Children’s Friends Grant Awardees
2014
Title of Project:
Fecal Microbiota Therapy in Children with Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection
Principal Investigator:
Jeffery D. Lewis, MD
Medicine/GI, Children's Center for Digestive Health Care, LLC
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Title of Project:
Advanced MRI Evaluation of Early Radiation Damage to Normal Brain in Pediatric Tumor Patients
Principal Investigator:
Susan Palasis, MD
Radiology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Co-Investigators:
Deqiang Qiu, PhD
Emory University
Richard A. Jones, PhD
Emory University
Aimilia Emily Papazoglou, PhD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Claire M. Mazewski, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Natia Esiashvili, MD
Emory University
Thomas G. Burns, PsyD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Title of Project:
A Novel Automated Nanoimmunoassay for PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway Activation and Biomarker Discovery in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Principal Investigator:
Silvia T. Bunting, MD
Pathology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Co-Investigators:
Himalee Sabnis, MD
Emory University
Glen Lew, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Kevin Bunting, PhD
Emory University
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Title of Project:
Multi-planar Registration of Echocardiographic Images Using an Electromagnetic Tracking System for Determination of Aortic Wall Shear Stress
Principal Investigator:
Sentihl Ramamurthy, MS
Cardiovascular Imaging Research Core, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Co-Investigators:
Ritu Sachdeva, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Timothy Slesnick, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Denver Sallee, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
2013
Title of Project:
Randomized Trial of Two Maintenance Doses of Vitamin D and Trace Element Status in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Principal Investigator:
Larry Greenbaum, MD, Division Director, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Emory University School of Medicine
Co-Investigators:
Shahid Nadeem, MD, Pediatric Nephrology Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine
Thomas Ziegler, MD, The Emory Clinic, Professor of Medicine and Director, Emory Center for Clinical and Molecular Nutrition
Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipids, Emory University
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Title of Project:
Inhaled Corticosteroid use in Cystic Fibrosis
Principal Investigator:
Arlene Stecenko, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Co-Investigators:
Rabindra Tirouvanziam, PhD, Assistant Professor, Emory+Children’s Center for CF Research, and Division of Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Timothy Beaty, MD, Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
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Title of Project:
Investigating Genetic Risk Factors for Radiation-Induced Hypothyroidism
Principal Investigator:
Karen Wasilewski-Masker, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor, Emory University, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant
Co-Investigator:
David Siegel, MD, MPH, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine
Other Co-Investigators:
Ann Mertens, PhD, Pediatric Cancer Epidemiologist, Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University, Department of Pediatrics, Director of Clinical Research, The Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center
Lillian Meacham, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Director of the Cancer Survivor Program, The Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center
Veronika Fedirko, PhD, Genetic Epidemiologist, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
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Title of Project:
Dynamic Contributions to Femoroacetabular Impingement in Adolescent Athletes: A Biomechanical and Clinical Study
Principal Investigator:
S. Cliff Willimon, MD, Medical Director, Orthopaedic Quality and Outcomes, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Co-Investigators:
Mark Geil, PhD, Associate Professor, Georgia State University
Jonathan Riboh, MD, Resident, Duke University Orthopaedic Surgery