Jaser, PhD
William R. Long Director, Division of Pediatric Psychology
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Psychology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"THR1VE! A Positive Psychology Intervention to Treat Diabetes Distress in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes"
March 4
No Pediatric Conference - Faculty Meeting
March 11
No Pediatric Conference - Spring Break
March 18
Valentina Kon, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Nephrology
Margaret T. and H. Laird Smith Chair in Nephrology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
and
Elaine L. Shelton, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology,
Neonatology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Lymphatics in Inter-organ Crosstalk”
March 25
Invited Speaker/The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Lecture Series
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Molecular Diagnostics Section of the Genetic Laboratory Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Rush University Medical Center
"Translation of Disease-Targeted Therapies in Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
April 1
No Pediatric Conference - Spring Break
April 8
Kristen M. Ogden, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and
Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Ins and Outs of Nonenveloped Viruses.”
April 15
Research Week - K12 Scholars
Matthew Buendia, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“N-Acetylcysteine Modifies Histopathological Findings of Eosinophilic Esophagitis”
Benjamin Crawford, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Neonatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Macrophages Recruited to the Inflamed Saccular Stage Lung Alter Microvasculature Organization and Disrupt Development"
Bryce A. Schuler, MD, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Early prediction of genetic diagnoses in neonates using the electronic health record"
April 22
Turner Hazinski Awardees
Alison R. Carroll, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Integration of Social Determinants of Health in a Prediction Model for Pediatric Healthcare Reutilization”
Jaclyn Tamaroff, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Glycemia, Insulin Sensitivity, and Cardiomyopathy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Other Rare Diseases”
April 29
Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection During Infancy and Development of Asthma During Childhood: Causal or Casual Association?"
May 6
No Research Conference- PAS Conference
May 13
Wael Alrifai, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
May 20
Colin Walsh, MD, MA, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI
Associate Professor Biomedical Informatics, Medicine,
Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Translating AI-driven Clinical Decision Support for Suicide Prevention to Pediatric Settings"
May 27
No Pediatric Conference - Memorial Day
June 3
No Pediatric Conference - Pediatric Faculty Meeting
The Pediatric Research Conference Lecture Series Will Resume Fall 2024
Fall 2023 Lecture Series
September 18
James E. Crowe, Jr., MD
Ann Scott Carell Chair University Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
“Human monoclonal antibodies for infectious diseases”
September 25
No Noon Research Conference
October 2
Shajila Siricilla, PhD
Instructor
Division of Neonatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Discovery of Therapeutic Agents for the Management of Preterm Labor”
October 9
No Noon Research Conference - Fall Break
October 16
No Noon Research Conference - Faculty Meeting
October 23
Jim Connelly, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
“Collaborative Inborn Error of Immunity Research through the Human Immunology Discovery Initiative at Vanderbilt”
October 30
Leonard B. Bacharier, MD
Janie Robinson and John Moore Lee Chair in Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Pediatric Asthma Research
Scientific Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Section Chief, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Early Life Viral Infections and the Development of Asthma"
November 6
No Noon Research Conference - Faculty Meeting
November 13
No Noon Research Conference
November 20
Roopa Siddaiah, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep Medicine
Director of Severe BPD Multidisciplinary Program
Penn State Health
TBA
November 27
Cynthia Osborne, PhD
Professor of Early Childhood Education and Policy
Executive Director, Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center
Peabody College of Education and Human Development
Vanderbilt University
"Effective State-Level Policies to Strengthen the Early Years"
December 4
No Noon Research Conference - Faculty Meeting
December 11
Ryan Stark MD
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Dynamic Changes in Sepsis and Shock: The First 24 Hours and Beyond"
December 18
No Noon Research Conference - Winter Break
December 25
No Noon Research Conference - Winter Break
Pediatric Research Conference Will Resume January 2024
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Sponsorship Statement: Sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Department of Pediatrics.
Accreditation Statement: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement: It is the policy of the ACCME and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine to require disclosure of financial relationships from individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity; to identify and resolve conflicts of interest related to those relationships; and to make disclosure information available to the audience prior to the CME activity. Presenters are required to disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations.
Please contact Angie Tune by email at angie.tune@vumc.org with any questions.
