American Academy of Pediatric Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Marshall Klaus Perinatal Research Awards
2026 Dr. Chelsea Bitler (Clinical Research)
Project: Exploring Federated Learning for the Development of a Contemporary Neonatal Mortality Risk Adjustment Model
2024 – Dr. Hayley Varela (Basic Science)
Project: Applying CRISPR-Cas9 Sequencing Technology to Target Specific Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Surface-Anchored Proteins Important for Neonatal Intestinal Colonization and Infection
2023 – Dr. Jessica O’Neal (Education Research)
Project: Implementation of Joint Perinatal Counseling Using Simulation and Collaborative Learning
American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Young Investigator Award
2024 – Dr. Shayla Percy
Project: Reducing metabolic bone disease of prematurity in the NICU
Neonatal Kidney Collaborative Pilot/Feasibility Study Award
2026 – Dr. Megan Gates
Project: Initial Values of Urinary Biomarkers in Preterm Infants
Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Symposium Best Abstract by a Trainee Award
2025 – Dr. Chelsea Bitler
Project: Tiny Patients, Big Data: Developing a Population-Based Mortality Risk Model for Neonatology
American Academy of Pediatrics Organization of Neonatal Training Program Directors Research Neonatology Fellowship Research Award
2025 – Dr. Adriana Phillips
Project: Improved outcomes with a news anti-Xa based neonatal ECMO heparin management guideline
Pediatric Academic Societies Trainee Travel Award
2025 – Dr. Hayley Varela