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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
I am a Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician and scientist. Research in my laboratory is focused on understanding how viruses infect and cause pathogenesis in the pediatric brain. The approach that we take is to identify clinical viral isolates associated with pediatric infection and poor neurologic outcomes, and bring these isolates back to the lab to assess the mechanism by which this occurs. We use viral whole genome sequencing, human and murine neuronal in vitro models, and murine in vivo models, as well as reverse genetics to understand clinical viral virulence factors. The current focu...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
Dr. Loretta Li is a pediatric oncologist with clinical expertise in hematologic malignancies, including leukemia and lymphoma. She has a particular interest in caring for patients with high-risk leukemia including those with relapsed or refractory disease. She leads a translational leukemia research laboratory that uses a variety of approaches to identify new therapeutic targets, develop preclinical models of disease, and test novel therapeutic agents in cell lines and mouse models. She is committed to offering patients access to new therapies through clinical trials. By working to incorporate...
Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Pediatrics
Primary research focused on clinical outcome measures in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and surrogate outcomes for clinical trials, and exercise and participation in SMA. Also lead the Northwestern PT GoBabyGo! Program examining early mobility adaptations and use in young children.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department
Interested in effects of physiologic and biochemical support after pediatric cardiac arrest and relationship to oucome. Also interested in diagnostic studies and prognosticatoin for these patients. Committed to critical care delivery, improvement, education, and discovery.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
Dr. L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto is a pediatric critical care physician, biomedical informatics specialist, and clinical data scientist. He graduated from medical school at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2006, and then completed a Pediatrics residency program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2011, and a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in 2014. He obtained advanced fellowship training in informatics and data science research also at CHLA and completed a Masters of Biomedical Informatics program at Oregon Health & ...
Professor of Pediatrics (Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine)
I am interested in using quantitative pharmacologic approaches (modeling and simulation) to improve the understanding of drug disposition and effects in children. Pharmacometric interpretation of both population and clinical trial data can lead to more efficacious and safer treatments as well as provide guidance for the design of efficient, definitive pediatric clinical trials.
Instructor of Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Dr. Price is a pediatric hospitalist in the Division of Hospital Based Medicine as well as an Instructor of Pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed a Chief Residency year in which she had experiences on hospital administration committees focused on patient safety and quality improvement. She has an interest in both undergraduate and graduate medical education.
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology)
My overall research and clinical goals have been focused on the development of NICU graduates, particularly during the first three years of life. The overarching theme of my research has been to improve understanding about how high risk conditions affect brain development and function in newborn infants and to improve early detection of developmental difficulties and evaluate therapeutic interventions.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine (Public Health Practice)
Dr. Becker has extensive training and experience in the practice of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and has written a number of book chapters and articles on this approach to examining and addressing public health problems. He has applied this methodology to examine and address the impact of stressful community conditions on the health of women raising children, youth violence prevention, and the impact of the social and physical environment on physical activity. In his role as executive director of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, he is currently exploring th...
Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics (Dermatology)
The Paller lab studies the role of topically-applied, nanotherapy based gene therapy to treat skin disease, particularly diabetic ulcers, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (eczema), skin cancer, and rare genetic skin problems. Her lab also focuses on unraveling the mechanism by which membrane-based glycosphingolipids modulate signaling, especially of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and studying the mechanism of the abnormal innervation in skin related to pain. Dr. Paller is the PI of Northwestern's Skin Disease Research Center, whic...
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