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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. Harries MD, Laska EN, Shankar S, Fawcett A, Volerman A, Thomas SV  Communication Regarding Mental Health Between Pediatric Healthcare Providers and K-12 School Staff: A Scoping Review.  J Sch Health  2026 Mar;96(3):e70115. doi:10.1111/josh.70115
  2. Liu H, Kress AM, Yu EX, Ning X, Ghassabian A, Kahn LG, Mehta-Lee S, Brubaker S, Alshawabkeh A, Meeker J  et al.  Racial and ethnic disparities in environmental chemical exposures and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: The ECHO-wide cohort study.  Environ Pollut  2026 Mar 01;392:127452. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127452
  3. Bjornstad EC, Basu RK, Askenazi D  Response to the Letter to the Editor Entitled "The Challenges of AKI Determination in Children".  Kidney Int Rep  2026 Feb;11(2):103712. pii:103712
  4. Alvarez-Paggi D, Ullah A, Ofman G, Haider S, Nowogrodzki F, Fontanella S, Marzec J, Digregorio J, Colantonio G, Sorgetti M  et al.  Diagnostic labels and clusters based on oxygen requirements in preterm infants with chronic lung disease: a data-driven exploratory cluster analysis in two independent cohorts.  Lancet Child Adolesc Health  2026 Feb;10(2):83-93. doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00314-1
  5. Chang E, Lewkowitz AK, Unger JA, Garfield CF, Miller ES  Smartphone Applications to Support Perinatal Mental Health.  Obstet Gynecol  2026 Feb 01;147(2):229-238. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000006139
  6. Josefson JL, King AS, Sun B, Quesenberry CP, Greenspan LC, Davis J, Lo JC, Faith M, Gunderson EP  Midchildhood Obesity After Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The SWIFT Study in Youth.  Diabetes Care  2026 Feb 01;49(2):308-316. doi:10.2337/dc25-1093
  7. 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  2026 Feb;200(2):371-378. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.64276
  8. Hill KD, Koerner J, Hong H, Li JS, Hornik C, Kannankeril PJ, Jacobs JP, Baldwin HS, Jacobs ML, Graham EM  et al.  A Bayesian re-analysis of the STRESS trial.  Am Heart J  2026 Feb;292:107282. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2025.09.014
  9. Martín-Bejarano García M, Jackson C, Okhonskaia L, Voronin E, Rozenberg V, Titova MA, Kovalenko T, Wedderburn C, Collins IJ, Crichton S  et al.  Brain MRI and neurocognitive characteristics of children and adolescents living with HIV.  Child Neuropsychol  2026 Feb;32(2):288-296. doi:10.1080/09297049.2025.2517150
  10. Adsul P, Kanabar N, Kruse-Diehr A, Dignan M, Oliveri JM, Paskett ED, Reuland DS, Ferrari RM, Moore AA, Polite B  et al.  Generating the evidence base for implementation strategies targeting colorectal cancer screening in the accelerating colorectal cancer screening through implementation science (ACCSIS) research projects.  BMC Public Health  2026 Jan 24;. doi:10.1186/s12889-025-26179-2
  11. Kamran R, Widjaja E, Sy A, Bosso J, Choudhary L, Lawrynuik A, Jin YX, Chan C, Vaidya N, Larrigan S  et al.  The current state of artificial intelligence research in pediatric radiology and recommendations for the future: a scoping review.  Pediatr Radiol  2026 Jan 24;. doi:10.1007/s00247-025-06462-5
  12. Klosky JL, Cherven B, Lehmann V, Chan SH, Rios JM, Su HI, Michaeli J, Smith K, Rotz S, Bjornard K  Optimizing Options for Future Third-Party Reproduction Among Youth Newly Diagnosed With Cancer: Considerations for Pediatric Fertility Preservation Counseling.  Pediatr Blood Cancer  2026 Jan 24;:e70119. doi:10.1002/1545-5017.70119
