Research Opportunities During Residency
Many of our residents engage in research during training, with experiences ranging from case reports to mentored projects with extramural funding. The academic strengths of our diverse faculty, the flexibility of our curriculum, and an incredibly supportive institutional environment provide ample opportunities to succeed in research during residency. With 6 months of elective time, residents can choose to schedule dedicated research elective months or may also apply for the Integrated Research Pathway or the Accelerated Research Pathway through the American Board of Pediatrics.
Record of Excellence
- Number of residents presenting posters/abstracts at national meetings 2022-23: 32
- Number of publications involving residents during the academic year July 2022 to June 2023: 19
- Pratt Resident Research Symposium submissions in 2023: 45
- 8 platform presentations
- All 23 Online poster presentations at PrattLectures.com
- American Academy of Pediatrics CATCH grants: 2
- Saige Camara, Kristen Peterson and Elizabeth Lendrum: Reinforcing Health Equity Around Childhood Homelessness – Mentors Anita Shah, DO, MMS, MPH & Nick DeBlasio, MD
- Nicole Damari: Utilizing digital screening questionnaires to generate automated community referrals – Mentor Amy Rule, MD
- Multiple recent American Board of Pediatrics Accelerated Research Pathway and Integrated Research Pathway residents
Research Innovation in Support of Excellence (RISE) Award Recipients
- Valentina Bonnefil, DO
PGY1
Linking PARa Genotype and Patient Endotype to Drive Precision Medicine in Pediatric Sepsis
Mentors: Mihir Atreya, MD and Basilia Zingarelli. MD. PhD
- Kristin Lambert, MD, PhD
PGY2
Insult During Infancy: Early Life Antibiotics Disrupt Lung Repair Following Inflenza-A Infection and Injury
Mentor: Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD
- Tal Marshanski, MD
PGY1
Defining Pro-fibrotic Mechanisms in Linking NCF2 Gene Variants to Stricturing Disease Complications in Pediatric Crohn's Disease
Mentor: Ted Denson, MD
- Aimée Vester, MD, PhD
PGY2
Assessing the Relationships Between Early Lead, Tobacco Smoke, and Folate Exposures and School-Age Child IQ in the HOME Study
Mentors: Kimberly Yolton, PhD and Nicholas Newman, DO
Global Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) Award Recipients
- Laura Rangel Rodriguez, MD
PGY2
Assessment of Renal Angina Index for Prediction of Severe Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically IlI Pediatric Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in the Dominican Republic
Mentor; Stuart Goldstein, MD
- Aynara Wulsin, MD, PhD
PGY4
Genotype-Phenotype Retrospective Analysis of a Mexican Tuberous Sclerosis Cohort
Mentors: Darcy Krueger, MD, PhD and Rosalba Sevilla Montoya, MD, MEd
Recent Resident Research projects
- Aimé Vester, MD, PhD | Categorical Pediatrics, PGY-2
Prenatal Lead, Smoking, and Folate: Examining Their Associations with Child IQ in the HOME (Health Outcomes and Measurements of the Environment) Study - Katherine Melink, MD | Categorical Pediatrics, PGY-2
Use of Urine Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin for Prediction of Severe and Persistent Acute Kidney Injury in Children after Cardiac Surgery - Emily Sullivan, MD | Categorical Pediatrics, PGY-2
Use of a Furosemide Challenge with a Urinary Biomarker for Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury in Children After Cardiac Surgery - Michelle Recto, MD | Categorical Pediatrics, PGY-3
Higher Presenting BMI Associated with Lower Odds of Medical Admission for Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents, Independent of Physiologic Parameters - Molly Ahye, MD, PhD | Categorical Pediatrics, PGY-3
Macrophages from Pediatric TNFα-resistant Crohn’s Disease Patients Display Differential NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
