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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Publications

Below are the 50 more recent publications by faculty members in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Visit PubMed to see all publications from within the department.

  1. Van Winkle LJ, Ryznar RJ, Iannaccone PM  Adaptation and changing phenotypes through transgenerational epigenetics.  Epigenetics  2025 Dec;20(1):2460246. pii:2460246
  2. Kukora SK, Ryan K, Yan H, Clarke R, Arslanian-Engoren C, Pituch K  Development and acceptability testing of a tracheostomy decision support video for parents.  PEC Innov  2025 Dec;7:100412. pii:100412
  3. Alsaied T, Li R, Grant H, Schiff MD, Li Y, Christopher AB, Kreutzer J, Goldstein BH, Soslow JH, Loke YH  et al.  Defining diastolic dysfunction post-Fontan: Threshold, risk factors, and associations with outcomes.  Am Heart J  2025 Dec;290:288-296. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2025.07.007
  4. Goodman LC, Richard MA, Woodhouse JP, Ihnen SKZ, Capal JK, Northrup H, Krueger DA, Bebin EM, Wu JY, Sahin M  et al.  Developmental Trajectories of Adaptive Functioning and Behavior Problems in Children With Co-Occurring Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Autism Spectrum Disorder, With and Without Seizures.  Pediatr Neurol  2025 Oct;171:54-62. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.07.008
  5. Brothers SB, Wolfe-Christensen C, Loblein HJ, Kimbley H, Patrick KE, Sepeta LN, McNally KA, Koop JI, Stilp RL, Ailion A  et al.  Depressive symptoms in youth with refractory epilepsy: Exploration of seizure, sociodemographic and cognitive factors.  Epilepsy Behav  2025 Oct;171:110608. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110608
  6. Lee-Kim Y, DelSignore L, Antos NJ, Morse CL, Kruger SJ, Topor LS, Gillispie-Taylor M, Johnston LC, Beck Dallaghan GL, James SH  et al.  A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Role of the Subspecialist in Recruitment into Pediatrics.  J Pediatr  2025 Oct;285:114757. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114757
  7. Votoupal M, Muller R, Patel AD, Rosenman M, Wojnaroski M, Winterhalter E, Carroll M, Leavens K, Dixon-Salazar T, Lam S  Navigating the Diagnosis: A survey on Caregivers' Journeys to Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.  Epilepsy Behav  2025 Oct;171:110600. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110600
  8. Yao TJ, Zhang J, Malee K, Smith R, Rice ML, Redmond SM, Williams PL,   Brief Report: Prenatal Antiretroviral Exposure and Concomitant Neurodevelopmental Problems Among 5-Year-Old Children Who Are HIV-Exposed and Uninfected.  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr  2025 Oct 01;100(2):131-136. doi:10.1097/QAI.0000000000003720
  9. Lopez KN, Truong D, Anderson BR, Baker-Smith CM, Bradford TT, Dionne A, Dummer K, Forsha DE, Franklin WJ, Handler S  et al.  Sociodemographic Disparities in Severity of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: The National Cross-Sectional MUltisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In Children (MUSIC) Study.  J Pediatr  2025 Oct;285:114670. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114670
  10. Li S, Agudelo Garcia PA, Aliferis C, Becich MJ, Calyeca J, Cosgrove BD, Elisseeff J, Farzad N, Fertig EJ, Glass C  et al.  Advancing biological understanding of cellular senescence with computational multiomics.  Nat Genet  2025 Sep 15;. doi:10.1038/s41588-025-02314-y
  11. Tsao HS, Rogers AJ, Ramgopal S  Understanding the Risk of Serious Infections in Young Infants With Hypothermia.  Hosp Pediatr  2025 Sep 15;. pii:e2025008700
  12. Gruen MD, Gopaul MT, Jimenez AD, Batra A, Blank LJ, Damien C, Day GS, Eschbach K, Gerard EE, Gofton TE  et al.  Quality of life over time after new onset refractory status epilepticus.  Epilepsia  2025 Sep 13;. doi:10.1111/epi.18635
  13. Linde-Krieger LB, Ryan CJ, Rankin L, Tecot S, Allen AM  Childhood and Prenatal Stressors Shape Breastfeeding Behavior in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: A Prospective Investigation of Stress Effects.  Breastfeed Med  2025 Sep 12;. doi:10.1177/15568253251377776
  14. Dervan LA, Heneghan JA, Hall M, Choi DH, Dziorny AC, Goodman DM, Kane JM, Kohne JG, Rogerson CM, Toomey V  et al.  Return-to-Care After Discharge Directly Home From the PICU: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study.  Pediatr Crit Care Med  2025 Sep 12;. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003830
  15. Kushner RF, Jastreboff AM, Ryan DH  Current and Future Medications for Obesity Treatment.  JAMA  2025 Sep 11;. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.13665
  16. Chen Z, Aziz P, Greenland P, Passman R, Gordon A, Webster G  Age-Dependent Contributions of Rare and Common Genetic Variation in Atrial Fibrillation.  Circ Genom Precis Med  2025 Sep 11;:e004958. doi:10.1161/CIRCGEN.124.004958
  17. Brady SS, Camenga DR, Coyne-Beasley T, Falke C, Fitzgerald CM, Harlow BL, Kenton K, Klusaritz H, Lewis CE, Rodriguez-Ponciano DP  et al.  Cross-Sectional Associations of Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms, and Emotional Support Seeking with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Bladder Health.  Int Urogynecol J  2025 Sep 10;. doi:10.1007/s00192-025-06270-3
  18. Blackman Carr LT, Ard J, Shanks CB, Forman EM, Goldstein SP, Haire-Joshu D, Jastreboff AM, Johnson S, Kandula NR, Katzmarzyk PT  et al.  Toward Health Equity: A Workshop Report on the State of the Science of Obesity Interventions for Adults.  Obesity (Silver Spring)  2025 Sep 10;. doi:10.1002/oby.70035
  19. Rees CA, Hall M, Ramgopal S, Badaki-Makun O, Eltorki M, Chaudhari PP, Gonzalez F, Phamduy TT, Shapiro DJ, Bergmann KR  et al.  Variations in Medical Clearance Testing for Mental Health Emergency Department Visits.  Pediatrics  2025 Sep 10;. pii:e2025071007
  20. Yousaf H, de Koning MA, Khan K, Gilmore KL, Hoffer MJV, Kellaris G, Lanone S, Dagouassat M, Ullah F, Adama van Scheltema PN  et al.  Bi-allelic deleterious variants in SNAPIN, which encodes a retrograde dynein adaptor, cause a prenatal-onset neurodevelopmental disorder.  Am J Hum Genet  2025 Sep 09;. pii:S0002-9297(25)00325-8
  21. Selvaraj MS, Li X, Li Z, Van Buren E, Haidermota S, Postupaka D, Hornsby W, Bis JC, Brody JA, Cade BE  et al.  Whole genome sequence analysis of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol across 246 K individuals.  Genome Biol  2025 Sep 09;26(1):273. pii:273
  22. Becker AE, Abend NS, Benedetti GM, Buttram SDW, Chung MG, Erklauer JC, Friess SH, Hong SJ, Huh J, Kirschen MP  et al.  Neurocritical Care Entrustable Professional Activities for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Education and Professional Development: Standardizing Curriculum, Training, and Assessment.  Pediatr Crit Care Med  2025 Sep 09;. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003818
  23. Descarpentrie A, Cleveland JC, Midya V, Espinoza J, Ottino-Gonzalez J, Adise S, Alderete TL, Goran MI  Social and Environmental Correlates of Childhood Obesity Among Southern California Communities.  Obesity (Silver Spring)  2025 Sep 09;. doi:10.1002/oby.70021
  24. Nadig N, Bhimraj A, Cawcutt K, Chiotos K, Dzierba AL, Kim AY, Martin GS, Pearson JC, Shumaker AH, Baden LR  et al.  2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on the Treatment and Management of COVID-19: Abatacept.  Clin Infect Dis  2025 Sep 09;. pii:ciaf354
  25. Vila Ellis L, Bywaters JD, Ceas A, Liu Y, Sucre JM, Chen J  p53 maintains lineage fidelity during lung capillary injury-repair in neonatal hyperoxia.  JCI Insight  2025 Sep 09;10(17). pii:e182880
