2022 NASPGHAN Foundation Grant Submission Site Now Open
Submissions are now being accepted for 2022 NASPGHAN Foundation grants, which are due July 1 and August 15. All 2022 grants and submissions deadlines are listed below.NASPGHAN Foundation Grants
Pre-application Survey
NEW for 2022 - Pre-application Survey: The NASPGHAN Research Committee invites all potential applicants to complete an optional, non-binding pre-application survey. Your responses will only be used to inform study section formation. The survey will be open until June 15. You do not need to complete the survey to submit a grant. Your responses will not be shared with reviewers.
Submission Deadlines: July 1, 2022
This two-year grant, generously supported by Reckitt / Mead Johnson Nutrition, is available to junior faculty to support research activities that have the potential for evolution to an independent research career in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology or nutrition. Monies are awarded in support of a meritorious clinical, quality improvement, translational or basic science research project relating to nutrition in infancy, childhood or adolescence.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2022
This two-year grant is available to junior faculty to support research activities that have the potential for evolution to an independent research career in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology or nutrition. Monies are awarded in support of a meritorious research project in the clinical or basic sciences to study the diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver or pancreas and nutritional disorders in children.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2022
This mid-level career development award is for NASPGHAN members pursuing research in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition and are at a mid-level in their career. Mid-level is defined as a faculty member who has held a faculty appointment for at least 6 years at the time of the application, but has not yet reached professor level. This award will provide up to $100,000 in direct funding for 2 years ($50,000 per year) for the advancement of research careers for applicants with significant promise in their mid-years as faculty. The proposal must include a focused area of research that will directly enhance the applicant’s ability to achieve further national peer-reviewed research funding and result in significant impact on gastrointestinal, nutrition and liver health in children. Basic, clinical, translational, epidemiologic, dissemination and implementation research are all encouraged. This award is to foster either a new area of enquiry or to provide pilot data in an ongoing area of research with substantial potential for new funding.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2022
This grant will provide $75,000 annually for two years (total $150,000) for studies focused on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, natural history, genetics, diagnosis and management of peptic disorders and other diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract in children. Diseases that are relevant to this announcement include, but are not limited to gastroesophageal reflux, reflux esophagitis, eosinophilic (allergic) esophagitis, motility disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract, Helicobacter pylori infection with or without ulceration, non-ulcer dyspepsia, and non-bacterial ulcer diseases. Applicants at any career level may apply.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2022
This award will provide $75,000 annually for two years (total $150,000) for studies focused on disorders of carbohydrate (CHO) maldigestion/malabsorption in children, either primary or secondary. Relevant conditions include, but are not limited to, lactose intolerance, congenital sucrose-isomaltase deficiency, congenital enteropathies that impact intestinal epithelial cell function, or inflammatory conditions affecting CHO absorption.
Applicants at any career level may apply.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2022
This one-year grant is available to pediatric dietitians to support research activities that have the potential to advance the nutrition care of patients and families of children with nutritional disorders. The NASPGHAN Foundation will award grants ranging from $500 to $5000 for one year.
Supported by an educational grant from QOL Medical, LLC.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2022
The aim of this grant is to encouage and support the development of innovative approaches to optimize the quality of care and health care delivery to children with digestive diseases by the clinically focused pediatric gastroenterologist. The Foundation will award up to two grants, each ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 for a one-year period. Selection criteria include potential impact of the project on patient care and the applicability of the project to the general NASPGHAN community. Clinically oriented physicians are strongly encouraged to apply.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2022
This one-year grant is available to pediatric gastroenterology, nutrition and hepatology nurses to support research activities that have the potential to advance nursing care of patients and families of children with gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic or nutritional disorders. Monies are awarded in support of a meritorious research projects to study the nursing care of families and children with pediatric gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic or nutritional disorders.
This grant is offered in odd numbered years. It will be available for submission in 2023.
This grant will provide $75,000 annually for two years (total $150,000) for innovative, high-impact research in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. The intent of this research award is to stimulate scientific inquiry in an area that is exceptionally innovative and has the potential to impact the field in a highly novel manner. Applicants at any career level may apply.
