Present and Past Scholars
Present and Past CHRCDA Scholars
John Erickson, MD, PhD: Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
Laura Peterson, MD: Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD: 2020-2022, Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
Anna Peters, MD, PhD: 2019-2021, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Meredith Schuh, MD: 2019-2021, Assistant Professor; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD: 2020-2022, Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
Meredith Schuh, MD: 2019-2021, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Anna Peters, MD, PhD: 2019-2021, Assistant Professor; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Anna Peters, MD, PhD: 2019-2021, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Meredith Schuh, MD: 2019-2021, Assistant Professor; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Andrew Lautz: 2017-2019, Instructor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s
Andrew J. Lautz, MD: 2017-2019, Instructor; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s
Maria Barnes-Davis, MD, PhD: 2017-2019, Assistant Professor, Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children’s
Kathryn Nicole Weaver, MD: 2015 – 2018, Instructor, Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s
Kathryn Nicole Weaver, MD: 2015 – 2018, Instructor, Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s
Matthew N. Alder, MD, PhD: 2015 - 2017, Instructor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s
Kathryn Nicole Weaver, MD: 2015 – 2018, Instructor, Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s
Matthew N. Alder, MD, PhD: 2015 - 2017, Instructor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s
Kasiani C. Myers, MD: 2013 - 2015, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's
Andrew W. Lindsley, MD, PhD: 2013 - 2015, Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's
Kathryn Nicole Weaver, MD: 2015 – 2018, Instructor, Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s
Matthew N. Alder, MD, PhD: 2015 - 2017, Instructor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s
Elizabeth P. Schlaudecker, MD, MPH: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's
Kasiani C. Myers, MD: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's
Phillip P. Minar, MD: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's
Andrew W. Lindsley, MD, PhD: 2013-2015, Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's
Elizabeth P. Schlaudecker, MD, MPH: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's
Kasiani C. Myers, MD: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's
Phillip P. Minar, MD: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's
Andrew W. Lindsley, MD, PhD: 2013-2015, Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's
Elizabeth P. Schlaudecker, MD, MPH: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's
Kasiani C. Myers, MD: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's
Phillip P. Minar, MD: 2013-2015, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's
Andrew W. Lindsley, MD, PhD: 2013-2015, Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's
Benjamin E. Mizukawa, MD: 2011-2013, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children's
Terri M. Moncrief, MD: 2011-2013, Allergist, Private Practice.
Brian M. Varisco, MD: 2011-2013, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's
Bradley P. Dixon, MD: 2009-2011, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Sean R. Moore, MD: 2009-2011, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s
Angela Lorts, MD: 2008-2010, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Cardiology, Cincinnati Children’s
Tanya E. Froehlich, MD: 2008-2009, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s
Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD: 2006-2008, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children’s
Theodosia A. Kalfa, MD, PhD: 2004-2006, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Cincinnati Children’s
Stephanie M. Ware, MD, PhD, FACMG: 2004-2006, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Matthew D. Hansen, MD: 2003-2004, Physician, St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center and Mountain States Tumor Institute
Joseph S. Palumbo, MD: 2003-2003, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Hematology / Oncology, Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Jamie L. Wooldridge, MD: 2003-2004, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary, Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center
Mark M. Mitsnefes, MD, MS: 2000-2002, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Thomas A. Griffin, MD, PhD: 1999-2000, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division Director of Pediatric Rheumatology, Levine Children's Hospital and Carolinas Medical Center
Alexei A. Grom, MD: 1999-2001, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Steven M. Schwartz, MD: 1999-2001, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, The University of Toronto School of Medicine and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Larry T. Patterson, MD: 1997-1999, Director of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron (Ohio)
Thomas P. Shanley, MD: 1997-1999, Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Paul T. Jubinsky, MD, PhD: 1996-1998, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Oncology, New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital and Children's and Women's Physicians of Westchester
Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD: 1996-1998, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s
Hector R. Wong, MD: 1995-1997, Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Robert A. Colbert, MD, PhD: 1994-1996, Senior Investigator and Chief of the Pediatric Translational Research Branch of the NIH / NIAMS
Michael A. Fiedler, MD: 1994-1995, Pediatrician, Private Practice
Philip Zeitler, MD, PhD: 1993-1994, Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Services, Section of Endocrinology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado
David R. Repaske, MD, PhD: 1991-1994, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital
Mark R. Schleiss, MD: 1991-1993, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School
John Erickson, MD, PhD
John Erickson MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology. His focus as a physician-scientist is on improving the health of all infants, especially those born prematurely or with congenital anomalies who are at increased risk of serious, life-threatening infections. Dr. Erickson graduated from Medical Scientist Training Program at Vanderbilt University, where he trained with John V. Williams, MD. His doctoral work explored CD8+ T cell impairment during viral lower respiratory tract infections. He completed his pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Erickson explores changes to the maternal immune system during pregnancy and how these changes affect neonatal susceptibility to infections. He studies how vertically transferred antibodies passed to babies through breastmilk or across the placenta possess subtle changes in N-linked glycans that dramatically alter the baby’s defense against pathogens, particularly those causing intracellular infections. His work will investigate novel protective roles for antibodies against intracellular infection and highlight fine-tuned adaptations that enhance host defense during pregnancy and early life.
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Laura Peterson MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology. As a passionate early-career physician-scientist and Neonatologist, Dr. Peterson is dedicated to improving the health of premature newborns by understanding the aspects of their immune systems that contribute to their unique vulnerability to infection and exaggerated susceptibility to inflammatory diseases. She graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Michigan and fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Peterson investigates the immunologic pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a common long-term sequela of extreme prematurity, and the major cause of death among preterm infants who survive to discharge. Using longitudinal human samples collected from preterm infants, some of whom will develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia, she will investigate in unprecedented detail disruptions in the preterm immune system associated with this devastating disease.
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