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Research
Residents are involved in research projects throughout their residency. Some current topics of research include:
Sharie Cooper
The Use of Gestational Age (GA) in Assessing Initial Fluid Requirements in Fetal Newborns (FN) <=25 Weeks; Accepted for a poster presentation at 48th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research
Elizabeth Dawson
Violence Prevention in the Maywood Community
Elizabeth Harstad
Received a CATCH grant to provide Parent education for parents of children with ADHD
Jennifer Johnson
Thornwaldt Cyst Presenting as Pediatric Asthma; Accepted for a poster at ACAAI's 2007 Annual Meeting
Defecation Syncope in an Asthmatic Child; accepted for a poster presentation at ACAAI's 2008 Conference
Himala Kashmiri
Chronic Urticaria-Angioedema linked to Pharyngeal Group C Strep Carrier State; accepted for a poster presentation at ACAAI's 2008 Conference
Rajiv Kumar
T cell mediated Reaction to Easter Egg Dyes; accepted for a poster presentation at ACAAI's 2008 Conference.
“Nutritional Rickets in an Atopic Nursing Infant Compounded by Maternal Gastric Bypass Surgery” accepted for National AAP conference October 2009
Amy Leifheit
The prevalence and pattern of use of OTC cough and cold medications in children in the Loyola outpatient pediatric acute care clinic.
Joseph Mittel
“A Case of Closet Avian Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis” accepted for oral presentation at AAP National conference and Exhibition October 2009
Sujan Patel
Food processing and animal milk specificity determine the allergenicity of cheese; accepted for a poster presentation at ACAAI's 2008 Conference.
Ryan Scheper
Triage of Pediatric Patients Away from the Main Emergency Department
Nazia Sheriff
Received an AAP Resident Initiative grant for her Refugee Health Promotion project
Tricia Thomson
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Grade 3 Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Preterm Newborns; presented AAP Conference
Jill Veselik
Pediatric Resident Exposure to Workplace Violence
Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics are involved in various research projects based on their interests. Examples of ongoing research in the department include:
Neonatal Group:
Growth and development in infants with BPD
Effectiveness of grief counseling after neonatal death
Rapid sequence intubation in premature babies
Markers of neonatal sepsis
Controlled management of neonatal ventilation
PDA and Surfactant
Grade III IVH Follow-Up
Fluids in the Extremely Low Birthweight Newborn
Multiple Gestations
Markers for Birth Asphyxia
LSV
NEC Prospective Markers
NEC Long-Term Follow-up
Dr. T. Gunasakaran (Pediatric Gastroenterology):
Stress as a risk factor for GER symptoms
Food as a risk factor for GER symptoms
Dr. Karen Judy (General Pediatrics)
Lead poisoning
Workplace violence
Medical Education
Dr. Lisa Martin (General Pediatrics)
Obesity and the metabolic syndrome
Medical Education
Dr. Mary Keen (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation):
Selective Muscle Strengthening in CP
Dr. David Hatch (Pediatric Urology):
Oxybutynin patch for treatment of neurogenic bladder in patients with spinal cord abnormalities.
Safety and efficacy of semi-solid silicone testicular prosthesis
Dr. Charles Hemenway (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology):
Design and development of inhibitors of MLL leukemias; grant support through National Institutes of Health/national Cancer Institute and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Dr. Kathleen Webster (Pediatric Intensive Care)
Impact of sedation weaning protocol on withdrawal symptoms in the PICU
Pediatric Ward Use of Telemedicine Critical Care Consults: Setting the Stage for a Remote Rapid Response Team
Risk Assessment for Pediatric Emergency Transfers
Dr. Jenny Wang (Pediatric Intensive Care)
Risk Assessment for Pediatric Emergency Transfers
In addition, all residents have a senior research project requirement. The purpose of this project is to have residents begin investigating a question that has come to them in the course of seeing patients. Residents begin thinking about their projects towards the end of their first year - beginning of their second year. They select a topic and a faculty mentor and begin designing their study as early as the second year. Several projects have gone on to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meetings held each year in May. Grand Round presentations of the projects occur in May and June of the residents' PL3 year.