Submission Deadlines: August 15, 2022
Submission Deadline: August 15, 2022
The award is expected to begin on July 1st of each academic term although alternate start dates will be considered to accommodate non-traditional academic schedules.
DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVE
Pediatric nutrition is one of the fastest growing areas of scientific and clinical importance to child and population health. To address this growing interest and to accelerate the training of pediatric experts, the NASPGHAN Foundation has partnered with Abbott Nutrition to develop a pathway for advanced fellowship training in pediatric nutrition.
The NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship in Nutrition will provide up to $75,000 in direct funding to support one year of advanced training in pediatric nutrition for a NASPGHAN member. Applicants are expected to identify a mentor and a host nutrition research program prior to application for funding. The fellowship must include a well-defined clinical experience as well as a focused research project. Examples of areas for emphasis include but are not limited to: fetal growth and neonatal nutrition, typical development of feeding skills/behaviors and feeding disorders; nutritional aspects of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia; malnutrition and failure to thrive; nutrition education; nutrition in specific systemic diseases or clinical states such as cystic fibrosis, liver disease, intestinal failure, and organ transplantation; nutrition support; community nutrition; nutrition epidemiology; energy homeostasis; nutrition and the microbiome; micronutrient homeostasis; nutrigenomics; obesity; breast milk and breast feeding; and basic laboratory nutritional science.
The primary objective of the fellowship is to catalyze and increase the number of highly-trained, expert nutrition clinicians, educators and scientists among the membership of NASPGHAN, as a means to improve service to our patients and the public.
Submission Deadline: August 15, 2022
The award is expected to begin on July 1st of each academic term although alternate start dates will be considered to accommodate non-traditional academic schedules.
DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVE
The ever-increasing complexity of pediatric patients with gastrointestinal, liver and/or pancreatic problems has created a need for pediatric gastroenterologists who are skilled in advanced endoscopic procedures. These skills are difficult to acquire in the course of routine pediatric GI Fellowship training experiences. To address this growing need and to provide a pathway for training of pediatric experts, the NASPGHAN Foundation desires to develop an advanced fellowship in pediatric endoscopy.
The NASPGHAN Foundation Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Endoscopy will provide up to $75,000 in direct funding to support one year of advanced training in pediatric endoscopy for a member of NASPGHAN in good standing. Applicants are expected to identify a mentor and a host endoscopy program prior to application for funding. The fellowship must include a well-defined clinical experience as well as a focused research and/or quality improvement project. Examples of areas for training include but are not limited to: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with stenting and/or sphincterotomy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), advanced approaches to control GI bleeding (sclerotherapy, argon laser, clips, etc), transnasal endoscopy, peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), esophageal or intestinal stricture dilatation, pancreatic pseudocyst drainage, etc.
The primary objective of the fellowship is to catalyze and increase the number of highly-trained, expert endoscopists clinicians and educators among the membership of NASPGHAN, as a means to improve service to our patients and the public.
Supported by an educational grant from Olympus USA.
Submission Deadline for Spring/Summer Grant Cycle: Letter of Intent due November 16 and Submission due January 28
Letter of Intent submission deadline for Spring/Summer grant cycle: November 16. Grant submission deadline for Spring/Summer grant cycle: January 28.
Letter of intent submission deadline for Fall grant cycle: May 5. Grant submission deadline for Fall grant cycle: July 20.
A single awardee for the annual Crohn's & Colitis Foundation/NASPGHAN IBD Young Investigator Award will be chosen in late June/early July from both the Fall and Spring cycles.
This three-year grant, in partnership with the NASPGHAN Foundation and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, is available to research fellows or junior faculty. Applications must propose original clinical, translational, epidemiological, or basic scientific research related to pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Applicants must indicate in their submission for either a Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Career Development or Research Fellowship Award and that the submission is pediatric IBD-related. This is important for the study to be considered for the joint Crohn's & Colitis Foundation/NASPGHAN IBD Young Investigator award.
Information on the Career Development Award can be found here: Career Development Awards | Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Information on the Research Fellowship Award can be found here: Research Fellowship Awards | Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Contact Orlando Green directly at ogreen@crohnscolitisfoundation.org or grant@crohnscolitisfoundation.org for additional information and/or how to apply for this grant. This grant is not administered through the NASPGHAN grant site.
