Funded Grants July 2022
Name Agency Title Andrea Coverstone CFF/Seattle Children’s Research Institute OUTREACH-OB-22, Observational Study of Telehealth for Remote Endpoint Assessment Michelle Gill NIH/U19/Benaroya Research Institute Systems Immunology profiling of respiratory viral infections in vulnerable populations HIPC U19 Robert Hayashi DOD Assessment of Clonal Hematopoiesis and its Relationship to Cardiovascular Disease in Hodgkin …
Faculty Feature Mallory Smith
Mallory Smith, MD, MS, grew up on the Texas side (i.e. the only side that matters) of Texarkana — a twin city that straddles Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. She met her husband, Andrew, in the seventh grade, and the majority of their family still lives in Texarkana within a …
Faculty Feature Tarin Bigley
Tarin Bigley, MD, PhD, was born in Arizona but grew up in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bigley’s dad was an elementary school teacher, and his mom worked in childcare and retail. Growing up, when he wasn’t in school, he was playing sports, hanging out with friends roaming around town and even …
Funded Grants June 2022
Name Agency Title Mohamed Abdelbaki Rally Foundation Natural Killer Cells in Children with Recurrent Malignant Brain Tumors David Bark NIH/R01 Impact of turbulence on blood in mechanical circulatory support Jeffrey Bednarski NIH/R21 MYSM1-dependent DNA damage responses in early B cell development Jeffrey Bednarski SLCH Foundation Pedal the Cause: Role of …
New Employees July 2022
Faculty Name Division Title Adedotun Adewale Critical Care Assistant Professor Maha Bano Hospitalist Instructor Lasio Laura Duque Genetics Assistant Professor Christina Fahey Hospitalist Instructor Korre Fairman Newborn Medicine Instructor Marjorie Farrington Hospitalist Instructor Yuri Fedorovich Hospitalist Instructor Abigail Kissel Academic Assistant Professor Will McComas Hospitalist Instructor Brian Reinholz Hospitalist Instructor …
Funded Grants May 2022
PI Agency Title Jeffrey Bednarski NIH/R21 MYSM1-dependent DNA damage responses in early B cell development Jeffrey Bednarski SLCH Foundation Pedal the Cause: Role of Maternal Obesity and Environmental Exposures in CNS tumor formation Nicole Brossier SLCH Foundation Pedal the Cause: Role of maternal obesity and environmental exposures in CNS tumor …
New Employees June 2022
Faculty Name Division Title Daisuke Kobayashi Cardiology Associate Professor Staff Name Division Title Brittany Ash Hematology/Oncology Clinical Research Coordinator I Kennedy Bass Hematology/Oncology Laboratory Assistant I/Glasswasher Meagan Blanchard Critical Care Research Technician II Morgan Casper Newborn Medicine Staff Nurse Curtis Ebl Allergy, Immunology, Pulmonary Clinical Research Coordinator I Aimee Gray …
Faculty Feature Andrew Glatz
Andy Glatz, MD MSCE was born to two graduate students in Madison, Wisconsin, and lived there for a year as his parents completed their PhD studies. He then moved to Ames, Iowa as his parents both accepted faculty positions at Iowa State University. Glatz grew up in that central Iowan …
New Employees May 2022
Faculty Name Division Title Daisuke Kobayashi Cardiology Assoc Professor of Pediatrics Mohannad Mannaa Allergy, Immunology, Pulmonary Prof of Pediatrics Staff Name Division Title Meagan Blanchard Critical Care Research Technician II Amanda Bockstruck Hematology/Oncology Clinical Research Study Assistant II Morgan Casper Newborn Medicine Staff Nurse Madi Enloe Hematology/Oncology Senior Public Health …
Faculty Feature Drew Schwartz
Drew Schwartz was born in New Jersey, but his family rapidly relocated to Columbus, Georgia, to escape the cold. Thanks to his mother’s passion for horses, he began competing in the equestrian sport of three-day eventing at age 13. Schwartz dedicated his free time to his horses and was rewarded …