Fellowship Research
Shalu Narang, M.D.
- Neonatal Thrombosis: Case-control studies to identify risk factors that predispose neonates to thrombosis.
- IPSS Stroke Registry: Gathering prospective data on children with stroke for the evaluation of stroke incidence and it’s management in various centers
Recipient of Association of Clinical Research Training/Clinical Research 2006 Travel Award
Abstracts:
- "Risk Factors for Umbilical Venous Catheter-Associated Thrombosis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants." Narang S, MD, Roy J, PhD, Stevens T, MD, MPH, Butler-O'Hara M, RN, MSN, Mullen CA, MD, PhD and D'Angio CT, MD - Presented at the American Society of Hematology Conference
Brenda Wittman, M.D.
- Meta-analysis of prophylactic G-CSF and GM-CSF in pediatric patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy
Publications:
- "Prophylactic Colony-Stimulating Factors in Children Receiving Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials." Wittman B, Horan J., Lyman GH. Cancer Treat Review, 2006 Jun;32(4):289-303. Epub 2006 May 5. Review. - Asbtract Presented at the American Society of Hematology Conference
- "A 2-year-old with Atypical CML with a t(5;12)(q33;p13) Treated Successfully with Imatinib Mesylate." Wittman B, Horan J, Baxter J, Goldberg J, Felgar R, Baylor E, Cromwell B, Cross N, Bennett JM. Leuk Res. 2004 May;28 Suppl 1:S65-9.
Swati Basu, M.D.
- Fever and neutropenia
- Bilateral breast cancer / Hodgkin disease
Brigid Leventhal merit award for the highest ranking abstract in Pediatric Oncology—2002—Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology
Merit Award for the highest ranking abstract in pediatrics oncology
Abstracts:
- "Bilateral Breast Cancer is Common in Females Surviving Pediatrics Hodgkin's Disease." - Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference
Publications:
- "Length of Stay and Mortality Associated with Febrile Neutropenia Among Children with Cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncologoy. 2005 Nov 1;23(31):7958-66.
Lauren Bruckner, M.D., Ph.D.
- Development of a Protective Vaccine Against Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Hosts by Employing the New Technology of DNA Immunization
- An Analysis of Specificity of Published PCR Protocols for the Diagnosis of Pneumocysis Carinii Pneumonia
Publications:
- "Pneumocystis Carinii Infection Sensitizes the Lung to Radiation-Induced Injury After Syngeneic Marrow Transplantation: Role of CD4+ T Cells." Bruckner L, Gigliotti F, Wright T, Harmsen A, Notter RH, Chess P, Wang Z, and Finkelstein J. American Journal Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 290: L1087-L1096, 2006.
- "Viridans Group Streptococcal Infections Among Children with Cancer and the Importance of Emerging Antibiotic Resistance." Bruckner L and Gigliotti F.
Seminars Pediatric Infectour Diseases. 2006 Jul;17(3):153-60.
