Research Experience

Welcome to the BRNSTRM Project
Our mission is to Build Resident New Skills Through Research Mentoring.

We have assembled a research mentoring team for residents as they explore careers in pediatric medicine. A core of diverse consultants committed to the growth of the resident researcher, will provide resources for residents to begin development of a portfolio of research experiences. By teaming with a core of researchers who have clinical, quality-based, bench, educational and/or translational research experience, the resident will gain the skills necessary to excel in an academic career.

Experiences that the resident would be able to access would include but not be limited to

• Develop their CV
• Write a fellowship based personal statement
• Develop time management strategies
• Learn the importance of networking tools
• Preparing and planning research presentation
• Write a manuscript

Active Resident Research Projects

Project Title	Resident	Primary Mentor
Cardiology
The SAMIS Trial: Multicenter study of antiarrhythmic medications for treatment of infants with supraventricular tachycardia.	Lindsey Malloy	Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic
Arrhythmia after the Fontan operation: Comparison of the intracardiac lateral tunnel and the extracardiac conduit procedures	Lindsey Malloy	Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic
An interesting diagnosis: Asymptomatic mid-mediastinal bronchogenic cyst	Lindsey Malloy	Catherine Simon
Predictors of successful transcatheter secundum atrial septal defect closure with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder in children	Kathleen Simpson	Karina Carlson
Atrial arrhythmias associated with neonatal enteroviral myocarditis	Kathleen Simpson	Karina Carlson
Factors that predict outcomes critical pulmonic stenosis and pulmonary atresia in the first month of life	Jonathan Wagner	Karina Carlson
Recurrence of coarctation after tetrology of fallot repair	Wali Olabiyi	Karina Carlson
Infectious Disease
Impact of aclinical practice guideline on community-acquired pneumonia	Ross Newman	Jason Newland
Automated (VITEK 2) versus disk diffusion for antimicrobial susceptibility test of pseudomonas aeruginosa against beta lactam antibiotics	Jen Goldman	MaryAnne Jackson
Epidemiology and outcome of pneumococcal meningitis in the era of PCV7	Tracy Hall	MaryAnne Jackson
A prospective clinical trial to compare the efficacy of Copan flocked swabs versus nasopharyngeal aspirates for laboratory detection of respiratory viruses	Sarah Peterson	Jason Newland
Rheumatology
An educational intervention for teratogenic effects of immunosuppressive medications	Cara Hoffart	Mara Becker
Folate gene polymorphism in Down's syndrome patients with arthritis	Kate Chastain	Mara Becker
General Pediatrics/Resident Education
Genetic testing for infants with hyperbilirubinemia	Jenna Miller	Susan Rahman
Improving didactic education through the elimination of pages at noon conference	Mary Hamm	Keith Mann
Resident 'centeredness' before and after a family centered care curriculum	Janet Crane and Lindsey Malloy	Keith Mann
Allergy/Immunology
Trends in asthma outcome measures since adoption of the Asthma Control Test (ACT) and childhood ACT	James Friedlander	Chitra Dinakar
Pulmonology
Risk factor analysis of cystic fibrosis patients with aminoglycoside associated high frequency hearing loss	Scott Wheatley	Terry Carver
Neonatology
Trends in obesity and excessive weight gain for BMI among pregnant teenagers	Christina Peacock	Felix Okah
Emergency Medicine
Connected Kids at Head Start: Taking office-based violence prevention to the community	Shayna Smith	John Cowden
Hematology/Oncology
Genetic mutation in hereditary spherocytosis	Heather Joyce	Robert White