Recordings of Pediatric Research Grand Rounds
Pediatric Research Grand Rounds are typically presented at Egleston on the 3rd Wednesday of each month and the 2nd Tuesday at Scottish Rite. Below you will find recordings of some of the presentations.
Please go to the following link for a list of upcoming grand round presentations.
- February 16, 2022
More Than Just Food: Delineating the Impact of Obesity on Immunity and Responses to Immunotherapies in Hematological Malignancies
Curtis Henry, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center
Emory University School of Medicine
- January 19, 2022--NOT RECORDED
Modeling liver diseases in primary hepatocytes and humanized miceLefteris Michailidis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
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December 8, 2021
"A Translational Tale About Kidney and Urinary Tract Innate Immunity"David Hains, MD
Byron P. & Frances D. Hollett Professor of Pediatric
Nephrology
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief, Pediatric Nephrology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Riley Hospital for ChildrenDivision Chief, Pediatric Nephrology -
November 10, 2021
"Identifying Children At Risk of Mortality Here, There, and Everywhere"Chris A. Rees, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Attending Physician
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Pediatric Research Scientist, CHAMPS, U.S. Program Office - October 13, 2021
"Neurotrauma research at CHOA: From bench to bedside"Andrew Reisner, MD, FACS, FAAP
Elaine and John C. Carlos Chair for Neurotrauma
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics,
Emory University School of MedicineLaura S. Blackwell, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Board Certified Neuropsychologist
Department of Neuropsychology | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - September 15, 2021 (not recorded)
"A New Era in Graft versus Host Disease Management"
Muna Qayed, MD, MSc
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
- August 18, 2021
"Hiding in plain sight: HLA associated DRESS reaction to inhibitors of IL-1 and IL-6"
Elizabeth Mellins, MD
Professor of Pediatrics - Human Gene Therapy
Program in Immunology
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Stanford, CaliforniaVivian E Saper, MD
Clinical Faculty
Pediatrics - Human Gene Therapy
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Stanford, California - June 16, 2016
Finding My Calling: My Journey Towards Becoming a Clinical Trialist
Naim Alkhouri, MD
VP of Academic Affairs
Chief of Transplant Hepatology
Director of the Fatty Liver Program
Arizona Liver Health
- May 12, 2021
The Current State of Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Survivorship Care
Susan K. Parsons, MD, MRP
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, TUSM
Medical Director, Reid R. Sacco AYA Cancer Program
Director, Center for Health Solutions, ICRHPS
Tufts Medical Center -
April 14, 2021
Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission: From Epidemic to Elimination
Lynne M.Mofenson, MD
Senior HIV Technical Advisor
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation -
March 17, 2021
Neuroinflammatory Diseases: Predictors of Treatment Response, Outcomes, and Clinical Insights
Grace Gombolay, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology
Director, Pediatric Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Clinic
Emory University SOM/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta -
February 17, 2021:
"Smart and Connected Soft Bioelectronics for Advancing Human Healthcare"
W. Hong Yeo, PhD
Assistant Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Wallace Coulter Department of Biomedical Eng. @ Georgia Tech.
Director, Center for Human-Centric Interfaces and Engineering @ Georgia Tech - January 20, 2021: (Not recorded)
"Cytokines, Cytokine Signaling & Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Novel Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications Through the Study of Rare Diseases."
Scott B. Snapper, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Wolpow Family Chair and Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center (Boston Children's Hospital)
Physician, Crohn’s and Colitis Center, Division of Gastroenterology (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
Egan Family Foundation Professor of Pediatrics in the Field of Transitional Medicine & Professor of Medicine (Harvard Medical School)
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December 16, 2020:
Neurobiological and behavioral risk mechanisms of youth avoidant/restrictive eating
Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD
Co-Director, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychology Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School -
November 18, 2020:
Remembering the Pain of Childhood: Development, Impact and Modification of Children's Memories for Pain
Melanie Noel, PhD, RPsych
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (Behaviour and the Developing Brain Theme)
Hotchkiss Brain Institute -
October 28, 2020:
Pediatric Brain Tumors in the Era of Precision Medicine
Tobey J. MacDonald, MD
Aflac Endowed Chair for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory University School of Medicine -
September 30, 2020:
"Interventional Planning for Pediatric Transcatheter Surgery: Foundational Work and Future Pathways"
David H. Frakes, PhD
BME Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Applied Vision Laboratory
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University -
August 26, 2020:
"Sterile osteomyelitis in children"
Polly Ferguson, MD
Marjorie K. Lamb Professor
Director, Pediatric Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine -
June 17, 2020:
"Integrated Monitoring Program for Early Disease Events in Cystic Fibrosis"
Rabin Tirouvanziam, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Cystic Fibrosis & Airways Disease Research
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis and SleepLokesh Guglani, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonology
Emory University School of Medicine
Pediatric Pulmonologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta -
May 13, 2020:
"Quality Informatics: Improving Pediatric Care through Electronic Health Record Interventions"
Evan Orenstein, MD
Assistant Professor
Hospitalist -
February 26, 2020:
“Non-Invasive Physiological Sensing and Modulation for Human Health and Performance”
Omer T. Inan, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA - January 29, 2020:
"PEDSnet: A National Pediatric Learning Health System"
Christopher B. Forrest, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, PEDSnet (pedsnet.org)
- November 20, 2019:
"Pediatric research in preclinical conditions: ethical challenges"
Paul Root Wolpe, PhD
Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics Director
Center for Ethics Emory University
- October 23, 2019:
“Medicascy: A machine learning approach for personalized medicine, drug repurposing, efficacy and side effect prediction”
Jeffrey Skolnick, PhD
Director, Center for the Study of Systems Biology
Mary and Maisie Gibson Chair & GRA Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems Biology
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
- September 11, 2019:
"From engineered human heart tissue models to gene therapy for inherited heart disease"
William Pu, MD
Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Basic and Translational Cardiovascular Research
Associate, Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital
- August 28, 2019:
Rapid Genomic Medicine in Pediatric ICUs: A new way of practicing pediatrics
Stephen Kingsmore, MD, DSc
President & CEO
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine
Slides
Maverick Video
- May 15, 2019:
“Transitioning MerTK Small Molecule Inhibitors into Phase I Clinical Trials”
Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD
Professor and Director
Daniel P. Amos Chair
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Emory University School of Medicine
- March 20, 2019:
“Transplant Access in the Southeast and Pragmatic Trials to Improve Access"
Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH
Director of Health Services Research
Associate Professor
Emory University
Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery
- February 20, 2019:
“Novel mechanisms of inhibition and drug resistance and how they may affect future HIV therapies”
Stefan G. Sarafianos, Ph.D.
