The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the recipients of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) Pediatric Trainee Research Awards, made possible by proceeds from CMN Hospitals fundraising activities. The goal of this program is to support research activities of residents, subspecialty fellows, and postdoctoral researchers within the Department of Pediatrics.
Congratulations!
Debolina D. Biswas, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Pediatrics (Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine)
- Project: Respiratory Neuropathology in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Mentor: Mai K. ElMallah, MD, MBBS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Associate Professor in Neurobiology and Cell Biology
Benjamin Cocanougher, MD
Pediatrics Resident
- Project: Comprehensive profiling of the β-arrestin2-SH3 interactome in wild type and pediatric disease-related variants of β-arrestin2
- Mentor: Robert Lefkowitz, MD
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Professor of Biochemistry, Pathology and Chemistry
Laura Tam Covert, MD
Subspecialty Fellow
Department of Pediatrics (Rheumatology)
- Project: Role of Type I Interferon in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Novel Approach with Engineered 3D Human Skeletal Muscle Model
- Mentor: Jeffrey Dvergsten, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Rheumatology
Sarah Heston, MD
Subspecialty Fellow (Advanced Research Training Program)
Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
- Project: Intestinal Integrity and Mucosal Barrier Injury-Bloodstream Infections Among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
- Mentor: Matthew Kelly, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Meredith Sooy-Mossey, MD
Subspecialty Fellow
Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
- Project: Household Material Hardship in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease
- Mentor: Jennifer Li, MD
Beverly C. Morgan, MD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Cardiology in the School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology