Research Showcase Posters - Wednesday, May 20

An Exploration of Productivity Measurement for Pediatric Inpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychology

Corinne Evans M.A., Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Casey Lawless Ph.D., Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Walker S. McKinney Ph.D., Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Katherine Schwartzkopf PsyD, Indiana University School of Medicine
Marissa M. Dawson PsyD, Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Crystal Tracy M.S., Children's Mercy Kansas City, Indiana State University
Mallory Netz Ph.D., Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Carisa Parrish Ph.D., Children's Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Antibiotic-Pathogen Concordance in Pediatric Complicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Makenna Steger MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Marina Dantas MD, MSCR, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jessica Markham MD, MSc, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Berina Karisik DO, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Smit Shah MD, MS, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Alaina Burns PharmD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Cell models of infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Priyanka Prem Kumar, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Irina Pushel, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Meagan Vacek, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jay Vivian, Children's Mercy Kansas City
John Perry, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jacqelyn Nemechek, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Bradley Thornton, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Catherine Bahadursingh, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Clinical Course of a Previously Healthy Patient with Chronic Active EBV Infection

Carina H. Perdew, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Nikita S. Raje, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Thao P. Le, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Cody D. Shopper, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Clonidine dosing after acute pediatric brain injury

Bekah Spengler, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kim Hartman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Matt McLaughlin, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Development of in vitro assays to study HLA risk alleles for TMP-SMX induced IADRs

Nina K. Krbachian, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Priscilla Flores-Ascencio, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Robert T. Tessman, Children's Mercy Hospital
Whitney M. Nolte, Children's Mercy Hospital
Jennifer Goldman, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Establishing Type I Interferon signatures to identify diseases and categorize pathology associated with interferon dysregulation

Eric S. Geanes, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Aditi Bobba, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Rebecca McLennan PhD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Gage Greening PhD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Todd Bradley PhD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Evaluation for non-accidental trauma (NAT) and bleeding disorders in infants referred to pediatric hematology

Abbey Elsbernd, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Shannon Carpenter, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Lyndsey Hultman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
James Anderst, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Feasibility Of Using Caregiver Obtained Muac Z-score Measurement In Monitoring Malnutrition In The Pediatric Patient

Michelle L. Roach, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Dana Bakula, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Saiyara Baset, Children's Mercy Kansas City
April Escobar, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Rachel Graham, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Aileen Har, Children's Mercy Kansas City
E. Nicole Jennison, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Amanda May, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Elizabeth Melia, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kristina Nash, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Corey Schurman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kathryn Yeldell, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Sarah Edwards, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

High-Frequency and Conventional Ventilation in VLBW Neonates During Interfacility Transport

Trevor Cabrera, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Janelle R. Noel-Macdonnell PhD, Children's Mercy Hospital
Emily McNellis, Children's Mercy Hospital

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Investigating Reactive Metabolite Burden of Drugs Implicated in Adverse Drug Reactions

Priscilla Flores-Ascencio, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jennifer Goldman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Whitney M. Nolte, Children's Mercy Hospital
Robert T. Tessman, Children's Mercy Hospital
Nina K. Krbachian, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Lessons learned: Targeted RNA sequencing as a tool for resolving variants of uncertain significance

Allison Kalinousky, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Vitoria Paolillo, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Florencia Del Viso, Children's Mercy Hospital
Elena Repnikova, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Ana S A Cohen, Children's Mercy Hospital
Joseph Alaimo, Children's Mercy Hospital
Emily G. Farrow, Children's Mercy Hospital
Carol J. Saunders, Children's Mercy Hospital
Isabelle Thiffault, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Neuroinflammatory signatures in mouse models of EPG5-associated neurodegenerative disorders

Alex Hardinger, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Bradley Thornton, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Priyanka Prem Kumar, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Laramie Pence, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jay L. Vivian, Children's Mercy Hospital

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Recurrent Fevers as a Prominent and Underrecognized Feature of EPG5-Related Vici Syndrome

Natyssja Lara, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Anne H. Holmes, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Bradley T. Thornton, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Priyanka Prem Kumar, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Zita Surpenant
Lauren Bartik, MS, CGC, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jay L. Vivian, PhD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Scleral Lens For Recurrent Corneal Ulcer in a Pediatric Patient with Blepharokeratoconjunctivitis

Hannah Walleck, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Christina Twardowski, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The automated production of cubic eggshells for optical chick embryo development

Daniel Kremer, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jennifer C. Kasemeier, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Noelle P. Dahl, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Samuel Q. Mellentine, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Matthew L. Breitkreutz, Children's Mercy Hospital

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The impact of vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor on parent and child perceived psychosocial functioning in people with cystic fibrosis: a single center experience

Ashley Severin, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Stephanie Duehlmeyer, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Ellen Meier, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Mallory Netz, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Pediatric Anesthesia Informed Consent Tool (PACT) to Improve Patient and Parent Engagement: Development and Pilot Testing

