Education and Training
Pediatric Scientist Development Program
This NICHD-funded program provides intensive training to prepare entry-level faculty for research careers in academic pediatrics.
| Year |
Recipients |
| 2017 |
7 |
| 2018 |
5 |
T-32 Fellowships
The NIH provides these institutional grants to support research training opportunities at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels. Cincinnati Children's received funding for these T32 programs in FY2018:
| Division |
PI Name |
Reference Award # |
Dates |
| Allergy |
Co-PI: David I. Bernstein, MD, MA and Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD |
T32 AI060515 |
9/1/04 to 8/31/19 |
| Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology |
Kevin Hommel, PhD |
T32 HD068223 |
5/1/12 to 4/30/22 |
| Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology |
Co-PI: Scott Powers, PhD, ABPP, FAHS and Meg Zeller, PhD |
T32 DK063929 |
7/1/03 to 6/30/18 |
| Clinical Pharmacology |
Alexander Vinks, PharmD, PhD, FCP |
T32 HD069054 |
5/1/11 to 4/30/21 |
| Critical Care |
Co-PI: Alex Lentsch, PhD, and Hector Wong, MD |
T32 GM008478 |
7/1/93 to 6/30/18 |
| Gastroenterology |
Lee Denson, MD |
T32 DK007727 |
1/1/95 to 6/30/20 |
| Immunology |
David A. Hildeman, PhD |
T32 AI118697 |
7/1/16 to 6/30/21 |
| Molecular Cardiovascular Biology |
Jeffery Molkentin, PhD |
T32 HL125204 |
12/1/14 to 11/30/19 |
| Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology |
Jeffery Whitsett, MD |
T32 HL007752 |
7/15/94 to 6/30/19 |
| Nephrology |
Prasad Devarajan, MD |
T32 DK007695 |
7/15/92 to 6/30/19 |
| Neurology |
Charles Vorhees, PhD |
T32 ES007051 |
7/1/77 to 6/30/19 |
| Rheumatology |
Alexei A. Grom, MD |
T32 AR069512 |
5/1/16 to 4/30/21 |
Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award
The Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award is a one-year $10,000 funding opportunity instituted in 2014 in honor of Dr. Strauss' tireless advocacy of higher education at Cincinnati Children's.
| Clinical/Research Fellow |
Name |
Division |
Mentor |
Project |
| Clinical |
Laura Agresta, MD |
Hematology/Oncology |
Edith Janssen, PhD |
"CD244 Signaling in Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Mediates Inhibition of CD8+ T-cells" |
| Clinical |
Laura Bauman, MD |
Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition |
Lee Denson, MD |
"Host: Microbe Signature for Refractory Ulcerative Colitis" |
| Clinical |
Emily Smitherman, MD |
Rheumatology |
Esi Morgan, MD, MSCE |
"Developing a Best Practice Treatment Bundle for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis" |
| Research |
David Ohayon, PhD |
Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE) |
Stephen Waggoner, PhD |
"Synergistic induction of NK cell IFN-y and TNF-a in COPD" |
| Research |
Rie Ouchi, PhD |
Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition |
Takanori Takebe, MD |
"Modeling inflammation and fibrosis with human iPSC-derived multicellular liver organoid" |
| Research |
Sonia Singh, PhD |
Molecular Cardiovascular Biology |
Jeffrey Robbins, PhD |
"Jak1 and cardiac disease"
|
Research Fellows
| Department Name |
# of Fellows |
| Allergy and Immunology |
5 |
| Anesthesiology |
3 |
| Asthma Research |
2 |
| Biomedical Informatics |
1 |
| Center for Autoimmune Genetics and Etiology |
2 |
| Cardiology |
2 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgery |
2 |
| Chronobiology |
3 |
| Clinical Pharmacology |
2 |
| Developmental Biology |
22 |
| Endocrinology |
3 |
| Experimental Hematology |
28 |
| Fetal Therapy |
2 |
| Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition |
9 |
| General and Community Pediatrics |
1 |
| Hematology |
1 |
| Human Genetics |
3 |
| Imaging Research |
1 |
| Immunobiology |
13 |
| Infectious Diseases |
3 |
| Molecular Cardiovascular Biology |
20 |
| Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology |
5 |
| Neurology |
3 |
| Oncology |
3 |
| Ophthalmology |
2 |
| Orthopaedics |
1 |
| Pathology |
2 |
| Patient Services |
1 |
| Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery |
3 |
| Plastic Surgery |
2 |
| Pulmonary Medicine |
13 |
| Rehabilitation Medicine |
1 |
| Reproductive Sciences |
6 |
| Sports Medicine |
2 |
| Total |
172 |
Clinical Fellows
