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Awards

The CHRD Awards recognize excellence in child health research across poster and oral presentation categories. Below are the current and past award recipients.

Award Categories

  • Basic Science Oral — oral presentations in basic science
  • Clinical Oral — oral presentations in clinical research
  • General Oral — broader research presentations
  • Basic Science Poster — research in fundamental science
  • Clinical Poster — research involving clinical populations

2026 Winners

Clinical Oral Presentation

1st - Rossalex Suarez
"Virtual Reality for Procedural Distress in Children Undergoing Port-a-Cath Access: A Randomized Controlled Trial"

2nd - Sujitha Srinathan
"Leveraging AI Translation to Increase Access to Arabic-Language Discharge Education Sheets in the Pediatric ED"

Basic Science Oral Presentation

1st - Megan Lave
"Loss Of Osteopontin Improves Uterine Vascular Function In Hypertensive Pregnancy"

2nd - Chloe Jang
"Toward Early Diagnosis of Preeclampsia and FGR Through Integrated Placental and Circulating Signatures"

General Oral Presentation

1st - Ahmed Al Farsi
"Blood Pressure Trajectories and Brain Injury in Neonates with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia"

2nd - Heather Resvick
"Assessing Catch-up Growth in Small for Gestational Age Infants"

Basic Science Poster Presentation

1st - Kasha Monsour
Poster: 93: "Exploring Cell Fate Conversion During Glioma Initiation And Progression"

2nd - Abbey Kirkwood
Poster: 68: "Nutrient-Sensing By Intestinal Tuft Cells: Implications For IBD"

Clinical Poster Presentation

1st - Hannah May
Poster: 44" "Developmental Pathways From Childhood Cognitive Skills To High School Graduation: The Role Of Adolescent Emotional And Behavioral Problems"

2nd - Shveta Suresh
Poster: 89: "The Feasibility Of Conducting Electroencephalography (EEG) Research In Critically Ill Children With Delirium"

Past Award Winners

  • Basic Science Poster Presentation

    1st - Amy Pietrantonio
    Poster 55: "Early, Acute Prenatal Alcohol Exposure In Mice Causes Life-Long, Sex-Dependent Hearing Impairments"

    2nd - Julia Brott
    Poster 44: "Identification Of Microrna-Mrna Networks Regulated By The Chromatin Remodeling Protein ATRX"

    Clinical Poster Presentation

    1st - Sally Lin
    Poster 31: "Changing The Culture: Reducing Low-Value Blood Cultures In A Pediatric Emergency Department, A Quality Improvement Initiative"

    2nd - David Piskin
    Poster 90: "Diagnostic Delay In Systemic Autoinflammatory Disease: Preliminary Results From The Eurofever Registry"

    Basic Science Oral Presentation

    1st - Mary Taylor
    "Regional and Network Based Structure-Function Coupling in Pediatric Focal Epilepsy and its Relation to Clinical Symptoms"

    Clinical Oral Presentation

    1st - Justin Garabon
    "Optimizing Scheduled Return Visits to a Tertiary Pediatric Emergency Department"

    General Oral Presentation

    1st - Angus Lee
    "Abnormal Speech Assessments are Associated with Underlying Genetic Disorders in Patients with Growth Faltering"

    1st - Karina Burke
    "The association between fentanyl and failed reduction in children with intussusception"

Contact Us

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Child Health Research Day / Poster Session

Megan Dykstra
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Phone: 519-685-8500 *77566

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