Center for Pediatric Innovation 2013 Pilot Awardees
Congratulations to the following pediatric researchers that received 2013 Pilot Funding through the Center for Pediatric Innovation:
A-PEWS: Analytical Pediatric Early Warning System for Cardiac Intensive Care Units (CICU)
May D. Wang, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University
Nikhil Chanani, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Dept. of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiologist, Sibley Heart Center Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Kevin O. Maher, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Dept. of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiologist, Sibley Heart Center Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Todd H. Stokes, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University
Chris Ward, Senior Research Engineer, Electronic Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Russell McCrory, Principal Research Engineer, Electronic Systems Laboratory
Georgia Tech Research Institute
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Toward Personalized Treatment for Osteochonritis Dissecans based on Genomic and Micro-CT Imaging
Gregory C. Gibson, PhD, Professor, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert E. Guldberg, PhD, Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
S. Clifton Willimon, MD, Surgeon, Children’s Orthopaedics of Atlanta, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
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Development and Initial Testing of a Mobile Platform to Assist Caregivers with an Infant with Congenital Heart Disease
Brandon S. Aylward, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine,
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Thomas Burns, PsyD, ABPP/CN, Director of Neuropsychology and Chief of Psychology, Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Emory University
School of Medicine
Timothy D. Nelson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
William Mahle, MD, Director of Clinical Research, Children's Sibley Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics,
Emory University School of Medicine, Medical Director - Heart Transplant and Heart Failure Service,
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
May D. Wang, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University
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Medical Device for diagnosis and treatment of von Willebrand Disease
David N. Ku, MD, PhD, Regents Professor, GWW School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Shannon L. Meeks, MD, Assistant Professor, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Clinic
Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
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BMP Delivery Strategies for Treating Pediatric Bone Defects
Robert E. Guldberg, PhD, The Petit Director's Chair in Bioengineering and Bioscience
Executive Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Lisa Tran, MD, Resident Physician, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Joe Williams, MD, Chief, Plastic Surgery, Director of Clinical Research, Center for Craniofacial Disorders
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Fast CFD analysis and geometric optimization for planning Fontan surgeries
Jarek Rossignac, Professor, School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology
Ajit Yoganathan, PhD, Associate Chair for Research & Regents' Professor, The Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished
Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kirk Kanter, MD, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine
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Reduced Touch Contamination Connectors for Intravenous Access
Joseph Schultz, MD, Active Medical Staff, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician,
Scottish Rite, Pediatric Sedation Service, Scottish Rite, Splash Medical Devices, LLC – Founder/Owner
Chris Ward, Senior Research Engineer, Electronic Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute
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Reduction of Thrombosis in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Shriprasad Deshpande, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine,
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
David N. Ku, MD, PhD, Regents Professor, GWW School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
L. Andrew Lyon, PhD, Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology