Senior projects 2008

photo of resident with faculty mentor

Faculty mentors like Robert Listernick, MD, offer guidance to PL-3 residents working on their senior projects

During the third year, residents, under the guidance of a faculty preceptor, complete a senior project. Many perform clinical or laboratory studies. Each study is resident-initiated and seeks to answer a research-orientated question.

In the spring, residents formally present their projects to the house staff and pediatric faculty. This requirement provides residents with the experience of becoming an expert in a particular area of medicine and with an appreciation for the complexity of doing quality research.

Many of the research studies are presented at national meetings and are published in refereed journals.

 

Margret Bock, MD - How Do Pediatricians Give Bad News?  An Examination of Training and Practice
Amanda Brooks, MD - Predictive Factors for Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia in Severe RSV Bronchiolitis
Chesney Castleberry, MD - Refractory Kawasaki’s Disease, Coronary Artery Aneurysm Outcome
Bria Coates, MD - Comparison of Non-Invasive Capnometry with ABG or TCM in Infants in the PICU
Emily Contreras, MD - Acetaminophen Liver Injury in Children with Febrile Illness
Jamie Dargart, MD - Adverse Outcomes in Underweight Child and Adolescent Survivors of Cancer and Recipients of Stem Cell Transplants
Joy Elion, MD - Factors Affecting Telephone Triage System Utilization at Children’s Memorial Uptown Clinic

Julia Gloeckler, MD - Parenting Practices of Pediatricians

Jessica Grygotis, MD - Weight Status and Bullying in the School Age Population:  Does How Much You Weigh Make You a Bully or a Victim?
Elizabeth Hansen, MD - The Utility of Universal Developmental Screening
Sara Healy, MD - Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Vaginal and Nasal Colonization in Pregnant Women and Frequency of CA-MRSA Infections in Previously Healthy Term and Near-Term Neonates
Kavita Hodgkins, MD - Sleep Disorders Among Children with ESKD and CKD: A Study of Prevalence and Trends
Peter Hwan, MD - Racial Disparity in Late Preterm Birth
Andrea Kane, MD - Evaluation of “Tenacity, Teamwork, and Tools” Program in Pediatric Practice to Prevent and Manage Childhood Obesity
Ashwin Lal, MD - Prognostic Factors in Surgical Candidates for Congenital Heart Patients with Multiple Congenital Abnormalities
Allison Norwood, MD - Would Your Pediatrician Approve of What You’re Reading?
Jaime Olenec, MD - Predictive Factors of Oral Peanut Challenges
Erin Olson, MD - Croup: What Happens After Admission?
Ingrid Polcari, MD - The Impact of Pediatricians’ Training and Experience on Their Understanding and Management of Atopic Dermatitis
Elana Poulter, MD - The Acute Chest Syndrome in Hemoglobin SC Disease
Joshua Prozialeck, MD - Assessment of Risk Taking Behavior in Adolescents After Liver Transplantation
Rachel Robison, MD - Does Adiposity Impair the Adequate Delivery of Epinephrine in Children?
Anne Ryan, MD - Pediatric Residents’ and Fellows’ Perspective Regarding Training and Experience in Pediatric Palliative Care
Josephine Scalici, MD - Descriptive Analysis of the Clinical Features of Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Partial Lipodystrophy
Thomas Schuch, MD - Alleviating Neighborhood Poverty over the Life Course and African-American Birth Outcome: An Exploratory Study
Shivani Shah, MD - Review of Symptoms Experienced by Pediatric Patients with Graves Disease on Antithyroid Medications
Jennifer Sorrell, MD - Investigating Characteristics of Children Who Had Missed Appendicitis
Natasha Verma, MD - Outbreak of Life-Threatening Coxsackie B1 Myocarditis in Neonates
Umair Yousufi, MD - A Novel Website Interface for Accessing NCBI Information and Allowing Updating by Medical Professionals
Deena Zeltser, MD  - How do Pediatric Residents Screen for Post-Partum Depression?  An Examination of Knowledge and Practice Patterns