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Researcher Focus Area Department Oettgen, Hans, MD, PhD Allergy Immunology Olson, Karen L., PhD Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Informatics Program Orbach, Darren B., MD, PhD cerebral electromagnetic activity encephalographic functional magnetic resonance imaging (efMRI) Radiology Orkin, Stuart, MD Hematopoiesis Hematology/Oncology Ozcan, Umut, MD The molecular biology of ER stress and its relation to insulin and leptin resistance. Endocrinology Packard, Alan, PhD Radiopharmaceutical development Radiology Padwa, Bonnie, MD, DMD Oral and maxillofacial surgery Craniofacial surgery Plastic Surgery Pai, Sung-Yun, MD T cell development and function Hematology/Oncology Palfrey, Judith, MD Developmental medicine General Pediatrics Paltiel, Harriet J., MD Ultrasound Radiology Park, Peter J., PhD Bioinformatics Informatics Program Park, Pyong, PhD Extracellular matrix Respiratory Diseases Patenaude, Andrea, PhD Psychosocial aspects of survivorship Hematology/Oncology Paw, Barry, MD, PhD Hematopoiesis Hematology/Oncology Pellman, David, MD Aneuploidy Hematology/Oncology Permar, Sallie R., MD, PhD HIV simian immunodeficiency virus cytomegalovirus Infectious Diseases Piao, Xianhua, MD, PhD GPR56 in brain development Newborn Medicine Pigula, Frank, MD Fetal cardiac surgery Cardiac Surgery Pomeroy, Scott, MD, PhD Molecular biology of meduloblastoma Neurobiology Program Neurology Porter, Stephen C., MD, MPH Clinical informatics Emergency Medicine Poussaint, Tina Young Neuroimaging Radiology Powell, Andrew, MD Cardiac MRI Cardiology Priebe, Gregory, MD Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections Anesthesiology Infectious Diseases Pu, William, MD Heart development Cardiology Puder, Mark, MD Neonatal surgery General Surgery Ramesh, Narayanaswamy, PhD Molecular basis of primary immunodeficiencies Immunology Ramoni, Marco, PhD Bioinformatics Informatics Program Randolph, Adrienne, MD, MSc Outcomes in ICU Anesthesiology Rangel, Shawn, MD, MSCE Reducing incidence and severity of surgical complications General Surgery Rappaport, Leonard, MD Development and learning Developmental Medicine General Pediatrics Reis, Ben, PhD Predictive Medicine Pharmacovigilance Social Networks and Health Informatics Program Rhodes, Jonathan, MD Exercise physiology Cardiology Rich, Michael, MD, MPH Media effects on health risks Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine Richmond, Tracy, MD Racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent health obesity Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine Rivkin, Michael, MD Cognitive disorders and brain development Neurology Roberson, David, MD Medical errors Otolaryngology Roberts, Charles M., MD, PhD Chromatin remodeling in cancer genesis Hematology/Oncology Robinson, Walter, MD Cystic fibrosis Respiratory Diseases Rogers, Michael S., PhD Genetic modifiers of the angiogenic response and the role of anthrax toxin receptors in angiogenesis Vascular Biology Program Rosenberg, Paul, MD, PhD Mechanisms of brain injury Glutamate transport Neurobiology Program Neurology Rotenberg, Alexander, MD, PhD Noninvasive brain stimulation; traumatic brain Neurobiology Program Rowitch, David, MD, PhD CNS tumorigenesis Hematology/Oncology Rufo, Paul, MD, MMSc Inflammatory bowel disease Gastroenterology Sahin, Mustafa, MD, PhD Axon guidance Neurobiology Program Neurology Sallan, Stephen, MD Acute lymphoblastic anemia Hematology/Oncology Samples, Cathryn, MD, MPH HIV prevention/care Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine Samuels, Ronald, MD Improving care for underserved populations General Pediatrics Sandora, Thomas, MD, MPH Hospital epidemiology Hand hygiene Infectious Diseases Saxe, Glenn, MD Psychological consequences of traumatic events Psychiatry Sayegh, Mohamed, MD Kidney transplantation Nephrology Schachter, Asher, MD, MMSC, Transplant genomics and proteomics Informatics Program Nephrology Scharff, Lisa, PhD Chronic pain Psychiatry Schneider, Lynda, MD Allergy Immunology Schwarz, Thomas, PhD Membrane trafficking Neurobiology