Past Grant Recipients
NASPGHAN Foundation/George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Rachel Chevalier, MD - Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Mucosal CYP3A4 and P-GP Mediated Drug Metabolism of Budesonide in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Wenjing Zong, MD - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Outcome and Microbiome Biomarkers Predicting Success with Fiber Food Introduction in Short Bowel Syndrome
NASPGHAN Foundation Mid-Level Career Development Award
Shikha Sundaram, MD - Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Mediated Macrophage Activation in Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Supported in part by an educational grant from Albireo
NASPGHAN Foundation/Takeda Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Research Innovation Award
Kara Margolis, MD - Columbia University, New York, NY
A State-of-the-Art Gut Epithelial-Targeted SERT Antagonist to Treat Mood Disorders
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN Susan Moyer Nursing Research Award
Melanie Oates - RN, BSN, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Improving IBD Care Through Parent Mentoring
NASPGHAN Foundation/QOL Research Award for the Study of Disorders Associated with Carbohydrate Maldigestion/Malabsorption in Children
Mamata Sivagnanam, MD - Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA
Use of Human Enteroids to Understand Carbohydrate Malabsorption in Congenital Tufting Enteropathy
NASPGHAN Foundation/CPNP Nutrition Research Grants
These grants are supported through an educational grant from QOL
Matthew Edwards, BS - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Comparing Predictive Accuracy of Knee Height Equations in Pediatric Patients
NASPGHAN Foundation Innovations in Clinical Care Grant
Prashanthi Kandavel, MD - Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Implementation of Rapid Infliximab Infusions at a Tertiary Care Center
NASPGHAN Foundation Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Endoscopy
Chathruckan Rajendra, MD - University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Developing a Pediatric Advanced Endoscopy Program at a Tertiary Children's Hospital System
Supported by an educational grant from Olympus
NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Jessica Deas, MD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Characterization of the Intestinal Microbiome, Chronic Inflammation and Clinical Outcomes in Children with Short Bowel Syndrome
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation/NASPGHAN IBD Young Investigator Award
Marco Di Gioia, PhD - Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Control of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) by Endogenous Oxidized Phospholipids
Special Recognition Awards
Gerard Odell Prize for Excellence in Liver Research
Ajay Kumar Jain, MD - Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Ferroptosis Inhibitors Mitigate Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Marginal Livers in a Novel "Protect" Model
Amin Tjota Prize for Excellence in Pancreatic Research
Yuhua Zheng, MD - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (IPSC) with NEUROG3 Mutation Reveal Potential Novel Mechanism for Pancreatic Insufficiency
The Grand Watkins Prize
Hengqi (Betty) Zheng, MD - University of Washington, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
A Treatment-Naïve Single Cell Atlas of Pediatric Crohn's Disease Predicts Disease Trajectory
Teri Li Young Educator Award
Sarah Lusman, MD - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, New York, NY
Jacob Robson, MD – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
NASPGHAN Foundation/George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc.– University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Optimizing Postoperative Outcomes in Children with Crohn’s Disease Using Precision Medicine
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Linda Wang, MD – Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
The Role of MALRD1 in Intestinal Rehabilitation
NASPGHAN Foundation Mid-Level Career Development Award
Jaime Belkind-Gerson, MD, MSc – Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Schwann Cell-Derived Postnatal Enteric Neurogenesis
NASPGHAN Foundation/AstraZeneca Research Award for Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Bridget Hron, MD – Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Effect of Blenderized Enteral Tube Feeds on Pediatric Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Physiology
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN Susan Moyer Nursing Research Award
Goldie Markowitz, MSN, CNS, CRNP, APN-PC– Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Obesity: A Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot for a Parent Education Clinic
NASPGHAN Foundation/CPNP Nutrition Research Grants
These grants are supported through an educational grant from QOL
Kristen Criscitelli, MS, RD, CDN -Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Factors Associated with Successful Weight Loss among Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A First Step Towards Designing Efficacious Lifestyle Intervention
Natalie Stoner, RD, CSP, LDN – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Evaluating Use of Enteral Nutritional Therapy to Improve Disease Outcomes in Children with VEO-IBD
Brock Williams, MSc, RD - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
Sublingual Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Pediatric Food Allergy: Are Whole Food Compounds as Effective as Industrial Glycerinated Extracts?
