UAB and Children's are leading research institutions in the country in the top 20 in NIH funding. There are various opportunities for research available -from bench to simulation to advocacy. We have a research conference every July to present faculty opportunities to residents. If you present at a national meeting, the department will reimburse you for the conference and conference fees. We also have $1000 Founder's Fund grants available every May for new innovative educational endeavors in curriculum or outcome research the focus on Residency Education and Advocacy. Below is a sample of research and publications from residents in the last 5 years:
- Brandi Patterson: Intestinal bacteria in neonates and NEC, SimulationIO placement
- Bryan Patterson: Nasal Potential Difference in CF patients
- Diana Peterson: Suction vs wiping the mouths of vigorous newborns
- Chris Dodd: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Graft vs. host disease
- Kat Rochelle and Catherine Hough-Telford: Resident Work Hour Evaluation
- Holley Jeter: Diagnostic Error in Patient Hand-offs
- Haley Polhill and Adam Johnson: Point of Care Ultrasound Fundamentals
- Grace Houser: Cystic fibrosis, genetics and patients’ knowledge
- Diego Lara: Teaching EKGs; Chylothorax in the CICU; Mediastinal infections in the PICU
- Hannah Hightower: Hereditary exostosis; Acylcarnitine levels in known MCAD patients when they are ill; Development of a Clinic for patients with RAS pathway disorders
- Melissa Mannion: Anakinra as first-line disease modifying therapy in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Successful treatment of pediatric IgG4 related systemic disease with mycophenolate mofetil; Cavernomas associated with en coup de sabre linear scleroderma
- Courtney Baxley: Motorized Vehicle Accidents in Children’s Emergency Department
- Diana Peterson: Suction vs wiping the mouths of vigorous newborns
- Leslie Rhodes: Emphysematous cystitis in a newborn; IVIG versus high dose steroids in the treatment of ADEM
- Arianna Shirk: Teamwork and Management in the Field in a Disaster Scenario
- Abby Allen: Li-Fraumeini Syndrome
- Tricia Gibbs: Teen Driving. Southern Society for Pediatric Research, New Orleans, February 2010.
- Heather Mitchell: Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn
- Mackenzie Dreher: ABO Blood Group Modifies Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Neonates
- Michael Barnett: Palliative Care; Care of the Vulnerable Elderly Project; Primary Care Clinic Shaken Baby Prevention Project; Tako-tsubo or stress-induced cardiomyopathy
- Amy Boyd: Mannose-Binding Lectin Deficiency
- Elena Caron: Snake bite antivenom administration
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