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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. Siniscalco ER, Fisher C, Lu MP, Grassmann JDS, Mack CD, Yaakoubi R, Jacobsen D, Chen Q, Lee D, Rajamanimuthu P  et al.  DOCK8 and STAT3 cooperate to restrain IgE-inducing T follicular helper cells.  J Exp Med  2026 Mar 02;223(3). pii:e20241707
  2. Golestaneh L, Ames EG, Doyle MH, Ghossein C, Grimm PC, Hewlett JL, Lim A, Marzinelli LS, Schmidt KJ, Smeryage B  et al.  Improving Lifelong Comprehensive Care Coordination in Nephropathic Cystinosis: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.  Kidney Int Rep  2026 Mar;11(3):103735. pii:103735
  3. 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
  4. Agorastos A, Thompson T, Solmi M, Cortese S, Estradé A, Radua J, Dragioti E, Vancampfort D, Thygesen LC, Aschauer H  et al.  Mental health, coping and related risk factors during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in children: Nationally representative, multi-wave, cross-sectional results from 12 countries from the global COH-FIT study.  Eur Neuropsychopharmacol  2026 Mar;104:112741. doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.112741
  5. 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
  6. Mass J, Anselin E  Evaluating the Impact of a Pediatric Clinic-Based Food Pantry: A Qualitative Study.  Clin Pediatr (Phila)  2026 Mar;65(3):338-348. doi:10.1177/00099228251387541
  7. Doshi S, Denhard KA, Xixis KL  Subclinical Hypothyroidism With Overt Symptoms in Patient With Well-Controlled Epilepsy on Valproate Therapy: A Case Report.  J Child Neurol  2026 Mar;41(3):416-418. doi:10.1177/08830738251366864
  8. Rayes A, Logan BR, Liu X, Dara J, Buckley RH, Oved JH, Kapoor N, Kapadia M, Chandra S, Martinez CA  et al.  Outcomes following matched sibling donor transplantation for severe combined immunodeficiency: a report from the PIDTC.  Blood Adv  2026 Feb 10;10(3):887-900. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2025016812
  9. Anderson DR, Gangaraju R, Sedhom WG, Hamulyák EN, Wang TF, O'Dwyer K, Carney BJ, Muthiah C, Liedtke M, Badar T  et al.  Derivation and external validation of a venous thromboembolism risk prediction model in asparaginase-treated ALL.  Blood Adv  2026 Feb 10;10(3):593-603. doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2025017862
  10. Krishnamurthi N, Rand CM, deRegnier RA, Lonergan EK, Carroll MS, Boswell L, Estabrook R, Slattery SM, Hamvas A, Weese-Mayer DE  Cardiorespiratory phase synchronization maturational trajectory: biomarker of autonomic nervous system development in preterm infants.  Pediatr Res  2026 Feb 05;. doi:10.1038/s41390-026-04783-1
  11. St George SM, Noriega Esquives BS, Leite R, Pavia Aubry V, Saber R, Agosto Y, Kobayashi M, Prado G  Family-Based Digital Lifestyle Intervention for Hispanic Adolescents and Their Parents: Iterative Co-Design and Development Study.  JMIR Form Res  2026 Feb 05;10:e73848. doi:10.2196/73848
  12. Hersh DS, Anuar A, Anadkat J, Bennett KA, Blumenfeld YJ, Buchanan CQ, Clifford CM, Emery SP, Gebb JS, Goodnight WH  et al.  Prenatal Closure of Myeloschisis vs Myelomeningocele: Insights From the fMMC Consortium Registry.  Neurosurgery  2026 Feb 05;. doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000003954
  13. Colgan JY, Michelson KA, Corboy J, Soni PP, Alpern ER, Ramgopal S  Outcomes of Children Discharged from the Emergency Department With a Pending Blood Culture.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2026 Feb 05;. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003568
  14. Prasad M, Sandoval GJ, Saade GR, Hughes BL, Clifton RG, Reddy UM, Bartholomew A, Salazar A, Chien EK, Tita ATN  et al.  Early Postnatal Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing in the Identification of Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Feb 04;81(6):1102-1105. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaf266