NASPGHAN Foundation Innovations in Clinical Care Grant
Alice Huang, MD, MB –Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
The Utility of a Novel Virtual Reality-based Diaphragmatic Breathing Intervention to Treat Pediatric Functional Constipation and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Vikram Raghu, MD – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Improving Iron Supplementation in Children with Intestinal Failure
NASPGHAN Foundation Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Endoscopy
Supported by an educational grant from Olympus
Wenly Ruan, MD – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Benefits of Pediatric Enteroscopy
NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Erin Alexander, DO – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Skeletal Muscle Deficits in Undernutrition and Association with Disease Characteristics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Special Recognition Awards
Gerard Odell Prize for Excellence in Liver Research
Amanda Cantor, MD – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Acute Hepatitis is a Prominent Presentation of the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Single-Center Report
Amin Tjota Prize for Excellence in Pancreatic Research
Peter Farrell, MD – Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Use of Novel Cytoplex Assay to Determine Predictors of Severity in Pediatric Acute Pancreatitis
The Grand Watkins Prize
Jean Molleston, MD – Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
Characteristics and Clinical Liver Disease in Children with Sonographic Nodular Liver (Sonic) in Cystic Fibrosis
NASPGHAN Foundation Teri Li Young Educator Award
Daniel Mallon, MD – Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
NASPGHAN Foundation/George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Dominique Bailey, MD - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
The Role of Tenascin-C in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Zachary Sellers, MD, PhD - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Linaclotide as a Novel Therapy to Improve Nutritional Insufficiency in Cystic Fibrosis
NASPGHAN Foundation Mid-Level Career Development Award
Janet Wojcicki, PhD - UCSF Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Leukocyte Telomere Length as a Predictor of NASH and NASH Progression
NASPGHAN Foundation/Takeda Pharmaceutical America, Inc. Research Innovation Award
Joshua Wechsler, MD - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Deciphering Mechanisms of Mast Cell Activation and Barrier Dysfunction in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
NASPGHAN Foundation/QOL Research Award for the Study of Disorders Associated with Carbohydrate Malabsorption
Nadia Ameen, MD - Yale University, New Haven, CT
Mechanisms of Carbohydrate Malabsorption in Microvillus Inclusion Disease
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN Susan Moyer Nursing Research Award
Karie Robinson, MSN - Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
The Clinical Feasibility and Correlation of Bench Step Testing - Estimated Maximal Oxygen Uptake with Markers of Fatty Liver Disease in Adolescents
NASPGHAN Foundation/CPNP Nutrition Research Grants
Catherine Karls, MS, RD, CD, CNSC - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Comparison of a New and Novel Nutrition Screening Tool with a Previously Validated Tool to Determine Nutrition Risk in Pediatric Patients with Scoliosis Undergoing Elective Spine Fusion or Growth Modulation
Jennifer Smith, MS, RDN, LD - Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
A Single-Center Quality Improvement-Based Initiative for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation/NASPGHAN IBD Young Investigator Award
Jodie Ouahed, MD, MMSc, FRCPC, FAAP - Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Role of Interferon Lambda Signaling in Mucosal Homeostasis and Infantile-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
NASPGHAN Foundation Innovations in Clinical Care Grants
Amanda Lee, MD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Interactive Electronic Learning Modules for Pediatrician, Trainee and Patient Education in Gastrointestinal Disorders
Sharon Tam, MD - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Standardizing GI Biopsy Practices in Pediatric Endoscopy
NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Sara Orkin, MD - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Food Insecurity and Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease Severity
Special Recognition Awards
NASPGHAN Foundation:Gerard Odell Prize for Excellence in Liver Research
Amanda Ricciuto, MD - Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, OH
