We are excited to announce our 2025 Pediatric Research Alliance Pilot Awardees. Congratulations to the following investigators: 

Center Awards

CCNR​

SUMOylation as a novel therapeutic target in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)​

PI: Biplab Dasgupta

Co-I: Tobey MacDonald

Marcus Autism Center

The Role of Speech Sound Processing and PareNting in ATypical LanguagE trajectories (RESONATE)​

PI: Mary Neel

Co-I: Nathalie Maitre

REACH​

AI Driven Community-Based Monitoring for Small Vulnerable Newborns in Rural Guatemala​

PI: Amy Rule

Co-I: Rachel Hall-Clifford

KiDNEY - Promoting Knowledge in Diagnosis and Early Action for Youths with Chronic Kidney Disease​

PI: Chia-Shi Wang 

Co-I: Stella Shin

CCTR​

Impact of obesity treatment on youth body composition​

PI: Jean Welsh 

Co-I: Jessica Reilly

CVC​

Innovative VIPER-TAC targeting norovirus proteases​

PI: Mourad Zerfaoui

Co-I: Dharmeshkumar Patel

Junior Faculty Fellowship Awards

Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Dynamics and Brain Motion in Pediatric Hydrocephalus​

PI: Nealen​ Laxpati

Mentor: John Oshinski​

A Preliminary Mechanistic Examination of Food Allergy and Fear-Based Learning in the Development, Symptomatology, and Presentation of Children with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder​

PI: Kaitlin Proctor

Mentor: Will Sharp​

Caregiver, Teen, and Provider Perspectives on Lethal Means Counseling in a Community Hospital Emergency Department​

PI: Sofia​ Chaudhary

Mentor: Jonathan Rupp​

Single cell analysis of the lymphoma microenvironment​

PI: Dailia​ Francis

Mentor: Chris Porter​

Mechanistically informed implementation of focused ultrasound disruption of the blood-brain barrier for novel brain tumor therapy​

PI: Andrey​ Tikunov

Mentor: Tim Gershon​