Nahmias Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair
Professor and Associate Director
Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
- January 16, 2019:
"Chronic bacterial infections: It takes a village"
Presented by: Marvin Whiteley, PhD
Professor of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Co-Director, Emory-Children’s CF Center (CF@LANTA)
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
- November 1, 2018:
"Protecting Innovation in Pediatrics"
Presented by: Patrick Reynolds, PhD
Assistant Director of Faculty & Start-up Services
Emory Office of Technology Transfer
- October 17, 2018: (start at 6 min. 12 sec)
"Genomics for Personalized Medicine in Neuromuscular and Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
Presented by: Gregory Gibson, PhD
Director, Professor, The Center for Integrative Genomics Department of Biology
Department of Biology, The Georgia Institute of Technology
Director, Functional Genomics Core, Malaria Host-Pathogen Interaction Center
Emory University
- August 15, 2018:
"Malnutrition and Pneumonia Synergy: A Challenge to Health Systems in Developing Countries"
Presented by: George J. Fuchs, III, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Kentucky
- June 20, 2018:
"Chemical Biology and Immunology with Virus-Like Particles"
Presented by: M.G. Finn, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair,
School of Chemistry & Biochemistry
James A. Carlos Family Chair for Pediatric Technology
Chief Scientific Officer,
Georgia Tech Pediatric Technology Center
- May 16, 2018:
"Sleep in the Adolescent and Late Adolescent: Where We are Today and Avenues for Further Research"
Presented by: Christina Calamaro PhD, CPNP-BC
Senior Nurse Scientist, Director of Research and Evidenced-Based Practice
Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, Emory University
- April 18, 2018:
"Influenza virus evolution…getting personal"
Presented by: Adam Lauring, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
(video and slides are separate due to technical difficulties)
Slides
Video
- March 28, 2018:
"Lost in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities in Caring for Adolescents & Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer"
Presented by: Daniel S. Wechsler, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics & Director of Pediatric Oncology, Thomas R. Giddens Chair, Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine
- February 9, 2018 (reschedule of 1/17/18 Grand Rounds due to snow)
"Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Cardiac Disease Modeling, and the Impact of Microgravity"
Presented by: Chunhui Xu, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
- November 15, 2017:
"What can pediatricians do to address malnutrition globally and at home?"
Presented by: Parmi Suchdev, MD, MPH, FAAP
Associate Director, Emory Global Health Institute, Associate Professor, Emory Department of Pediatrics and Hubert Department of Global Health
- October 18, 2017:
"Pediatric precision oncology – germline, somatic and functional genomics"
Presented by: Christopher Porter, MD
Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine & Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- September 27, 2017:
"Treatment of Severe Feeding Aversion with Mechanistic Insights from Cross-Species Translational Investigations”
Presented by: Shannon L. Gourley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and William Sharp, PhD, Director, Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program, Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
- August 16, 2017:
"Pertussis Vaccines: Successes and Challenges"
Presented by: Kathryn M Edwards, MD, Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University
- June 21, 2017:
"Cryptosporidiosis and humanized mouse models to study microbiota and disease"
Presented by: Jan R. Mead, PhD, Professor, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Trevor Darby, MSc, PhD, Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
- May 24, 2017:
"Survival and Long-Term Outcomes of Infants Born at Periviable Gestational Ages"
Presented by: Ravi Mangal Patel, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- April 12, 2017:
"Novel gene in very early onset intestinal disease - insight into pathogenesis and treatment"
Presented by: Aleixo Muise, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Co-Director SickKids IBD Centre, Cell Biology, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto
- March 15, 2017:
"Treatment of Enuresis and Encopresis for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Delays"
Presented by: Joanna Lomas Mevers, PhD, BCBA-D, Interim Director of Severe Behavior Program, Assistant Professor,
Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
- January 18, 2017:
"mTOR inhibitors for the treatment of Tuberous Sclerosis and related neurologic disease"
Presented by: David Neal Franz, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Founding Director, Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- October 19, 2016:
“Human metapneumovirus: The End of the Beginning”
Presented by: John V. Williams, MD, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- August 17, 2016:
"A ROMP in the PARC: Research on medical practices - Public attitudes for research consent"
Presented by: Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD, Seattle Children's Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Ethics, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Washington, Division of Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, Institute of Translational Health Sciences
- August 31, 2016:
"A perspective on precision therapeutics for rare CFTR alleles"
Presented by: Eric J. Sorscher, MD
- June 15, 2016:
"Genetics and Genomics of Inherited Hematologic Disease"
Presented by Patrick G. Gallagher, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine