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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. Cohen NT, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Oluigbo CO, Ostendorf AP, Wong-Kisiel L, Fedak Romanowski E, McNamara NA, Tatachar P, Eschbach K, Alexander AL  et al.  Outcomes of Early-Life Focal Cortical Dysplasia-Related Epilepsy: A PERC Surgery Study.  Neurol Clin Pract  2025 Dec;15(6):e200539. pii:e200539
  2. Ladines-Lim JB, Hecht M, Arthur C, Pu A, Ross M, Secrest K, Sifuentes A, Litzner J, Stojan J, Degli Esposti M  et al.  Prevalence and Correlates of Firearm Screening and Counseling in Primary Care in Southeast Michigan.  AJPM Focus  2025 Dec;4(6):100370. pii:100370
  3. Van Winkle LJ, Ryznar RJ, Iannaccone PM  Adaptation and changing phenotypes through transgenerational epigenetics.  Epigenetics  2025 Dec;20(1):2460246. pii:2460246
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Tsuang AJ, Chung SA, Wheatley LM, Plough AG, Panza JL, Sever ML, Bianco A, Strong NK, Berin MC, Clemente JC  et al.  Protocol design for the ACTIVATE clinical trial: Exposure to vaginal microbiome in cesarean-delivered infants at high risk for allergies.  J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob  2025 Nov;4(4):100558. pii:100558
  7. Wiersma AJ, Nielsen B, Webb M, Alpern E, Brousseau DC, Chamberlain JM, Zorc JJ, Babcock L, Frey T, Leonard JC  et al.  Home Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions For Fracture Pain After Pediatric Emergency Department Discharge.  J Emerg Med  2025 Nov;78:202-213. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2025.08.018
  8. 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 Nov;56(11):112752. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2025.112752
  9. Zhang P, Garg PP, Liu L, Zhang W, Kavanagh K, Shetty A, Howard T, Varshney N, Sawaya D, Hawkins G  et al.  Distinct microbiota profiles in non-survivors in preterm infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis: Insights from FFPE intestinal tissue analysis.  J Neonatal Perinatal Med  2025 Nov;18(6):574-588. doi:10.1177/19345798251353777
  10. Ciecko AE, Nabi R, Drewek A, Schauder DM, Zakharov PN, Wan X, Lieberman SM, Cui W, Hessner MJ, Lin CW  et al.  An interleukin-27-centered cytokine circuit regulates macrophage and T cell interactions in autoimmune diabetes.  iScience  2025 Oct 17;28(10):113537. pii:113537
  11. Ece B, Ho EH, Tuladhar Z, Novack MA, Ganatra S, Zola A, Ustsinovich V, Hockett CW, Gershon R  A pilot study of remote cognitive assessment in children using the NIH toolbox participant/examiner app.  Sci Rep  2025 Oct 16;15(1):36204. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-20256-7
  12. Johnson AN, Pathmarajah P, Eid E, Admani S, Bauer JW, Bayliss SJ, Gorell ES, Lara-Corrales I, Paller AS, Reimer-Taschenbrecker A  et al.  Development and Validation of a Scale to Assess Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex Severity.  JAMA Dermatol  2025 Oct 15;. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2025.3824
  13. Mohan H, Nguyen J, Yee A, Laurette EY, Sanghvi T, Tejada O, Jao J, Sled JG, Greene NDE, Copp AJ  et al.  Fetal Defects in Mice Treated With Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors: Comparison of Dolutegravir, Raltegravir, Bictegravir, and Cabotegravir.  J Infect Dis  2025 Oct 15;232(4):847-858. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf362
  14. Alpern ER, Scott HF, Balamuth F, Chamberlain JM, Depinet H, Bajaj L, Simon NE, Carter CP, Elsholz C, Webb M  et al.  Derivation and Validation of Predictive Models for Early Pediatric Sepsis.  JAMA Pediatr  2025 Oct 13;. pii:e253892
  15.   Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.  Lancet  2025 Oct 12;. pii:S0140-6736(25)01917-8
  16.   Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950-2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.  Lancet  2025 Oct 12;. pii:S0140-6736(25)01330-3
  17.   Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.  Lancet  2025 Oct 12;. pii:S0140-6736(25)01637-X
  18. Lehane A, O'Donnell A, Bonebrake A, Fishbein J, Perez M, Raval MV, Rosenthal A  Balancing Sustainability and Safety: Reducing HVAC Air Exchange Rates in Operating Rooms Without Increasing Infection Risk.  J Pediatr Surg  2025 Oct 11;:162717. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162717