  26. Somayaji N, Knapp EA, Churchill ML, Hirko KA, Blackwell CK, Hipwell AE, Cragoe N, Aschner JL, Croen LA, Bastain TM  et al.  Associations between neighborhood-level gun violence and child general health status: An ECHO cohort analysis.  Injury  2025 Sep 08;56(11):112752. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2025.112752
  27. Ambruso DR, Briones NJ, Tran AD, Sanford B, Childs C, Katz BZ, Ellison M, Johnston RB, Jones KL  Interferon-gamma 1b-induced gene expression alters neutrophil function in patients with chronic granulomatous disease.  PLoS One  2025;20(9):e0331657. pii:e0331657
  28. Reed JL, Palmer CA, Casper TC, Augustine EM, Cruz AT, Elsholz CL, Mollen CJ, Pickett ML, Schmidt SK, Stukus KS  et al.  Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening for Adolescents and Young Adults in Emergency Departments.  JAMA Pediatr  2025 Sep 08;. pii:e252139
  29. Freedman AA, Perak AM, Ernst LM, Borders A, Miller GE, Allen NB, Gilman SE, Khan SS  High Blood Pressure in Childhood and Premature Cardiovascular Disease Mortality.  JAMA  2025 Sep 07;. pii:e2514405
  30. Stringer KA, Goldberg D, Chen S, Thrush P, Graham EM, Lubert A, Myers J, McLellan L, Flott T, Nasr S  et al.  A Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Assess the Safety of Nebulized Tissue Plasminogen Activator for the Acute Treatment of Pediatric Plastic Bronchitis: The PLATyPuS Trial.  Pharmacotherapy  2025 Sep 05;. doi:10.1002/phar.70056
  31. Ketchem CJ, Gabryszewski SJ, Rothenberg ME  Artificial Intelligence in the Detection and Management of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases: Applications, Challenges, and Future Outlook.  J Allergy Clin Immunol  2025 Sep 04;. pii:S0091-6749(25)00936-4
  32. Zhou D, Fatima A, Ahmed A, Khan Afridi TU, Khan HN, Ashraf M, Naeem M, Jamal SB, Hassan I, Davis EE  et al.  Exome sequencing in a Pakistani male infertility cohort: perspective on molecular diagnosis, genetic heterogeneity, and diagnostic yield.  Mol Genet Genomics  2025 Sep 04;300(1):87. doi:10.1007/s00438-025-02286-y
  33. Mirkin CA, Petrosko SH, Artzi N, Aydin K, Biaggne A, Brinker CJ, Bujold KE, Cao YC, Chan RR, Chen C  et al.  33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.  ACS Nano  2025 Sep 04;. doi:10.1021/acsnano.5c12854
  34. Madlala HP, Myer L, Geffen H, Jao J, Matjila M, Fisher A, Meyer D, Dugas L, Mendham AE, Petro G  et al.  Maternal Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Fat Distribution by HIV Status and Antiretroviral Therapy Class in South African Women.  AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses  2025 Sep 03;. doi:10.1177/08892229251374692
  35. Sperotto F, Kazlova V, Trachtenberg FL, Truong DT, Aggarwal S, Block JR, Bradford T, Buddhe S, Dionne A, Dragulescu A  et al.  2D Speckle Tracking Strain Echocardiography in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Multicenter Analysis From the MUSIC Study.  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging  2025 Sep 03;:e017620. doi:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017620
  36. El Feghaly RE, Herigon J, Wattles BA, Kronman MP, Smith MJ, Patel SJ, Poole NM, Olivero R, Wirtz AL, Lee BR  et al.  Identifying Successful Pediatric Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies through Benchmarking: A Multi-Institutional Project.  Am J Infect Control  2025 Sep 02;. pii:S0196-6553(25)00554-1
  37. Weisleder A, Pabalan L, Miller-Fitzwater A, Venzor-Strader A, Dennis E, Glusman M  Pediatricians' Knowledge of Bilingualism and Provision of Culturally Responsive Care for Latine Dual Language Learners: A Pilot Study.  Am J Speech Lang Pathol  2025 Sep 02;:1-11. doi:10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00572
