Top L to R: Aphton Lane, Kylee Miller, Ting Wei, Hugh Quach and Binh VuThe Dixon Foundation supports the Dixon Pediatric Fellowship training program for fellows who intend to pursue an academic career with a research emphasis (ranging from basic and translational science to education or QI-centric research) in approved pediatric subspecialties.
As part of this prestigious award, recipients benefit from salary support and an additional $5,000 per year discretionary fund to support research and continuing education activities. The selection committee for the Dixon Fellowship recently met and selected five Dixon scholars on a competitive basis.
Please join us in congratulating the recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year:
Aphton Lane, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care
First Year Dixon Fellow
Title: TISS-28 Scores to Predict Outcomes in Critically Ill Children with Complex Chronic Conditions
Her mentor is Leslie Hayes, M.D., and Madhura Hallman, M.D.
Kylee Miller, M.D.
Neonatology
First Year Dixon Fellow
Title: Transcriptomic Evaluation of Placental Specimens with Human Cytomegalovirus Infection
Her mentor is Nitin Arora, M.D.
Ting Wei, M.D.
Neonatology
First Year Dixon Fellow
Title: Morphologic and Transcriptomic Alteration of Pulmonary Alveolar Capillary Cells after Hyperoxia Exposure
Her mentor is Kent Willis, M.D.
Hugh Quach, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care
Second Year Dixon Fellow
Title: Effect of the Sulfation Patterns of Soluble Heparan Sulfate Found in Pediatric Sepsis on Endothelial Thromboinflammation
His mentors are Robby Richter, M.D., and Jill Richter, Ph.D.
Binh Vu, M.D.
Neonatology
Second Year Dixon Fellow
Title: Intranasal Priming of Mucosal Immunity is Driven by the Upper Airway Microbiota in Neonates
His mentors are Kent Willis, M.D., and Jennifer Guimbellot, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduating Dixon Fellows are:
Audrey Lloyd, M.D., Infectious Diseases
Dr. Lloyd will remain at UAB as faculty in infectious diseases, mainly working with the HIV population.
Abbey Rocco, M.D., Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Rocco will be a first year neuro-oncology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Zaki Yazdi, M.D., Neonatology
Dr. Yazdi will remain at UAB as a faculty member in Neonatology.