  13. Yaniv Z, Anidi IU, Arakkal L, Arroyo-Mejías AJ, Beuschel RT, Börner K, Chu CJ, Clark BH, Clatworthy MR, Colautti J  et al.  The IBEX knowledge-base a community resource enabling adoption and development of immunofluorescence imaging methods.  Elife  2026 Jan 23;14. pii:RP105737
  14. Pavel MA, Chen H, Hill M, Sridhar A, Barney M, DeSantiago J, Baskaran A, Owais A, Sandu S, Darbar FA  et al.  A titin missense variant drives atrial electrical remodeling and is associated with atrial fibrillation.  Elife  2026 Jan 22;14. pii:RP104719
  15. Tretter JT, Kim ME, Kumar RK, Loomba RS, Spicer DE, Zühlke LJ, Najm HK, Anderson RH, McMahon CJ  Paediatric cardiology textbook design in the 21st century: alignment of anatomy, physiology, and clinical features with the "Red Line" and learner-centred design.  Cardiol Young  2026 Jan 22;:1-3. doi:10.1017/S1047951125110822
  16. Reynaud S, Jetton JG, Sahay RD, Selewski DT, Askenazi DJ, Steflik HJ, Bridges BC, Cooper DS, Paden ML, Basu RK  et al.  Kidney and blood pressure sequelae after pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a secondary analysis of the Kidney Injury During Membrane Oxygenation pediatric ECMO cohort.  Pediatr Nephrol  2026 Jan 21;. doi:10.1007/s00467-025-07121-5
  17. Weixel T, Whitehead J, Chen D  Recent Findings on Psychosocial Outcomes of Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Transgender Youth.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab  2026 Jan 21;111(2):e640-e645. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaf605
  18. Lahoti A, Haque MR, Bianco ME, Choudhary A, Clark AL, Marks BE, Pinnaro CT, Shah AS, Stefater-Richards MA, Thaker VV  et al.  Trends of Diabetes in Youth (TrenDY) During COVID-19 Across the United States.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab  2026 Jan 21;111(2):e476-e483. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaf395
  19. Bianco ME, Gurra MG, Scholtens DM, Hivert MF, Lowe WL, Josefson JL  Cord Blood DNA Methylation at CHD13 Is Associated with Adiponectin Levels at 10 to 14 Years of Age.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab  2026 Jan 21;111(2):461-470. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaf369
  20. Bagley R, Burtner S, Papachristos AV, Voigt R  Quantifying racial disparities in media representations of gun violence at scale.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A  2026 Jan 20;123(3):e2505499123. pii:e2505499123
  21. Rosenthal A, Farhat N, Krishna S, Fishbein J, Valencia A, Prati A, Holland K, Burns JE, Mathew R  Reduced Duration of Isolation and Impact on Rates of Healthcare-Associated Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in a Pediatric Medical Center.  Am J Infect Control  2026 Jan 19;. pii:S0196-6553(26)00009-X
  22. Lei Y, Zhou T, Zhang B, Zhang D, Tang H, Chen J, Wu Q, Li L, Bailey LC, Becich MJ  et al.  Post-Acute Dyslipidemia and Abnormal BMI in Children and Adolescents with COVID-19: A Cohort Study from the RECOVER Initiative.  J Pediatr  2026 Jan 19;:114996. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.114996
  23. Flaherman VJ, Reeder HT, Martin-Herz SP, Gallagher R, Cohen AK, Brown HE, Clifton RG, Fischbein N, Foulkes AS, Jacoby VL  et al.  Intrauterine SARS-CoV-2 Exposure and Infant Neurodevelopment through 18 Months of Age: Findings from the RECOVER Pregnancy Study.  J Pediatr  2026 Jan 19;:114997. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.114997
  24. Rutman L, Richardson T, Auletta J, Balamuth F, Chambers A, Fitzgerald J, Gelvez J, Genzel KA, Grant A, Gunnala V  et al.  Association between Child Opportunity Index and paediatric sepsis recognition and treatment in a large quality improvement collaborative: a retrospective cohort study.  BMJ Qual Saf  2026 Jan 19;35(2):106-117. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017844