MRCP Severity Predicts Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Reliability and Validity Study
NASPGHAN Foundation The Grand Watkins Prize
Hongtao Wang, MD, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Nuclear Receptor LRH-1 is a Therapeutic Target for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
NASPGHAN Foundation Teri Li Young Educator Award
Arvind Srinath, MD, MS - UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Amin Tjota Prize for Excellence in Pancreatic Research
Sohail Husain, MD - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
The Drug Complication of Pancreatic Injury with Asparaginase is Related to Pancreatic Levels of the Endogenous Counteracting Enzyme Asparagine Synthetase and Intra-Pancreatic Nutrient Stress
NASPGHAN Foundation/George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Sarah Taylor, MD - Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
Macrophage Regulation of Immune Pathogenesis of Biliary Atresia
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Samir Softic, MD - Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Sugar Metabolism in Fatty Liver Disease
NASPGHAN Foundation Mid-Level Career Development Award
Ajay Gulati, MD – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Identifying Microbiota-Driven Pathways to Modulate Paneth Cell Function
NASPGHAN Foundation/AstraZeneca Research Award for Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Bruno Chumpitazi, MD – Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Advancing Nutritional Science for Children with Functional Dyspepsia
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN Susan Moyer Nursing Research Award
Kerri Fournier, BSN – Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Administration Delivery Practices and Characteristics of Pediatric/Young Adult Gastroenterology Patients Receiving Infliximab Infusion Therapy in an Ambulatory Infusion Clinic
NASPGHAN Foundation Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Hongtao (Alex) Wang, MD, PhD – Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Targeting Epithelial Steroidogenesis to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation/NASPGHAN IBD Young Investigator Award
Jon Hubbard, MD, PhD - Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Mechanisms of FcRn-Mediated Immune Regulation
NASPGHAN Foundation Innovations in Clinical Care Grant
Jacob Robson, MD – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Side-Opening Biopsy Forceps to Improve Subepithelial Tissue Yield and Assessment of Esophageal Fibrosis in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Debora Duro, MD, MS – Broward Health, Chris Evert Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Influence of Exercise on Body Composition and Patient Outcomes in a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Obesity Clinic
NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Bridget Dowd, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
A Placebo Controlled Exploratory Study to Identify Biomarkers in Food Tolerance
Special Recognition Awards
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION Gerard Odell Prize
Dennis D. Black, MD -- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Results of the WUPPSC Study: Prospective Multicenter Withdrawal of Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
NASPGHAN Foundation Grand Watkins Prize
Diana Montoya Melo, MD -- University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
EoE Esophageal Epithelial Cells Induce TH2 Polarizing Dendritic Cells
NASPGHAN Foundation Teri Li Young Educator Award
Diana Lerner, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
NASPGHAN Foundation George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Valentina Shakhnovich, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Impact of obesity in changes in physiology and systemic drug exposure to proton pump inhibitors
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Nina Gluchowski, MD – Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
The functions of initial and expanding lipid droplets in NAFLD
NASPGHAN Foundation Mid-Level Career Development Award
(Supported by a grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.)
Nitika Gupta, MBBS, DCH, DNB, MRCP – Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
TNF signaling in steatotic liver injury
NASPGHAN Foundation/Takeda Pharmaceutical U.S.A., Inc. Research Innovation Award
Cara Mack, MD – Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Regulatory T cell dysfunction in biliary atresia
NASPGHAN Foundation Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
(Supported by a grant from AbbVie, Inc.)
Amanda Riccuto, MD – The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pediatric PSC-IBD: Elucidating the phenotype, optimizing monitoring strategies and validating novel endoscopic tools
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN Susan Moyer Nursing Research Award
Whitney Gray, MSN, CRNP – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Impact of a nurse practitioner led teaching program on patient and caregiver knowledge on pediatric IBD
NASPGHAN Foundation Innovations in Clinical Care Grant
Amer Al-Nimr, MD – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Creating animated nutrition educational video resources on GIKids.org
Alex Koral, MD – Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Unsedated transnasal endoscopy, in monitoring of eosinophilic esophagitis and diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori
NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Hillary Bashaw, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Comparison of multiple indices of fat and energy absorption in people with chronic pancreatitis with a health comparison group
Special Recognition Awards
William Balistreri Prize
Katja Kovacic, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Neurostimulation for functional abdominal pain disorders in Children: A randomized, double blind, sham-controlled trial
Richard J. Grand and John B. Watkins Prize
Mark Deneau, MD – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Improvement in GGT predicts event-free survival in primary sclerosing cholangitis regardless of ursodeoxycholic acid treatment: Data from the Pediatric PSC Consortium
Gerard Odell Prize
Samar Ibrahim, MBChB – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Mixed lineage kinase 3 inhibition attenuates murine nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
NASPGHAN Foundation/AstraZeneca Research Award for Disorders of the Upper GI Tract
Nicola Jones, MD, PhD – Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Novel, Non-antibiotic, Mechanism-based Therapy to Treat Helicobacter Pylori Infections
NASPGHAN/NASPGHAN Foundation George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Akihiro Asai, MD, PhD – Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Engineering Human Liver Organoids for Modeling of Inherited Cholestasis
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Samar Ibrahim, MBChB – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Lipotoxicity and Hepatic Inflammation
NASPGHAN Foundation/Mid-Level Career Development Award
Edwin de Zoeten, MD, PhD – Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
The Impact of the Unfolded Protein Response on Regulatory Cells
NASPGHAN Foundation/Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Ross Maltz, MD – Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
The Effect of Social Stressors on Inflammation in a Murine Model of Colitis
NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Nina Sainath, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Use of Pancreatic Enzymes in Short Bowel Syndrome
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN/Susan Moyer Nursing Research Grant
JoAnne Newton, RN - Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Reducing Complications Related To Eosinophilic Esophagitis Through Nursing Education
Kim Osborne, MSN - Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Laxative Treatment for Pediatric Constipation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Stimulant Laxatives Alone
Fiona Paul, DNP, NP - Children's Hospital Boston
Impact of Transanal Irrigations on Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients with Organic Defecatory Disorders
Special Recognition Awards
William Balistreri Prize
Joanne Masterson, PhD – University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
Epithelial Barrier Function in Eosinophilic Esophagitis is Regulated by a HIF-1a- Claudin-1 Axis
Gerard Odell Prize
Sarah Taylor, MD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Gestational Alloimmune Liver Disease: Fate of Untreated Pregnancy in 152 Women and Outcome of Affected Infants
Richard J. Grand and John B. Watkins Prize
Ivan Fuss, MD – National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC
The Role of a Novel IL-10 Producing Regulatory T Cell (TR2) in Immune Homeostasis
Teri Li Award
Bram Raphael, MD - Children's Hospital Boston
Aliza Solomon, DO - New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
NASPGHAN Foundation/TAKEDA Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. Research Innovation Award
Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Autophagy and human maturation in eosinophilic esophagitis
NASPGHAN/NASPGHAN Foundation George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Calies Menard-Katcher, MD – Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Structural and molecular markers for detection and monitoring of pediatric fibrostenotic eosinophilic esophagitis
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Geoffrey Preidis, MD, PhD – Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Glycan metabolism shapes the undernourished intestinal microbiome and influences weight gain
NASPGHAN Foundation Mid-Level Career Development Award
David Rudnick, MD, PhD - Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
PPARy-Dependent Genetic Regulation of NAFLD
NASPGHAN Foundation/In-Office Member Grant for Development of Patient Education Prototypes
Ramya Ramraj, MD – Oregon Health Sciences University, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Chronic abdominal pain—taking the support home and going back to school
NASPGHAN Foundation/Abbott Nutrition Advanced Fellowship Training in Pediatric Nutrition
Jefferson Brownell, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Vitamin A in sickle cell disease: Improving suboptimal status with supplementation
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN/Susan Moyer Nursing Research Grant