Program Neurology Scott, Michael, MD Moyamoya syndrome Neurosurgery Segal, Rosalind, MD Nerve cell proliferation Hematology/Oncology Shamberger, Robert, MD Cancer and bowel surgery General Surgery Shane, Howard, PhD Augmented communication Otolaryngology Shannon, Michael, MD, MPH Lead poisioning Emergency Medicine Shapiro, Frederic, MD Bone deformities Orthopedic Surgery Pathology Sharara-Chami, Rana Effects of the Stress Hormone Epinephrine Anesthesiology Shing, Yuen, PhD Angiogenesis Vascular Biology Program Shrier, Lydia, MD, MPH Adolescent mental health and sexual risk behavior Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine Sieff, Colin, MB. 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Ted, MD Nuclear medicine Radiology Triedman, John, MD Arrhythmias Cardiology Tronick, Ed, PhD Neurobehavioral and social emotional development Developmental Medicine General Pediatrics Troug, Robert D., MD Informed Consent organ transplantation medical futility rationing stem cell research end-of-life car Anesthesiology Tsitsikov, Erdyni, PhD Molecular basis of inflammation Immunology Turner, Christopher, MD Long-term effects of brain tumors Hematology/Oncology Tworetzky, Wayne, MD Noninvasive cardiology Cardiology Umetsu, Dale, MD, PhD The immunobiology of asthma and allergy Immunology Vajapeyam, Sridhar, PhD MR image and data processing brain tumors and diffusion Radiology Van Marter, Linda, MD, MPH Neonatal cardiopulmonary disorders Newborn Medicine Volpe, Joseph, MD Brain injury in premature infants Neurobiology Program Neurology Voss, Stephan, MD, PhD Neuroblastoma imaging Radiology Waber, Deborah, PhD Neurocognitive effects of treatment for chilhood cancers Psychiatry Waisbren, Susan, PhD Behavioral disorders in children with PKU Psychiatry Waltz, David A., MD Cystic fibrosis Respiratory Diseases Wang, Da-Zhi, PhD Transcriptional and epigenetic control of mammalian cardiovascular development and function Cardiology Ward, Valerie L., MD, MPH Pediatric body imaging healthcare services Radiology Warfield, Simon, PhD Medical image analysis Radiology Warman, Matthew, MD Structure and function of tissues and organs Orthopedic Surgery Watnick, Paula, MD, PhD Bacterial adhesion to surfaces; enteric pathogens Infectious Diseases Watnick, Randolph, PhD Metastasis in the tumor microenvironment Vascular Biology Program Webster, Romi, MD, MPH Injury surveillance and prevention General Pediatrics Weldon, Christopher, MD, PhD chemo-resistance pathways in solid tumors General Surgery Hematology/Oncology Wessels, Michael, MD Streptococcus infection Infectious Diseases White, Morris, PhD Molecular biology of diabetes Endocrinology Williams, David, A., MD Hematopoietic Stem Cells Adhesion Migration Rho GTPAses RAC Gene Therapy Fanconi Anemia Hematology/Oncology Wilson, Celeste, MD Substance abuse research Developmental Medicine General Pediatrics Wilson, Jay, MD Fetal and neonatal lung growth Congenital lung growth General Surgery Wolf, Gerhard K., MD novel modes of ventilation in pediatric respiratory failure means of assessing lung volume Anesthesiology Wolfe, Joanne, MD, PhD Palliative care Hematology/Oncology Woods, Elizabeth R., MD, MPH Adolescent risk behaviors Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine Woolf, Alan, MD Environmental health General Pediatrics Wu, Yaotang, PhD Diagnostic strategies for bone diseases Orthopedic Surgery Yoon, APN, Grace, MSN, NNP Supports research activities for fellows and faculty staff Anesthesiology Zetter, Bruce, PhD Prostate cancer General Surgery Vascular Biology Program Zhou, Guangwei, ScD Hearing loss related to inner ear anomalies Vestibular dysfunction Otolaryngology Zon, Leonard, MD Zebrafish model of hematopoiesis and cancer Hematology/Oncology Stem Cell Program Research Areas Biomedical investigators in each of Children's 36 departments and divisions conduct research, whether through exploring the molecular basis of disease in laboratories, testing new treatments in clinical trials, or identifying factors that promote disease or health in the community. 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