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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

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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