  25. Michelson KN, Hayes A, Barrera L, James K, Miller C, Guzman Z, Torres N, McNicholas A, Becker AB  Pilot Study of a Bereavement Referral Program for Parents Following Perinatal Death.  J Pain Symptom Manage  2026 Jan 18;. pii:S0885-3924(26)00006-0
  26. Lawson AA, Lottes RG, Magnetta D, Popescu A, Watanabe K, Rigsby CK, Markl M, Husain N  Myocardial T1 and T2 values are associated with patient age in healthy pediatric heart transplant recipients.  J Cardiovasc Magn Reson  2026 Jan 18;:102687. doi:10.1016/j.jocmr.2026.102687
  27. Bajpai R, Rust A, Lott E, Kim S, Gandham S, Chintalapati K, Blackburn J, Gelineau-Morel R, Kruer MC, Mingbunjerdsuk D  et al.  Using Expert-Cited Features to Detect Leg Dystonia in Cerebral Palsy.  Ann Neurol  2026 Jan 18;. doi:10.1002/ana.78130
  28. Mitra SD, Soneji M, Axline CMR, Hayden HS, Radey MC, Forsberg CM, Ozer EA, Wolter DJ, Pope CE, Burns J  et al.  Culture and Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa During Early Infection in Children With Cystic Fibrosis.  J Infect Dis  2026 Jan 17;233(1):e67-e76. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf527
  29. Monga V, Okuno S, Van Tine B, Pollack SM, Weiss M, Hirbe A, Viveiros P, Schulte B, Attia S, Siontis B  et al.  Cabozantinib and temozolomide in patients with unresectable or metastatic leiomyosarcoma and other soft tissue sarcomas: a multicentre, single-arm, lead-in phase 2 trial.  Lancet Oncol  2026 Jan 16;. pii:S1470-2045(25)00654-0
  30. Thadani L, Khan H, Kim KY, Shulman S, Rowley A  Lack of Discernible Benefit of High-Dose Aspirin in the Treatment of Kawasaki Disease.  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc  2026 Jan 16;. pii:piag002
  31. Yi Y, Fry J, Yum C, Wang R, Wu S, Narayan S, Liu Q, Zhang X, Oo HZ, Xie N  et al.  EZH2 crosstalk with RNA methylation promotes prostate cancer progression through modulation of m6A autoregulation pathway.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jan 16;136(2). pii:e195840
  32. 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  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i17-i21. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf354
  33. 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: Infliximab.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i22-i26. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf355
  34. Bhimraj A, Falck-Ytter Y, Baden LR, Bedimo R, Cawcutt K, Cheng VC, Chew KW, Chiotos K, Daar ES, Dzierba AL  et al.  2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on the Treatment and Management of COVID-19: Pemivibart for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, Vilobelimab for Critical Illness, and Abatacept or Infliximab for Severe or Critical Illness.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i1-i5. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf424
  35. Arnold SR, Spec A, Baddley JW, Pappas P, Lentz RJ, Wolf J, Kauffman CA, Ardura MI, Badreldin N, Bahr NC  et al.  2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) and Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i27-i32. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf256
  36. Pappas P, Lentz RJ, Stover KR, Wiederhold NP, Ardura MI, Baddley JW, Badreldin N, Bahr NC, Bloch K, Kauffman CA  et al.  2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i39-i45. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf258
  37. Baddley JW, Wolf J, Ardura MI, Badreldin N, Bahr NC, Bloch K, Kauffman CA, Lentz RJ, Miller RA, Mocherla S  et al.  2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i33-i38. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf257