M. Denise Pollard-Manigault, PhD, CPNP, MPH - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Implementation of evidence-based guidelines in pediatric functional constipation: using naspghan/espghan 2014 recommendations-measuring outcomes
Special Recognition Awards
William Balistreri Award
Kara Gross Margolis, MD – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have critical and long-lasting effects on enteric nervous system development and gastrointestinal function
Gerard Odell Prize
Davide Povero, PhD – University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles reverse hepatic stellate cell activation
NASPGHAN Foundation/AstraZeneca Research Award for Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Rachel Rosen, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Pepsin and bacteria as a trigger for neutrophil trans-epithelial migration: a mechanism behind reflux related lung disease
NASPGHAN/NASPGHAN Foundation/George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Nirmala Mavila, PhD,Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Role of Prominin-1 expressing cells in biliary fibrosis of biliary atresia
NASPGHAN Foundation/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Ajay Jain, MD, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
Role of Bile Acids in Preventing Parenteral Nutrition Associated Disorders
NASPGHAN Foundation/Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Development Award
Phillip Minar, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Redefining Deep Remission in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease
NASPGHAN Foundation/Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Roy Nattiv, MD, UCSF Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Characterizing the role of absorptive and secretory progenitors following injury in a mouse model of colitis
Developmeny and Study of Clinical Outcome Assessments for use in Clinical Trials in Children with IBD
Anthony Otley, MD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Development and Evaluation of the Tummy CD Index: A Patient Reported Signs and Symptom Index for Pediatric Crohn's Disease
NASPGHAN Foundation/In-Office Member Grant for Development of Patient Education Prototypes
James Brief, MD, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
The Impact of an Interactive Computer Application on the Quality of Colonoscopy Preparation, Overall Patient Satisfaction and Outpatient Ambulatory Center Efficiency
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN/Susan Moyer Nursing Research Grant
Nancy Murray, RN, MS
Influence of bottle/nipple systems on feedings in term infants
NASPGHAN Foundation Takeda Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Research Innovation Award
Rohit Kohli MD, MS, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
NASH Improvement after Bariatric Surgery: The Role of Bile Acid Signaling
NASPGHAN Foundation George Ferry Young Investigator Development Award
Meenakshi Rao MD, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center
Defining the role of glial cells in the enteric nervous system
NASPGHAN Foundation Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Development Award
Johan Van Limbergen MD, MRCPCH, PhD, IWK Health Centre
A metagenomic approach to diagnosis, induction and maintenance of deep remission following exclusive enteral nutrition in pediatric Crohn’s Disease (CD)
NASPGHAN Foundation Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Robert Bandsma MD, Hospital for Sick Kids
Unraveling metabolic dysadaptation in malnutrition: from cellular mechanisms to improved child survival
NASPGHAN Foundation Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Dale Lee MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The association between mucosal healing and long-term linear growth
NASPGHAN Foundation In-Office Member Grant for Development of Patient Education Prototypes
Alice Foster – British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Jennifer Willoughby RN, BSN, CPN – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
NASPGHAN Foundation/APGNN Susan Moyer Nursing Research Grant
Shari Huffman RN, MN, CPNP, Nemour’s Children’s Clinic
Vitamin D3 supplementation pediatric IBD: Weekly vs. daily dosing regimens
NASPGHAN Foundation/AstraZeneca Research Award for Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Edaire Cheng MD, UT Southwestern
Periostin Induces Fibrogenesis and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in EoE
NASPGHAN/NASPGHAN FOUNDATION George Ferry Young Investigator Award
Dean Yimlamai MD, Boston Children's Hospital
Hippo Signaling Influences Liver Cell Fate
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION/Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Development Award
Jennifer Dotson, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Healthcare Disparities in Children with Crohn’s Disease
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Camilla Richmond MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
The role of PTEN in the intestinal stem cell response to nutrient deprivation
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Lindsey Albenberg MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Oxidative Stress and the Gut Microbiome in IBD Transition
NASPGHAN/NASPSGHAN FOUNDATION George Ferry Young Investigator Award
Anthony Guerrerio, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Role of Transforming Growth Factor Beta in Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION/Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Development Award
Joanne Masterson, PhD, University of Colorado Denver
Role of IL-33 and Eosinophils in Pediatric Crohn’s Ileitis
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Sean Moore, MD, MS, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Mechanisms of Alanyl-Glutamine Nutrition Therapy
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Sam X. Cheng, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
The calcium-sensing receptor and nutritional therapy of IBD in children
NASPGHAN FOUNDATION In-Office Member Grant for Development of Patient Education Prototypes
