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Department of Pediatrics: Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program

Pulmonology Research

Research Training and Scholarly Activity

Fellows have 12-18 months for scholarly activities that may include clinical and translational research, the leadership of a quality improvement or patient safety initiative, and/or the development of a novel educational curriculum. There are multiple opportunities to work with several successful faculty researchers not only in the Pulmonology section but also in Allergy/Immunology, Infectious Disease and Critical Care sections, among others.

A Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC) is established for each fellow to provide additional guidance towards the successful completion of each project, with the expectation that each project effort will result in a manuscript(s) for presentation at national meetings and submission to an academic journal.

Additional training in biostatistics and research skills comes through participation in shared common core courses sponsored and provided by the Department of Pediatrics to all pediatric fellows as well as working with a research mentor on a defined scholarly project.

Each fellow also participates in quality improvement projects/initiatives during their fellowship.  It is the expectation by both the program and ACGME that each fellow develops, implements, and follows the progress of a QI project during their fellowship in an area of their choosing with the guidance of a faculty member.

Selected Fellow Research Publications

  1. Saad D, Pesek R, Agarwal A, Kennedy J, Ghazala Z. Rare inborn error of immunity presenting as acute respiratory failure. J Paediatr Child Health. 2025 Jan;61(1):120-123. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16715. Epub 2024 Oct 29. PMID: 39473164.
  2. Saad D, Spray BJ, Pertzborn MC. Identifying disparities in pediatric cystic fibrosis care between low-middle and middle-high income countries in the Middle East. Respir Med. 2024 Nov-Dec;234:107821. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107821. Epub 2024 Sep 27. PMID: 39343413.
  3. Saad D, Ghazala Z, Jesus A, Atteri M, Arundathi R, Ararat E. Preoperative vaping screening in pediatric patients. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Jun;59(6):1832-1835. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26981. Epub 2024 Mar 20. PMID: 38506400.
  4. Agoramurthi K, Berlinski A. Effect of Disinfection Method and Testing Methodology on the Performance of a Breath-Enhanced Jet Nebulizer. Pharmaceutics. 2023 Dec 21;16(1):16. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16010016. PMID: 38276494; PMCID: PMC10819286.
  5. Tanritanir A, Vieluf S, Jafarpour S, Wang X, Loddenkemper T. EEG Biomarkers of Repository Corticotropin Injection Treatment. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 Mar 1;40(3):236-243. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000886. Epub 2021 Aug 6. PMID: 34387275.
  6. Cantu RM, Sanders SC, Turner GA, Snowden JN, Ingold A, Hartzell S, House S, Frederick D, Chalwadi UK, Siegel ER, Kennedy JL. Younger and Rural Children are More Likely to be Hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 Infections. medRxiv. 2023 Mar 30:2023.03.29.23287924. doi: 10.1101/2023.03.29.23287924. Preprint. PMID: 37034695
  7. Wong L, Randolph C, Kanwischer E, Ingold A, Boyanton BL Jr, Taylor J, Frenner RA, Harley SE, Bird JT, Thurman TJ, Kandel S, Ussery DW, Byrum SD, Dinwiddie D, Domman D, Chalwadi UK, Kennedy J. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Mar 16;12(3):e0000723. doi: 10.1128/mra.00007-Epub 2023 Feb 13. PMID: 36779742
  8. Chalwadi UK, Swamy N, Agarwal A, Gauss CH, Greenberg SB, Lyons KA. Determining normal values for lower trachea and bronchi size in children by computed tomography (CT). Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jun 16. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25536. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34133085.
  9. Qaqish R, Berlinski A. Effects of Shake-Actuation Delay on Delivered Dose and Aerosol Characteristics of an Albuterol Suspension From a Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhaler. Respir Care. 2021 Jun 8:respcare.08838. doi: 10.4187/respcare.08838. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34103384.
  10. Berlinski A, Velasco J. Albuterol Delivery Efficiency in a Pediatric Model of Noninvasive Ventilation With a Single-Limb Circuit. Respir Care. 2019 Nov;64(11):1366-1370. doi: 10.4187/respcare.06622. Epub 2019 May 21. PMID: 31113855.
  11. Velasco J, Berlinski A. Albuterol Delivery Efficiency in a Pediatric Model of Noninvasive Ventilation With Double-Limb Circuit. Respir Care. 2018 Feb;63(2):141-146. doi: 10.4187/respcare.05833. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 29114011.
  12. El Taoum K, Xi J, Kim JW, Berlinski A. In-vitro Evaluation of Nebulized Aerosols Via Nasal Route. Respir Care 2015; 60(7):1015-1025. doi: 10.4187/respcare.03606.