  38. Gwarzo I, Coleman KD, McKinley K, Ellison AM, Alpern ER, Corboy J, Hariharan S, Topoz I, Wurtz M, Nielsen B  et al.  Opioid Timeliness in the Emergency Department and Hospitalizations for Acute Sickle Cell Pain.  JAMA Pediatr  2025 Sep 02;. pii:e252967
  39. Walker JM, Won DJ, Patel RS, Ning H, Lloyd-Jones DM  Comparing the "Life's Essential 8" Scores of Older Adults Living With Cardiovascular Diseases: NHANES, 2013 to 2018.  J Am Heart Assoc  2025 Sep 02;14(17):e039659. doi:10.1161/JAHA.124.039659
  40. Fyolek JP, Mahdavinia M, Jiang J, Bilaver LA, Fox S, Nimmagadda SR, Newmark PJ, Sharma H, Assa'ad A, Seed PC  et al.  Distinct skin microbiome signatures in Black and White children with food allergy and asthma.  Pediatr Allergy Immunol  2025 Sep;36(9):e70197. pii:e70197
  41. Hareza DA, Bergman Y, Jacobs E, Mathers AJ, Hauser AR, Cosgrove SE, Simner PJ, Tamma PD  Establishing the Optimal Ceftriaxone MIC for Predicting ESBL Production in Bloodstream Infections.  Open Forum Infect Dis  2025 Sep;12(9):ofaf490. pii:ofaf490
  42. Engel ML, Herbert LJ, Ramos A, Gupta RS, Warren CM  Food allergy-related social anxiety: Novel conceptualization of an important but overlooked construct.  Pediatr Allergy Immunol  2025 Sep;36(9):e70189. pii:e70189
  43. Franco Fuenmayor ME, Davis AD, Fry JT, Machut KZ  Equitable Family-Centered Care for Patients Who Prefer Languages Other Than English.  Neoreviews  2025 Sep 01;26(9):e649-e657. doi:10.1542/neo.26-9-058
  44. Dieguez AC, Kuang A, Josefson JL, Scholtens DM, Lowe WL, Hayes MG, Hivert MF  Response to Comment on Dieguez et al. In Utero Exposure to Maternal Hyperglycemia and Offspring Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Risk Score Are Independently Associated With Risk of Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Youth. Diabetes Care 2025;48:1356-1360.  Diabetes Care  2025 Sep 01;48(9):e117-e118. doi:10.2337/dci25-0074
  45. Orbach D, Carton M, Heinz AT, Borgwardt L, Brisse JH, Morosi C, Rudzinski ER, Safwat A, Sparber-Sauer M, Terezakis S  et al.  Regional lymph node invasion in pediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma: an international cohort study from the International Soft Tissue Sarcoma Consortium.  EClinicalMedicine  2025 Sep;87:103409. pii:103409
  46. Crawford TO, Servais L, Mercuri E, Kölbel H, Kuntz N, Finkel RS, Krueger J, Batley K, Young SD, Marantz JL  et al.  Safety and efficacy of apitegromab in nonambulatory type 2 or type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SAPPHIRE): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.  Lancet Neurol  2025 Sep;24(9):727-739. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00225-X
  47. Bassett HK, Rao S, Beck J, Brady PW, Jhaveri R, Joerger T, Liang D, Quinonez R, Shine A, Somers M  et al.  Clinician Preferences for Oseltamivir Use in Children With Influenza in the Outpatient Setting.  Pediatrics  2025 Sep 01;156(3). pii:e2025071193
  48. Dowshen N, Baker K, Garofalo R, Chen D, Inwards-Breland DJ, Sequeira G, Mehringer JE, McNamara M  A Critical Scientific Appraisal of the Health and Human Services Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria.  J Adolesc Health  2025 Sep;77(3):342-345. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.002
  49. Saunders DC, Laronda MM  Engineering strategies and challenges in building the follicular microenvironment for a bioprosthetic ovary.  Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol  2025 Sep;102:102641. doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2025.102641
  50. Essner BS, Osgood PT, Perez ME, Fortunato JE  Autonomic Nervous System and Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: Pathology, Assessment, and Treatment Considerations for Pediatric Gastrointestinal Health Specialists.  Gastroenterol Clin North Am  2025 Sep;54(3):531-555. doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2025.05.002

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