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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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.2505499123
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. Bellows BK, Zhang Y, Ruiz-Negrón N, Kazi DS, Khera AV, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Jacobs DR, Allen NB, Wong JB  et al.  Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening in Childhood and Early Adulthood: A Cost-Effectiveness Study.  JAMA  2026 Jan 13;335(2):140-153. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.20648
  34. Peterson TE, Hahn VS, Moaddel R, Zhu M, Fan J, De S, Haberlen SA, Palella FJ, Plankey M, Bader JS  et al.  HIV-Associated Proteomic Signature of Myocardial Fibrosis and Incident Heart Failure.  J Infect Dis  2026 Jan 12;. pii:jiag013
  35. Scherr TF, Hardcastle A, Moore CP, Majji D, Kuhns LM, Garofalo R, Schnall R  Detailed HIV Self-Testing Patterns Derived from Paradata in the mLab App Clinical Trial.  AIDS Behav  2026 Jan 09;. doi:10.1007/s10461-025-05013-1
  36. Dellon ES, Falk GW, Katzka DA, Lightdale J, Muir AB, Bredenoord AJ, Bailey DD, Chang JW, Furuta GT, Gonsalves N  et al.  ASGE consensus recommendations on the endoscopic management of eosinophilic esophagitis - part 2: disease assessment, monitoring, and pediatric considerations.  Gastrointest Endosc  2026 Jan 08;. pii:S0016-5107(25)02127-3
  37. Jain S, Harpster K, Merhar S, Kline-Fath B, Altaye M, Illapani VSP, Peyton C, Parikh NA  MRI, General Movements, and Neurological Examination for Early Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis in Preterm Infants.  Pediatrics  2026 Jan 08;. pii:e2025071309
  38. Zhang Y, Tan C, Liu Z, Mao X, Jiang C, Mohammed AN, Li X, Lu R, Wang A, Maihemuti W  et al.  Rebalancing NTRK2 isoforms promotes vascular regeneration in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.  Cell Stem Cell  2026 Jan 08;33(1):125-141.e11. doi:10.1016/j.stem.2025.12.006
  39. Hill RZ, Nelson JW, Gyarmati G, Medrano S, Shirvan S, McCormick JA, Burquez S, Ahmed J, Eng DG, Wysocki J  et al.  Renal PIEZO2 is an essential regulator of renin.  Cell  2026 Jan 08;189(1):161-178.e22. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.013
  40. Mahoney LB, Lightdale JR, Rubinstein E, Carman N, Kim J, Altaf MA, Bhardwaj V, Bolton SM, CaJacob N, Chiou E  et al.  Assessing competence in unsedated transnasal endoscopy: Development of the TransNasal Endoscopy Skills Assessment Tool.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr  2026 Jan 07;. doi:10.1002/jpn3.70323
  41. Dombrowsky G, van der Laan L, Silva A, Breckpot J, Audain E, Wilsdon A, Levy MA, Vos N, Mannens M, Wang J  et al.  DNA methylation analysis of NOTCH1 variants reveals the first episignature for non-syndromic congenital heart defects.  Genome Med  2026 Jan 07;18(1):2. pii:2
  42. Gano D, Boardman JP, Agarwal S, Venkatesan C, Tarui T, Chau V, Wusthoff CJ, Lemmon ME, Scelsa B, Vollmer B  et al.  Neonatal neurocritical care considerations for prenatally identified neurological disorders.  Pediatr Res  2026 Jan 07;. doi:10.1038/s41390-025-04691-w
  43. Im C, Hasan H, Srinivasan A, Stene E, Mcdonald AJ, Moskowitz CS, Henderson TO, Armstrong GT, Yasui Y, Nanda R  et al.  Breast cancer recurrence and mortality among survivors of childhood cancer.  J Natl Cancer Inst  2026 Jan 07;. pii:djag005
  44. Almgren-Bell A, Popescu A, Sodhi A, Markl M, Rigsby CK, Robinson JD  4D Flow Yields Similar Clinical Results Compared To 2D Phase Contrast for Decision Making Regarding Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.  Pediatr Cardiol  2026 Jan 06;. doi:10.1007/s00246-025-04146-3
  45. , Meyers ML, Moore MM, Baker JB, Clemenshaw MN, Cooper ML, Hammer MR, John SD, Kulaylat A, Li J  et al.  ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Ingested or Aspirated Foreign Body-Child.  J Am Coll Radiol  2026 Jan 06;. pii:S1546-1440(25)00728-8
  46. Tang Girdwood S, Hambrick HR, Morales Junior R, Punt N, Tang P, Curry C, Lahni P, Jones R, Stoneman E, Gibson A  et al.  Development of population pharmacokinetic models of total and free piperacillin in critically ill children and young adults for Monte Carlo simulations and model-informed precision dosing.  J Antimicrob Chemother  2026 Jan 06;81(1). pii:dkaf423
  47. Beshish AG, Kwiatkowski DM, Sznycer-Taub N, Costello JM, Jergel A, Gillespie S, Cashen K, Asfari A, Batsis M, Buckley JR  et al.  Hyperoxia During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes: A Multi-Institutional Study.  J Am Heart Assoc  2026 Jan 06;15(1):e045890. doi:10.1161/JAHA.125.045890
  48. Faisal US, Hasan A, Shayeb S, Oyewande A, Omari M, Dekanoidze N, Ahadi A, Asif M, Shrestha A, Santhi SE  et al.  Influence of marital pressures and cultural constructs on females (IMPACT-F): a global study of female medical students and doctors.  BMC Med Educ  2026 Jan 03;. doi:10.1186/s12909-025-08519-3
  49.   Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.  Lancet  2026 Jan 03;407(10523):31-52. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)02503-6
  50. Jung W, Ko K, Smith AM, Huang A, Xia C, Martei YM, Narayan VK, Clark AS, Lefebvre B, McDermott K  et al.  Air Pollution and Cardiac Remodeling and Function in Patients With Breast Cancer.  JAMA Netw Open  2026 Jan 02;9(1):e2552323. pii:e2552323

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