Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital has a long and rich tradition in pediatric research. Ground breaking research in the areas of neonatology, cystic fibrosis, sleep medicine, child development and childhood diabetes, to name just a few, have led to major advances in child health over the years. These efforts continue to offer new and exciting insights into the potential for treatment and cures of many childhood diseases. As one of the top NIH funded Children's Hospitals in the country, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital is well recognized nationally for the quality of its research endeavors.
Residents have ample opportunity to participate in research and other scholarly activities during their residency. Because we feel that an understanding of the research process is an important component of residency training as well as key to successful life-long learning, each resident in our program prepares a research project during the course of their residency training. Traditionally known as "The Senior Project" (although increasingly, many of our residents perform research in their intern and junior years), this experience gives our residents an opportunity to perform focused research projects in an area of interest with a faculty mentor. A research curriculum teaches the fundamentals of research design and the Department provides support for study design and data analysis. The culmination of these efforts is the presentation of these projects at Science Day, an all day scientific symposium that has been a Rainbow tradition for over 30 years. Science Day provides a showcase for the research efforts of the pediatric residents in our program and is a highpoint of the academic year for faculty and residents alike. These projects are of such high quality that each year a number of them are accepted for presentation at national research meetings.
For residents with prior research background and the desire to continue their research activities during residency, flexible scheduling in accordance with the American Board of Pediatrics training specifications can provide the time necessary to advance a research agenda. Mentoring resources are widely available at Rainbow, University Hospitals and at Case Western Reserve University.
Examples of Resident Senior Projects:
Daniel Fax, M.D.
Pediatrician Experiences with Giving Informal Medical Advice
Kenneth Remy M.D.
Cleveland and Violence Statistics: The CAVS Study on Youth Violence
Jill Azok, M.D.
Predictors of Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Alecia Nero, M.D.
Cardiac Dysrhythmias in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia
Carolyn Stickney, M.D.
Outcomes in Infants with Cardiac Dysfunction Associated with Bronchiolitis
Srinayan Narayanan, M.D.
Primary Care Interventions for Overweight Children
Kee Thai Yeo, M.D.
Stability of Plasmodium Falciparum MSP 1-19 Haplotypes Infecting Kenyan Children in Two Regions
Debra Lee, M.D. and Danielle Scholze, M.D.
Perspectives on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric Education
Alka Gulati, M.D.
HPV Vaccination: Assessment of Parental Knowledge and Reasons for Acceptance or Denial
Katherine Wang, M.D.
Antenatal Steroid Therapy for 23-25 Week Infants Enhances Early Viability Without Increasing Long Term Survival