  38. 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: Vilobelimab.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i13-i16. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf235
  39. Bhimraj A, Falck-Ytter Y, Kim AY, Li JZ, Baden LR, Johnson S, Shafer RW, Shoham S, Tebas P, Bedimo R  et al.  2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on the Management of COVID-19: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Pemivibart for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Jan 16;81(Supplement_3):i6-i12. doi:10.1093/cid/ciae435
  40. Landa MM, Pollock B, Castillo L, Guillaume A, Ibrahim S, Macy ML  Community norms and transportation safety behaviors among caregivers of children 6 months to 10 years old in chicago.  Traffic Inj Prev  2026 Jan 15;:1-8. doi:10.1080/15389588.2025.2604030
  41. Real AG, Gillis BT, Eisenberg ME, Rider GN, Parchem B, Lawrence SE, Russell ST  School Climate and Sleep Duration Among Adolescents at the Intersection of Multiple Social Positions.  J Adolesc  2026 Jan 15;. doi:10.1002/jad.70105
  42. Kim W, Hu X, Kim K, Chun S, Orchard P, Qiao D, Ruczinski I, Saferali A, Aguet F, Antonacci-Fulton L  et al.  Whole genome sequence analysis of pulmonary function and COPD in 44,287 multi-ancestry participants.  Genome Biol  2026 Jan 15;. doi:10.1186/s13059-025-03921-y
  43. Suckiel SA, Golfinopoulos L, Scherr CL, Boyd BM, Chung WK, Hakonarson H, Holm IA, Kullo IJ, Limdi NA, Murray MF  et al.  Healthcare professionals' experiences returning monogenic, polygenic, and integrated risk results in the eMERGE study.  HGG Adv  2026 Jan 15;7(1):100554. pii:100554
  44. Ng B, Harris AC, Abdossamadi S, Aubert G, Bajwa R, Bhatia M, Bittencourt H, Buxbaum NP, Caywood EH, Chaudhury S  et al.  Distinct biological subtypes of chronic GVHD after pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation.  Blood  2026 Jan 15;147(3):241-253. doi:10.1182/blood.2025028625
  45. Li R, Gagliano Taliun SA, Liao K, Flickinger M, Sobell JL, Genovese G, Locke AE, Chiu RR, LeFaive J, Wang J  et al.  Whole-genome sequence-based association analysis of African American individuals with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  HGG Adv  2026 Jan 15;7(1):100499. pii:100499
  46. Bertels X, Scadding G, Backer V, Lau S, Wj F, Barnes P, Sprekelsen MB, Bjermer L, Blaiss M, Borzova E  et al.  Shaping the Future of Respiratory Care: A look into the next decade and strategic recommendations by EUFOREA.  Chest  2026 Jan 14;. pii:S0012-3692(26)00018-8
  47. Klonoff DC, Espinoza J, Mader JK, Heinemann L, Cobelli C, Kerr D, Kovatchev B, Najafi B, Prahalad P, Zheng Y  et al.  Research Code Sharing in Support of Gold Standard Science.  J Diabetes Sci Technol  2026 Jan 14;:19322968251391819. pii:19322968251391819
  48. Tsao M, Ghosh A, Burnside AN, Wu C, Rowland MJ, Cheon E, Hoffmann JA  Retrospective Evaluation of the Implementation of Universal Suicide Risk Screening for Youth in the Perioperative and Procedural Areas of a Health System.  Paediatr Anaesth  2026 Jan 14;. doi:10.1002/pan.70127
  49. de Padua V Alves V, Meier J, Spangler-Bickell MG, Abu Ata N, Sharp SE, MacLean J, Burkett M, Zhang B, Brady S, Trout AT  Prospective Evaluation of Motion Correction Software for 18F-FDG PET of the Brain.  J Nucl Med Technol  2026 Jan 13;. pii:jnmt.125.270793
  50. Hintz LK, Lorenz D, Lipshaw MJ, Miller C, Zorc JJ, Kolaitis IN, Jones JM, Rothstein R, Shehab O, Florin TA  High Flow Nasal Cannula Use in Bronchiolitis: Predicting Need for Early Escalation of Care.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2026 Jan 13;. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003536

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