  19. Taylor ME, Jaishankar D, Madavaraju K, Yuk SA, Zhang K, Mei H, Lantz CW, Andrade da Silva LH, Lee YM, Burke JA  et al.  Linking autophagy to endothelial cell immunogenicity in transplant-associated ischemia-reperfusion injury.  Transpl Immunol  2025 Oct 11;:102315. doi:10.1016/j.trim.2025.102315
  20. Geiger MK, McBrien A, Hornberger LK, Moon-Grady AJ, Madan N, Carvalho JS, Gindes L, Rittey L, Johnson JT, Donofrio MT  et al.  Performance of Early Fetal Echocardiography: An Expert Statement from the Fetal Heart Society.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr  2025 Oct 11;. pii:S0894-7317(25)00586-3
  21. Meinsohn MC, Cleverdon J, Mermin-Bunnell AM, Mattos K, May P, Kashiwagi A, Stavely R, Nagykery N, Saunders D, Tsui EL  et al.  AMH induces a reversible quiescence-associated secretory phenotype in preantral follicles†.  Biol Reprod  2025 Oct 11;. pii:ioaf230
  22. Han JY, Lee JY, Jung CG, Lockey RF, Kumar R, Yon DK, Kolliputi N, Cho SH  Genistein Reduced Eosinophilic Inflammation and Remodeling by Downregulating PAI-1 and TSLP.  Allergy  2025 Oct 11;. doi:10.1111/all.70098
  23.   The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990-2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.  Lancet  2025 Oct 11;406(10512):1565-1586. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01635-6
  24. Vila Ellis L, Cornfield DN, Croglio MP, Islam MN, Meegan JE  From Development to Regeneration: The Endothelial Interface in Lung Injury and Repair.  Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol  2025 Oct 10;. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00236.2025
  25. Zhang Z, Gong Y, Su XY, Deng Y, Du R, Li CL, Wang Y, Song XL, Jiang Q, Li Y  et al.  Dysfunction of the paraventricular thalamus-prelimbic cortex circuit underlies maternal separation-induced deficits in contagious pain.  Sci Adv  2025 Oct 10;11(41):eady1944. pii:eady1944
  26. Yan H, Wang R, Viswanadhapalli S, Cervantes C, He F, Wu S, Khosh A, Luo W, Wang J, Fernandez MJ  et al.  Ligand-receptor interactions induce and mediate regulatory functions of BATF3+ B cells.  Sci Adv  2025 Oct 10;11(41):eadx9917. pii:eadx9917
  27. Chamberlain JM, Simon NE, Bajaj L, Alessandrini E, Grundmeier RW, Gorelick M, Nielsen B, Olsen CS, Ramgopal S, Zorc JJ  et al.  Audit and Feedback on Pediatric Emergency Department Performance Measures: A Stepped-Wedge Trial.  Hosp Pediatr  2025 Oct 09;. pii:e2025008440
  28. Alankarage D, Leshchynska I, Portelli S, Sipka A, Blue GM, O'Reilly V, Das D, Rath EM, Enriquez A, Troup M  et al.  Haploinsufficient variants in SMAD5 are associated with isolated congenital heart disease.  HGG Adv  2025 Oct 09;6(4):100478. pii:100478
  29. Jao J, Gochanour C, Williams PL, Schenkel S, Kgole S, Masasa G, Phale B, Kgathi C, Makhema J, Ralegoreng T  et al.  Pubertal onset in children with in utero HIV/antiretroviral exposure in Botswana.  AIDS  2025 Oct 07;. doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000004374
  30. Dafsari HS, Deneubourg C, Singh K, Maroofian R, Suprenant Z, Kho AL, Ingham NJ, Steel KP, Sheshadri P, Baur F  et al.  Mutations in the Key Autophagy Tethering Factor EPG5 Link Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Disorders Including Early-Onset Parkinsonism.  Ann Neurol  2025 Oct 06;. doi:10.1002/ana.78013
  31. Gallagher K, Yousif R, Hummel K, Paller AS  Dupilumab Reduces Pruritus in Twins With Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome.  Pediatr Dermatol  2025 Oct 05;. doi:10.1111/pde.70073
  32. Ochoa-Urrea M, Luo X, Vilella L, Lacuey N, Omidi SJ, Hupp NJ, Talavera B, Hampson JP, Rani MRS, Tao S  et al.  Risk markers for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an observational, prospective, multicentre cohort study.  Lancet  2025 Oct 04;406(10511):1497-1507. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01636-8
  33. Langas SJ, Weisman AG, Allegretti V, Kim K, Birriel R, Prada CE  A Collaborative Approach to Pediatric Genetic Evaluation in the Era of Genomic Medicine.  Am J Med Genet A  2025 Oct 03;:e64276. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.64276
