American Academy of Pediatrics
Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Research Fellowship Award Recipients

2012-2013
Stephanie J. Nakano, MD, University of Colorado, "Regulation of Phosphodiesterase Activity in Pediatric Heart Failure "

2011-2012
Katja M. Gist, DO, University of Colorado, "Use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy for the Early Detection of Acute Kidney Disease in Children Post Cardiopulmonary Bypass "

2010-2011
Thomas C. Dispenza, MD, Indiana University, "Cardiac Cell Stimulation to Shrink Ventricular Septal Defects"

2009-2010
Robert Gregory Webster, MD, Childrens Hospital Boston, "Psychiatric Outcomes in Patients with Rhythm Devices"

2008-2009
Michael Gaies, MD, MPH, University of Michigan, "Effects of Insulin Therapy After Bypass on Infant Myocardium"

2007-2008
Michael-Alice Moga, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, "Ventricular Myosin Isoforms in the Pressure Overloaded Heart."

2006-2007
Cammon B. Arrington, MD, University of Utah, "Molecular Role of Syndecan-2 in Cardiac Left-Right Development".

2005-2006
Aaron Olson, MD, University of Iowa, "Hypertrophic Signaling Pathways in the Fetal Heart".

2004-2005
Angela Lorts, MD, University of Michigan, "The Role of P13K in Sepsis-Mediated Cardiac Dysfunction"

2003-2004
Catherine Kenworthy Allan, MD, Children's Hospital Boston, "Inflammatory Gene Polymorphisms in Infant Cardiac Surgery"

2002-2003
Nancy J. Halnon, MD, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Mattel Childrens Hospital "Thymic Function in Children Following Cardiovascular Surgery"

1999-2000
Benjamin L. Siu, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
"Identification of Gene Defects that Cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome"

1998-1999
Andrew Robinson, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Developmental Effects of Altered Flow States on the Pulmonary Vasculature"

1997-1998
Vickie Diamandakis Pyevich, MD, University of Iowa, Department of Pediatrics
"Functional Effects of Altered Expression of Phospholemman in Neonatal Rats"

1996-1997
Jamie Lohr, MD, University of Minnesota, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
"Cardiac Looping: Genetic Regulation and Cellular Mechanisms"

1995-1996
Denise Shaker, MD, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
"Genetic Mapping of Congenital Heart Disease in Down Syndrome"

1994-1995
Kevin Shannon, MD, UCLA School of Medicine
"Effects of Thyroid Hormone on G-Protein Signal Transduction"

1993-1994
Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Microdeletions of Chromosomal Region 22q11 in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease"

1992-1993
Mark Fogel, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Right Ventricular Biomechanics"

1991-1992
Fuhua Chen, MD, UCLA School of Medicine
"Developmental Changes in Single Cardiac Myocyte K Currents"