Harpreet Pall, MD, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Prospective Study of Educational Cartoon on Pediatric Bowel Prep Quality at Time of Colonoscopy
Rebecca Kendall, RN, PNP, Children’s Hospital, Aurora CO
An Animation Video for Encopretic Treatment
Dawn Ebach, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Shared Clinical Decision Making Tools for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
NASPGHAN/CDHNF George Ferry Young Investigator Award
Aleixo Muise, MD, Hospital for Sick Children
Novel Pathway Analysis in IBD
CDHNF Young Investigator Award
Paula Hertel, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Mechanisms of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Experimental Biliary Atresia
CDHNF/Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Development Award
Ajay Gulati, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Influences of NOD2 on the Intestinal Microbiota
CDHNF/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Bruno Chumpitazi, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Low Fermentable Substrate Diet for Childhood Irritable Bowel Syndrome
NASPGHAN/CDHNF George Ferry Young Investigator Award
Michael Rosen, MD, Vanderbilt University
STAT6 Signaling in Ulcerative Colitis
CDHNF Young Investigator Award
Bittoo Khanwar, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Analysis of the Mucosal Immune Response in IBD by Immuno-PET
CDHNF/Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Development Award
Edwin deZoeten, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Heat Shock Response in Regulatory T cells: A Target to Affect Function and Efficacy in IBD
CDHNF/Nestlé Nutrition Research Young Investigator Development Award
Nitika Gupta, MD, Emory University
Role of GLP-1R agonists in Ischemia-Reperfusion injury of a steatotic donor liver graft
NASPGHAN-CDHNF Fellow to Faculty Transition Award In Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Naamah Zitomersky, MD, Children's Hospital, Boston
Bacteroidales adherance to inflamed epithelium in Crohns disease
CDHNF/AstraZeneca Research Award for Acid Peptic Related Diseases
Aliye Uc, MD, University of Iowa
Heme Oxygenase-1: Regulation and Function in Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug-Induced Stomach Ulcers
George Ferry Young Investigator Award /CDHNF/Nestlé Nutrition Young Investigator Award
Mamata Sivagnanam, MD, University of California, San Diego
Intestinal Epithelial Function of Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
NASPGHAN/CDHNF Young Investigator Award
Kara Gross, MD, Columbia University
Enteric Neuronal Development as a Determinant of Intestinal Inflammation
CDHNF/Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Award
Richard Kellermayer, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Nutritional influence on the epigenetic development of the colonic mucosa
CDHNF/AstraZeneca/TAP Young Investigator Award in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
James Franciosi, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Health Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Outcome Measures in Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Beyond Eosinophil Counting
NASPGHAN-CDHNF Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Michael Rosen, MD, Vanderbilt University
The Role of IL-13 and Natural Killer T-Cells in New Onset Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis
CDHNF/TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Research Innovation Award
David Rudnick, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
A Systems Biology Approach to Analysis of Mechanisms of Liver Regeneration
George Ferry Young Investigator Award
Rohit Kohli, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Effect of ileal transposition on the pathophysiology of nutrition associated hepatic steatosis
NASPGHAN/CDHNF Young Investigator Awards
Edda Fiebiger, MD, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Studies on the role of mast cells in eosinophilic esophagitis
Valerie McLin, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
The role of Wnt signaling in the development of the visceral mesoderm and gastrointestinal tract
CDHNF/Nestle Nutrition Award for Young Investigators
Miriam Vos, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Effects of Dietary Fructose Reduction in Children with Hepatic Steatosis
CDHNF/CCFA Award for New Investigators
Zili Zhang, MD, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
OX40 and Th17 Cell Activation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CDHNF/NASPGHAN Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Eric Benchimol, MD, Hospital for Sick Children
Incidence and outcomes of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease in Ontario/
George Ferry Young Investigator Award
Lynette Gillis, Vanderbilt University
Mitochondrial SCHAD in Hyperinsulinism and Hepatic Steatosis
CDHNF Young Investigator Awards
Matthew Ryan, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Mechanisms of Bile Duct Proliferation in Mice Heterozygous for Jag1 and Fringe Genes
Sohail Husain, MD, Yale University Medical Center
Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Flux in Pancreatitis
Kris Steinbrecher, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
A protective role for GSK-3 during initiation of inflammatory bowel disease
CDHNF/Nestle Nutrition Award for Young Investigators
Helen Pappa, MD, Children’s Hospital, Boston
Optimization of vitamin D status and its effects on bone health and disease outcomes in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease
CDHNF/Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Young Investigator Award
Neera Gupta, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Gender Differences in Growth in Pediatric Patients with Crohn's Disease
CDHNF/NASPGHAN Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Edwin de Zoeten, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Histone Deacetylase Inhibition and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