Yoo Sun (Sunny) Jeong, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Michelle Stage
Richard Blum
Elaine Meyer
Mollie Ruben
Danielle Blanch-Hartigan
David Waisel
Stephanie Kukora, Children's Mercy Kansas City

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Use of Omalizumab For Idiopathic Isolated Angioedema In A Pediatric Patient

Manali Shah, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Thao Le, Children's Mercy

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Belatacept Use in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Case Series

Shivani Wadnerkar, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jeffrey Saland, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ron Shapiro, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

CRISPR-Cas9 Based Whole Genome Screen Reveals Genetic Modulators of Chemoresistance in Leukemia

Jacqueline K. Babai, University of Kansas Medical Center
Jacqelyn Nemechek, Children's Mercy Kansas City
John C. Means, Children's Mercy Hospital
Scott T. Younger, Children's Mercy Hospital
John M. Perry, Children's Mercy Hospital

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Does a “True Bovine Arch” Exist? Prenatal Diagnosis of a Unique Arch Anomaly in a Neonate with Absent Ductus Venosus

Mohamed Aashiq Abdul Ghayum, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jenna Schermerhorn, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Laura Kuzava, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Sanket Shah, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Anmol Goyal, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Does Variation in Systemic Steroid Use Impact Outcomes in Preschoolers Hospitalized with Viral Respiratory Tract Infection?

Smit Shah, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kathyrn Kyler, Children's Mercy Hospital
Matt Hall, Children's Health Association
Megan M. Gubichuk, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jessica L. Markham, Children's Mercy Hospital

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Dose-Dependent Metabolic and Proteomic Determinants of Chemotherapy Resistance in KMT2A-Rearranged Pediatric ALL

Diana S. Acevedo Dr., Children's Mercy Kansas City
John M. Perry, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Evaluating the Impact of a Certificate Program in Pediatric Bioethics for Interdisciplinary Healthcare Professionals on Professional Development and Practice

Vanessa Watkins, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Angie Knackstedt, Children's Mercy Hospital
Brian S. Carter, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jeremy Garrett, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kadriye O. Lewis, USFQ
Stephanie Kukora, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Evaluation and Treatment of Pediatric Pre-eruptive Intracoronal Resorption​

Sophia Rosen, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Neena Patel, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Amy Burleson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jenna Sparks, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Robin Onikul, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Human Metapneumovirus Infection of the Central Nervous System: In Vitro and In Vivo Models

Gage Greening, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Joanna Yuen, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Rebecca McLennan, Children's Mercy Hospital
Eric S. Geanes, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Santosh Khanal, Children's Mercy Hospital
Marc L. Herman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Brittany Hauger, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Daniel A. Louiselle, Children's Mercy Hospital
Todd Bradley, Children's Mercy Hospital

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Identifying Candidates for Field Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (E-CPR) in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Review

Sherouk A. Abdelmoity, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Lindsay Fick, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jenna Miller, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jennifer Flint, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Impact of Age on Growth, Readmission, and Malnutrition after Pediatric Feeding Tube Weaning

Minh H. Tran, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Saiyara Baset, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Lindsay R. Groh, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Sarah T. Edwards, Children's Mercy Hospital
Kristina Nash, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Amy Ricketts, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Julianne Brogren, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Ryan M. Thompson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Sarah Bullard, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Rachel Graham, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Janelle R. Noel-Macdonnell PhD, Children's Mercy Hospital
Lori A. Erickson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Dana Bakula, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Inhaled Ciclesonide, a brain-sparing glucocorticoid, attenuates hyperoxia-induced lung injury in neonatal rats

Heather Menden, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Moral Tensions at the Bedside: A Survey of Neonatal Nurses’ Perceptions of Trisomy 18 Care

Isabella Hadden, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Angela Knackstedt, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kelstan Ellis, Children's Mercy Hospital
Stephanie Kukora, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Nature's Secret Code: Fibonacci Sequence and 3D Modelling the Growing Rib

Amogh Shetty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mathew Illimoottil, University Missouri-Kansas City
Ashley K. Sherman, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Aditi Hendi MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Richard Schwend MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Optimization of post-surgical analgesia after pediatric adenotonsillectomy: An opioid-sparing, steroid-forward approach

Blake Welker, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Daniel Jensen, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Aliza Elrod, Children's Mercy Kansas City
John Dahl, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Elizabeth Edmundson, Children's Mercy Kansas City
David Williams, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Meghan Tracy, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Transphyseal Rigid Intramedullary Nailing in Pediatric Femoral and Tibial Fractures: A Systematic Review

Parker D. Boyce, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Zachary Podoll MD, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Michael Benvenuti MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Trend in Outcomes from Protocol Driven Hydration Strategy Following Bariatric Surgery and Potential for Improvement

Efua H. Bolouvi MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Nadeen Alturki MBChB, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Jieun Lee MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Shawn St. Peter MD, Children's Mercy Kansas City

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM