2011 Emory+Children’s Pediatric Research Center Pilots
2011 Pilot Project Recipients
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and its partners in research Emory University and Georgia Tech are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 pilot project funds through the Pediatric Research Centers. The pilot award funds are designed to stimulate new research projects and build new collaborations in child health-related research areas.
Children’s Center for Cardiovascular Biology (now known as Children's Heart Research and Outcomes Center)
Cardiac regeneration as a novel treatment for children with HLHS
Mary Wagner, Emory University
Andres Garcia, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ahsan Husain, Emory University
Paul Kirshbom, Emory University
Nawazish Naqvi, Emory University
Hemodynamic characterization of valve placement in the Fontan circulation
Kevin Maher, Emory University
Jakob Vinten-Johansen, Emory University
Ajit Yoganathan, Georgia Institute of Technology (collaborator, no salary support)
Kv4.3 blocks oxidation-dependent cardiac caMKII activation
Yanggan Wang, Emory University
Neural correlates of executive function in teens with congenital heart disease
William Mahle, Emory University
Thomas Burns, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Center for Cystic Fibrosis Research
Alveolar macrophage functioning in the neonatal CF lung
Theresa Gauthier, Emory University
Colonic bicarbonate transport in cystic fibrosis
Criss Hartzell, Emory University
Nael McCarty, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Mechanisms of dysregulated leukocyte adhesion and phagocytosis in CF patients
Cheng Zhu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nael McCarty, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Metabolomic investigation of molecular and physiologic mechanisms of accelerated lung decline in CFRD
Arlene Stecenko, Emory University
Prabha Dwivedi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Facundo Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology
Center for Endothelial Biology
Nanomechanical approach to study blood-endothelial cell interactions in SCD
Wilbur Lam, Emory University
Regulation of endothelin signaling in sickle cell disease: Pulmonary hypertension by PPAR gamma
Bum-Yong Kang, Emory University
The role of sFLT-1 as the mediator of glomerular endothelial dysfunction in SCD
David Archer, Emory University
Center for Developmental Lung Biology
Cell therapy for acute and chronic lung disorders: Evaluation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of chronic lung disease of prematurity
Ian Copland, Emory University
Theresa Gauthier, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Shilpa Vyas-Read, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Metabolomics as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for children with corticosteroid-insensitive severe asthma
Youngja Park, Emory University
Anne Fitzpatrick, Emory University
Regulation of oxidative stress in adolescent lungs by rac-guanine exchange factors
Amrita Kumar, Emory University
Jason Hansen, Emory University
My Helms, Emory University
The effects of hyperoxia on alveolar epithelial permeability
Shilpa Vyas-Read, Emory University
Michael Koval, Emory University
Center for Clinical Outcomes Research & Public Health
A tool for countering the impact of television on overweight, low-income kids
Elizabeth Mynatt, Georgia Institute of Technology
Veda Johnson, Emory University
Analysis of neonatal admissions at CHOA
Lyndsey Darrow, Emory University
Shannon Hamrick, Emory University
Maeve Howett, Emory University
Impact of maternal and child trauma on metabolic risk factors in children
Kerry Ressler, Emory University
Bekh Bradley, Emory University
Tanja Jovanovic, Grady Memorial Hospital
Miriam Vos, Emory University
Neuro-imaging study of iron-associated neurotoxicity in children (N-SINC Trial)
R. Clark Brown, Emory University
Quality of life of pediatric cancer survivors and family caregivers in transition for active cancer treatment
Linda Riley, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Carlton Dampier, Emory University
Kristen Vangile, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Readiness for transition in adolescents with complex medical conditions
Julie Krupa, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (collaborator, no salary support)
Carlton Dampier, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Nitika Gupta, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Alcuin Johnson, Emory University
Laura Mee, Emory University
Michael Schechter, Emory University
Maurice Sholas, Emory University
Karen Wasilewski-Masker, Emory University
Reducing racial and ethnic disparities following congenital heart surgery
Matthew Oster, Emory University
William Mahle, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Matthew Strickland, Emory University
Unobserved motor deficits and cognitive problems in TBI may impact rehabilitation
Jeanne Charles, Emory University
Kim French, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Julie Krupa, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Center for Pediatric Healthcare Technology Innovation
Biological cardiac conduction conduits for pediatric resynchronization therapy
Todd McDevitt, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mary Wagner, Emory University (collaborator, no salary support)
Molecular mechanisms of human craniosynostosis
Rene Olivares-Navarrete, Georgia Institute of Technology
Joseph Williams, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Quantitative electrophysiology to guide pediatric epilepsy surgery
Robert Gross, Emory University
Kim Meador, Emory University
Otis Smart, Emory University
Surgical planning in congenital heart disease
Ajit Yoganathan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kirk Kanter, Emory University
Children's Transplant Immunology and Immune Therapeutics Center
Abatacept combined with cyclosporine and methotrexate for Graft versus Host Disease prophylaxis: A randomized controlled trial
Leslie Kean, Emory University
Alloantibody mediated chronic rejection
Stuart Knechtle, Emory University
Neal Iwakoshi, Emory University
Children’s Center for Immunology and Vaccines
Developing PIV5 as a vector for HIV
Biao He, University of Georgia
Paul Spearman, Emory University
The development of probiotic organisms as a new universal vaccine delivery system
Tracey Lamb, Emory University
Jan Mead, Emory University