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2022-2023
September 5
Labor Day - No Noon Research ConferenceSeptember 12
Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp, MD
Director of Patient Oriented Research
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Clinical Trials in the NICU –Opportunities & Challenges"
September 19
Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MBA, MD
Associate Chief, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Distinguished Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Cellular and Molecular Dynamics in the Lungs of Neonatal and Juvenile Mice in response to E. coli"
September 26
Michelle J. White, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences
Division of Hospital Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
"From Risk to Resilience: Fostering Strengths to Achieve Child Health Equity"October 3
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research ConferenceOctober 10
Fall Break - No Noon Research ConferenceOctober 17
Jelte Kelchtermans, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology Fellow
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Variable sensitivity to air pollution in Pediatric Asthma”October 24
Jennifer L. Herington, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology
Division of Neonatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Tocolytic drug discovery and targeted delivery for the management of preterm labor."October 31
Jonathan H. Soslow, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Imaging Research Center
"Imaging Biomarkers for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy"November 7
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research ConferenceNovember 14
Ashley Leech, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
"Treatment for opioid use disorder: Advancing maternal and birth outcomes"November 21
Thanksgiving Holiday - No Noon Research ConferenceNovember 28
James E. Cassat, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Osteo-immunologic crosstalk in infectious and inflammatory disease”December 5
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research ConferenceDecember 12
Fred S. Lamb, MD, PhD
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine
Division Director, Pediatric Critical Care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Novel concepts in redox signaling; location, location, location!"December 19
Winter Break - No Noon Research Conference
December 26
Winter Break - No Noon Research ConferenceJanuary 2
Winter Break - No Noon Research Conference
January 9
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research ConferenceJanuary 16
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No Noon Research ConferenceJanuary 23
Steven D. Townsend, PhD
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Vanderbilt University
“Human Milk as a tool for Non-Infant Illness”
January 30
Leigh M. Howard, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Viral Interactions with Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Pathogenesis of Acute Respiratory Illness"
February 6
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research Conference
February 13
Prince J. Kannankeril, MSCI, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology
Co-Director, Vanderbilt Center for Pediatric Precision Medicine
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Precision Medicine in Pediatric Cardiology"
February 20
President's Day - No Noon Research Conference
February 27
John T. Benjamin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“From BPD to COPD: Mechanistic Insights into the Developmental Origins of Lung Disease”March 6
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research Conference
March 13
Spring Break - No Noon Research ConferenceMarch 20
Rebecca A. Simmons, MD
Hallam Hurt Professor Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Traffic Cops: Extracellular vesicles in the preimplantation embryo"March 27
Jaclyn Tamaroff, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Glycemia, Insulin Sensitivity, and Cardiomyopathy in Neuromuscular Disorders"
April 3
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research Conference
April 10
Research Week - K12 AwardeesMichael Miller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“The Pro-Inflammatory Role Of ecSOD: An Unexpected Contributor To TNF⍺ Signaling”
Kristen Noble. MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"TLR8 signaling is an important part of the placental macrophage response to Group B Streptococcal infection"
Bryce A. Schuler, MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Genetics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Facilitating Earlier Genetic Diagnoses in the NICU by Utilizing Electronic Health Record Phenotype Patterns"April 17
Turner Hazinski AwardeesCristin Q. Fritz, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Novel Mobile Resource for Food Insecurity (NO MORE FI)"Jason R. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Characterizing the Role of SAMD9 and SAMD9L in Inflammatory Signaling"
April 24
No Noon Research Conference
May 1
PAS Meeting - No Noon Research Conference
May 8
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research ConferenceMay 15
Sarah S. Osmundson, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Prescription opioid use and spontaneous preterm birth”May 22
Ripla Arora, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering
Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
Michigan State University
"Illuminating the (uterine) path: from embryo movement to implantation."
May 29
Memorial Day - No Noon Research Conference
June 5
Faculty Meeting - No Noon Research Conference2021-2022
September 6
No Noon Research Conference - Labor DaySeptember 13
Ryan Stark, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Have We Figured Out Endothelial Dysfunction in Acute Inflammation? The Answer is NO"September 20
Laura E. Henkhaus, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Data Science Institute, Vanderbilt University
Department of Health Policy, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Center for Child Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Adverse Childhood Experiences and Support for Children in Tennessee"September 27
Maribeth R. Nicholson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Associate Program Director
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Fellowship Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Diagnosis and Treatment of C. difficile in Children: Two steps forward, one step back"October 4
Faculty Meeting (No Noon Research Conference)October 11
No Noon Research Conference - Fall BreakOctober 18
Kristen Noble, MD, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Neonatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Deciphering the role of macrophages in intrauterine Group B Streptococcal infection"October 25
Eric D. Austin, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Vanderbilt Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"It's no longer 'idiopathic': Advances in BPD-associated Pulmonary Hypertension"November 1
Faculty Meeting (No Noon Research Conference)November 8
Paul E. Moore, MD
Director, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology
Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Respiratory Outcomes in Children with BPD"November 15
Megan Culler Freeman, MD, PhD
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
"Respiratory and intestinal epithelial cells exhibit differential susceptibility and innate immune responses to contemporary EV-D68 isolates"November 22
No Noon Research Conference - Thanksgiving HolidayNovember 29
Lori Jordan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Radiology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Mechanisms of brain oxygen use and cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia"December 6
TBADecember 13
No Faculty Meeting or Noon Research Conference - Faculty Meeting CancelledDecember 20
Jason R. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Using a Human iPSC model of Pediatric MDS to Understand the Hematopoietic Impacts of Germline SAMD9/9L Mutations"December 27
No Noon Research Conference - Winter BreakJanuary 3
No Noon Research Conference - Winter BreakJanuary 10
Faculty Meeting (No Noon Research Conference)January 17
No Noon Research Conference - Martin Luther King DayJanuary 24
Timothy J. Mead, PhD
Research Associate
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
"Proteolysis optimizes composition of fibrillin microfibrils during embryogenesis"January 31
Drew J. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Instructor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Laboratory of Gautam Dantas, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
"Role of the gut microbiome in neonatal late-onset sepsis"February 7
Faculty Meeting (No Noon Research Conference)February 14
Jason R. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Using a Human iPSC Model of Pediatric MDS to Understand the Hematopoietic Impacts of Germline SAMD9/9L Mutations"February 21
Joshua Doyle, MD, PhD
Fellow
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
"Vaccine protection against viral infection - From preclinical data to real-world effectiveness"February 28
Amy E. Noser, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellowship
Center for Treatment Adherence and Self-Management
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
"Leveraging Health Technology to Promote Behavior Change"March 7
Faculty Meeting (No Noon Research Conference)March 14
No Noon Research Conference - Spring BreakMarch 21
M. Indriati Hood Pishchany, MD, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
Boston Children's Hospital
"Competition for nutrient commodities in vaginal microbiota"March 28
Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy
Director, Center for Child Health Policy
Executive Director, Firefly
Division of Neonatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"How are Tennessee Children Doing During COVID-19? Results From the Vanderbilt Child Health Poll"April 4
Pediatric Research Week - K12 Scholars
Michael Miller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"A Novel Role of Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase in the Function of TNFα and Integrin Signaling"Frank J. Raucci, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University
"Developing a Translational Research Program in Neuromuscular Cardiomyopathies"April 11
Pediatric Research Week - 2021 Turner-Hazinski Awardee Project UpdatesMhd Wael Alrifai, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"The evaluation of an EHR integrated model for provider workload measurement"
Michael S. Wolf, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"A Personalized Medicine Approach to Cerebral Edema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis"April 18
Tara McKay, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Health, and Society
Vanderbilt University
"Trends in VCH Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Gun Shot Wound, 2018-2021"April 25
No Noon Research Conference - Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) MeetingMay 2
No Noon Research Conference - Please join us in 208 Light Hall for Dr. David Skorton's presentationMay 9
Faculty Meeting (No Noon Research Conference)May 16
Hyung-Lok Chung, PhD
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
"From rare to common diseases: The Role of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids in ACOX1 deficiency and Multiple Sclerosis"
May 23
Justin M. Gregory, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"COVID-19 Exacerbates Insulin Resistance During Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes"May 30
No Noon Research Conference - Memorial DayJune 6
No Noon Research Conference