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The 2026 Pediatric Neurosciences Research Symposium was held on Friday, September 18, 2026 at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Support Center. It was exciting to see so many people come together to celebrate our neuroscience community and share advancements in pediatric brain and nervous system research. Congratulations to our poster award winners:
Franklin Chien, MD – “Medulloblastoma Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Tumor Microenvironment Heterogeneity with High-Density Progenitor Cell Regions Correlating with High-risk Disease”
Armina Fani, BS – “Robust Neonatal Brain Segmentation in the Privacy and Convenience of the Browser”
Jorge Luis Jimenez Macias, PhD – “Targeting of the YAP/TAZ-TEAD axis Restricts Intra-tumoral Heterogeneity in Pediatric High-Grade Glioma”
Sofia Oliver, MS – “Gut Microbiome Metagenomic Profiles and Associated with Psychoneurological Symptoms in Children with Solid Tumors Undergoing Chemotherapy”
Hao Xing, PhD – “EP2 Receptor Antagonism Preserves Inhibitory Interneurons and Reduces Long-Term Seizure Burden After Status Epilepticus in an Adolescence Seizure Mouse Model”
Thank you to all who presented their research and participated in this day of learning. Please click here for more information on the symposium.
Children's Center for Neurosciences Research (CCNR)
The Emory School of Medicine celebrates Researcher Appreciation Day and recognizes the incredible contributions of our research community and the vital role they play in advancing science. Their work applies knowledge in the service of humanity, driving meaningful change with lasting impact. We honor faculty members nominated by their peers for groundbreaking research and innovation. Their accomplishments reflect the excellence of our entire research community. Please find the list of Center members honored this year below, and click
here for more details.
Congratulations to our Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference abstract competition winners, Kaveeta Kaw and Nabil Saleem (rapid-fire presentations) and Kaleaha Davis (poster presentation)!
As a pediatric infectious disease physician, Andi Shane cares for children with serious illnesses. As a researcher, she focuses on how to prevent the spread and lessen the incidence of these diseases.
That “bench-to-bedside-to-bench” mindset has defined Shane's nearly two decades at Emory.
“One of the amazing things about being a clinician researcher is that you’re able to solve patient problems and challenges by doing research, and vice versa,” she says. “Doing research helps inform the care of patients. And taking care of patients helps to raise interesting research questions.”
Few medical interventions have transformed human health more dramatically than vaccines, says Shane. As chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at Emory School of Medicine and medical director for hospital epidemiology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, she has seen their impact firsthand.
“Next to sanitation, vaccines are the most important public health intervention we’ve had in the past century and this current century,” says Shane
Vaccines have prevented severe illness in billions of people and saved millions of lives, but their impact on children is especially significant.
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Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines (CCIV)
Congratulations to the following fellows and residents whose research projects were selected for funding in the ninth cycle of the Warshaw Fellow Research Awards and Buchter Resident Research Awards. These awards are named in honor of Dr. Barry Warshaw, Vice Chair of Education and Dr. Susie Buchter, Residency Program Director, for their pioneering and tireless efforts cultivating fellows and residents in pediatric research at Emory University School of Medicine.
The Warshaw Fellow Research Award and Buchter Resident Research Award were created in 2017 to encourage pediatric trainees to engage in high-quality research, provide a mechanism to fund trainee projects, and enhance the research environment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Funds may be used for any type of child health-related research, including basic, clinical, translational, and outcomes research.
At Children’s and around the world, Dr. Chris Rees is helping shape the future of pediatric clinical care through childhood mortality prevention research, international partnerships, and physician education.
When asked what led him to pursue a career in medicine, Chris Rees, MD, MPH, doesn’t pause to consider his answer—it comes quickly. He was a teen on a family trip to El Salvador at a time when there were stories on the news that made him realize that not everyone had the same access to healthcare as his family.
Click above to read the full spotlight on Dr. Chris Rees.
Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR)
The 8th Annual Pediatric Early Career Researcher (ECR) Conference was held on Friday, May 15, 2026 at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Support Center. The agenda included oral presentations, rapid-fire presentations, and poster presentations from early-career investigators across all pediatric disciplines. Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS, Pediatrician-in-Chief for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and George W. Brumley Jr. Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicines, delivered the keynote address.
Congratulations to this year's Pediatric Early Career Researcher Conference award winners: Vani Sridhar, MS and Ran Xiao, PhD for rapid-fire/poster presentations, and Hananeh Fonoudi, PhD and Noor Alzraikat, MD for oral presentations. Thank you to all of the presenters, attendees, judges, mentors, and partners for making this year’s event a success!
REACH is excited to announce the Ann C. Mertens REACH for the Stars Women in Science Lecture, an annual distinguished lecture established to honor the legacy of Ann Mertens, a visionary leader, dedicated mentor, and passionate advocate for women in science. This lecture series celebrates exceptional women whose research, leadership, and mentorship are advancing pediatric health and shaping the future of scientific discovery. REACH was honored to welcome Dr. Sonja Rasmussen as the inaugural speaker for the Ann C. Mertens REACH for the Stars Women in Science Lecture on April 30, 2026. Click here for more information.
Research and Epidemiology for Adolescent and Child Health (REACH) Center
The Department of Pediatrics is proud to be featured in Emory's Health Sciences Research Buildings (HSRB I and II) on the Nexus boards. If you’re visiting, don’t miss the spotlight on our outstanding faculty! Click here to read the pediatric research highlight.
Bhavya Doshi, MD, a pediatric hematologist at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine, doesn’t have to look far for inspiration. She finds it in the children and families she cares for every day. While she is fascinated by new scientific advances in treating hemophilia, it’s the relationships she builds with patients that drive her to keep pushing for novel therapies.
In addition to seeing patients in clinic, Dr. Doshi is a researcher, so she can clearly see the connection between the bench and the bedside. She is a physician scientist with expertise in basic and translational approaches to improving diagnostics and therapeutics for patients with bleeding and clotting disorders. She has special interest in creating therapies that work for more patients by focusing on overcoming the challenges faced by patients with hemophilia A who develop factor VIII (FVIII) inhibitors.
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center (Aflac)
Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR)
