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Congratulations to our recently named Atlanta Pediatric Scholars*!

Scholar: Shanmuganathan (Shan) Chandrakasan, MD

Mentors: H. Trent Spencer, PhD, Kevin Bunting, PhD, Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, FACP, and Chris P. Larsen, MD, DPhil

Project: Targeted non-genotoxic hematopoietic stem cell transplant conditioning approach


Scholar: Jocelyn Grunwell, MD, PhD

Mentors: Anne Fitzpatrick, PhD, RN, CPNP, MSCR and Rabin Tirouvanziam, PhD

Project: Targeting Neutrophilic Inflammation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome


Scholar: Sunil Raikar, MD

Mentors: H. Trent Spencer, PhD and Doug Graham, MD, PhD

Project: Targeting T-cell malignancies with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) gamma delta T cells

*The Atlanta Pediatric Scholars Program is supported by NIH award K12HD072245 through the NICHD sponsored Child Health Research Career Development Award

Join us for a celebration on 2/13/18

Our K12 (Atlanta Pediatric Scholars) Program Description