  34. Grayer D, Dirajlal-Fargo S  Evidence and Interventions to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Youth With Perinatally Acquired HIV.  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc  2025 Oct 02;14(10). pii:piaf084
  35. Patel SJ, Newland JG  Advancing Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Challenging Era.  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc  2025 Oct 02;14(10). pii:piaf082
  36. 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 Oct 02;112(10):2402-2421. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.08.015
  37. Chapman KA, Ullah F, Yahiku ZA, Khan S, Kodiparthi SV, Kellaris G, White HG, Powell AT, Correia SP, Stödberg T  et al.  Pathogenic variants in TMEM184B cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with alteration of metabolic signaling.  Am J Hum Genet  2025 Oct 02;112(10):2381-2401. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.08.004
  38. LaFave J, Inwards-Breland DJ  Intersectionality in Youth Who Are Transgender and Gender Diverse.  Pediatr Ann  2025 Oct;54(10):e344-e348. doi:10.3928/19382359-20250828-03
  39. Guo JW, Ning H, Allen NB, Perak AM, Walker JM, Pettee Gabriel K, Lloyd-Jones DM  Cardiovascular Health Changes in Young Adults and Risk of Later-Life Cardiovascular Disease.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 Oct 01;8(10):e2535573. pii:e2535573
  40. Rubinstein TB, Touma Z, Blanco I, Knight AM  Improving Mental Health Care for People With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Time to Take Action.  J Rheumatol  2025 Oct 01;. pii:jrheum.2025-0922
  41. Chamberlain J, Kuppermann N, Nigrovic LE, Craig S, Yock-Corrales A, Babl FE, Klassen TP, Oostenbrink R, Schuh S, Florin TA  et al.  Variation in Availability and Ability to Share Data in a Global Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Network.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2025 Oct 01;41(10):772-777. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003429
  42. Shneider BL, Kanchi RS, Grimm SL, Devaraj S, Emamaullee J, Schraw J, Lupo PJ, Bezerra JA, Loomes KM, Magee JC  et al.  Plasma proteome correlations with liver stiffness in pediatric cholestasis implicate epithelial to mesenchymal transition.  Hepatol Commun  2025 Oct 01;9(10). pii:e0796
  43. Zackoff M, Graciela A, Collins K, Loeb D, Meisman A, James K, Generoso J, Ortega K, Butcher B, Cifra C  et al.  Understanding Clinical Decision Support Failures in Pediatric Intensive Care Units via Applied Systems Safety Engineering and Human Factors Problem Analysis: Insights From the DISCOVER Learning Lab.  J Patient Saf  2025 Oct 01;21(7Supp):S21-S28. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000001358
  44. 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 Oct;57(10):2381-2394. doi:10.1038/s41588-025-02314-y
  45. Tsao HS, Rogers AJ, Ramgopal S  Understanding the Risk of Serious Infections in Young Infants With Hypothermia.  Hosp Pediatr  2025 Oct 01;15(10):e509-e511. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2025-008700
  46. 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 Oct 01;156(4). pii:e2025071007
  47. 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 Oct;45(10):677-687. doi:10.1002/phar.70056
  48. Knowler WC, Pan Q, Shu S, Tripputi MT, Dabelea D, Edelstein SL, Kahn SE, Kuo S, Luchsinger JA, Shah V  et al.  Analysis of Long-term Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial With Departures From Assigned Treatments: Estimation of Metformin Effects on Diabetes and Its Complications in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.  Diabetes Care  2025 Oct 01;48(10):1668-1675. doi:10.2337/dci25-0032
  49. Harman H, Didden E, Sequeira GM, Kahn NF, Salyer R, Inwards-Breland DJ, Voss R, Katz-Wise SL, Kidd KM  Parenting a Gender Diverse Child: Parent Experiences of a Child Coming Out.  J Adolesc Health  2025 Oct;77(4):628-635. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.06.019
  50. Aekka A, Zimmerman D, Josefson JL  An Updated Review on the Use of Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in Pediatric Thyroid Disease.  Endocr Pract  2025 Oct;31(10):1346-1349. doi:10.1016/j.eprac.2025.08.005

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