| Department Name |
# of Fellows |
Department Name |
# of Fellows |
| Adolescent Medicine |
4 |
Neonatology |
16 |
| +Transition Medicine
|
|
+ Academic Research in Neonatology |
|
| Allergy/Immunology |
6
|
Nephrology
|
8 |
| Anesthesia |
11 |
+ Academic Research in Nephrology and Hypertension |
1
|
| + ABA Alternate Pathway |
|
+ Acute Care Nephrology and Dialysis |
1
|
| + Advanced Fellowship in Quality Improvement & Safety |
|
Neurology |
|
| + Advanced Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship in Education |
|
+ Pediatric Epilepsy |
2 |
| + International Pediatric Anesthesiology |
3 |
+ Headache Medicine |
2 |
| + Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring |
|
+ Neonatal Neurology |
1
|
| + Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia |
|
Neurosurgery
|
1
|
| Cardiology |
14
|
Ophthalmology
|
1
|
| + Adult & Adolescent Congenital Heart Disease |
|
Orthopaedics
|
3
|
| + Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation |
2
|
+ Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery |
1
|
| + Cardiac Electrophysiology |
1 |
Otolaryngology |
6
|
| + Cardiac Imaging |
1
|
Pain Medicine |
2
|
| + Cardiac Intensive Care |
2
|
Pathology |
|
| + Fetal Cardiology |
|
Plastic Surgery |
1
|
| + Interventional Cardiac Cath |
1
|
Psychiatry |
7
|
| + Preventive Cardiology |
1 |
Psychology |
24 |
| Child Abuse |
2 |
Pulmonary |
9
|
| Congenital Cardiac Surgery |
2 |
+ Genetic Pulmonary Disease |
1
|
| Critical Care |
13 |
Radiology |
8
|
| Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics |
4 |
+ Body MRI |
|
| Emergency Medicine |
15 |
+ Interventional Radiology |
1
|
| Endocrinology |
10 |
+ Musculoskeletal Imaging |
|
| Gastroenterology |
12
|
+ Pediatric Neuroradiology |
2
|
| + Motility Disorders |
1
|
Rehabilitation Medicine |
4 |
| + Pediatric Advanced Nutrition |
|
Rheumatology |
6 |
| + Pediatric Transplant Hepatology |
1
|
Sleep Disorder Medicine |
2 |
| Division of General Pediatrics |
|
Sports Medicine |
2 |
| + Pediatric Master Educator |
|
Surgery |
2 |
| + Pediatric Primary Care Research |
3
|
+ Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology
|
3 |
| Genetics, Medical and Genomics |
1
|
+ Colorectal Surgery |
1 |
| + Clinical Biochemical Genetics |
|
+ ECMO |
|
| + Clinical Cytogenetics |
3 |
+ Fetal Surgery |
1
|
| + Clinical Molecular Genetics |
|
+ Pediatric International Surgical Fellow |
1 |
| Hematology/Oncology |
16 |
+ Trauma Surgery
|
1 |
| + Bone Marrow Transplant |
1
|
+ Vascular Anomalies |
2 |
| + Clinical Immunodeficiency |
|
Urology
|
2 |
| + Neuro-Oncology |
1
|
+ International Pediatric Urology Fellow
|
3 |
+ Sickle Cell Disease
|
1
|
|
|
| Hospice and Palliative Care |
1 |
|
|
| Hospital Medicine |
7 |
|
|
| Infectious Disease |
4 |
|
|
| Total Clinical Fellows |
272 |
Graduate Programs
| Program |
Number of students |
| Biomedical Informatics - PhD students |
13 |
| Biomedical Informatics - Graduate Certificate |
10 |
| Immunology - PhD students |
32 |
| Immunology - MS students |
7 |
| Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) |
63 |
| Biomedical Research Technologies - MS students |
13 |
| Molecular and Developmental Biology - PhD students |
54 |
Residents
| Division |
Number of Residents |
| Pediatrics |
121 |
| Medicine/Pediatrics |
28 |
| Rehabilitation Medicine |
4 |
| Psychology |
5 |
| Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry/Pediatrics |
15 |
| Human Genetics/Pediatrics |
6 |
| Neuro/Pediatrics |
24 |
| Dental |
12 |
| Dermatology |
10 UC Dermatology/17 Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Resident Rotators |
| Anesthesia |
16 Rotating |
| Surgery (Includes General Surgery, Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology, Cardiothoracic, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Plastic, Orthopedic and Urology) |
147 Rotating |
| Radiology |
53 Rotating |
Summer Students
| Name |
Number |
| High School Interns |
|
| + Biomedical Research Internship for Minority Students (BRIMS) |
15 |
| + High School Senior Summer Internship Program |
11 |
| Undergraduate Students |
175 |
| + Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship |
128 |
| Medical Students |
11 |
| + Summer Medical Student Respiratory Research Fellowship |
10 |