  15. Dodd AC, Lehane AJ, Lee A, Hurlock A, Su Y, Ilahi I, Lautz TB, Backman V, Goldstein SD  First-in-human pilot study of Broadband Optical Spectroscopy (BOS) as noninvasive surveillance for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC).  J Pediatr Surg  2026 Feb 03;:162978. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.162978
  16. Finer G, Yacu GS, Khan MD, Zhou Y, Gadhvi G, Ward SE, Sayed M, Gomez RA, Sequeira-Lopez MLS, Park JS  et al.  The Transcription Factor TCF21 is Necessary for Adoption of Cell Fates by Foxd1+ Stromal Progenitors during Kidney Development.  Am J Physiol Renal Physiol  2026 Feb 03;. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00345.2025
  17. 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 Feb 03;15(2). pii:piag002
  18. Chan KH, Nightengale EE, Ekhteraei S, Schicke E, Tong S, Zhu A, Burton BK  Natural History of Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children With STRC Mutations.  Laryngoscope  2026 Feb 02;. doi:10.1002/lary.70404
  19. Anadani M, Hamoud L, Al Kasab S, Kicielinski KK, Wang C, Akanda MH, Jumaa M, Hammoud AG, Dysart K  Pregnancy and Stroke: Insight From the Cosmos Database.  Stroke  2026 Feb 02;. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.054250
  20. Chen S, Barajas S, Vemula S, Yang Y, Simpson E, Gao H, Li R, Behzadnia F, Nabinger SC, Schmitz DA  et al.  Mutant p53 promotes clonal hematopoiesis by generating a chronic inflammatory microenvironment.  J Clin Invest  2026 Feb 02;136(3). pii:e184285
  21. Penk JS, Bhargava V, Chandnani H, Chong G, Conlon T, DeSanti RL, Diddle JW, Floh A, Flores S, Hsieh A  et al.  Good Practice Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Modified Delphi Consensus Initiative.  Pediatr Crit Care Med  2026 Feb 01;27(2):228-234. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003881
  22. Zhu B, Qu L, Zhou L, Luo Z, Chen Y  MCPNet: Morphological Constraint-Based Copy-Paste Network for Semi-Supervised Foetal Head Segmentation.  Int J Med Robot  2026 Feb;22(1):e70140. doi:10.1002/rcs.70140
  23. Hays KL, Ruth NM, Nietert PJ, Muhammad LN, Watson MK, McBurney P  Can Medical Students Learn the Pediatric Musculoskeletal Examination Independently?  South Med J  2026 Feb;119(2):81-84. doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001933
  24. Rholl E, Cahoon S, Fry JT, Schlegel A, Woodward MA, Adig S, Salih ZNI  The Many NICU Shades of Gray: Understanding and Navigating Uncertainty in Clinical Care.  Neoreviews  2026 Feb 01;27(2):e84-e93. doi:10.1542/neo.27-2-098
  25. Adams SY, Henner N, Hibbs SD, Marshall S, Fry JT  Recognizing Communication as a Procedural Skill in Neonatology.  Neoreviews  2026 Feb 01;27(2):e94-e102. doi:10.1542/neo.27-2-097
  26. Ramgopal S, Michelson KA  Use of Ondansetron for Pediatric Gastroenteritis in the Pediatric Emergency Department: An Evaluation of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Registry.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2026 Feb 01;42(2):96-102. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003512
  27. 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 Feb;27(2):223-232. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(25)00654-0
  28. 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
  29. 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 Feb 01;157(2). pii:e2025071309
  30. Goldschmidt AB, Ortega A, Rooper IR, Obleada KT, Chapa DAN, Silverberg B, Stalvey E, Camino MK, Levine MD, Yu L  et al.  Virtual Intervention for Binge Eating (VIBE): Study protocol for a user-informed mobile intervention for dysregulated eating and weight gain prevention in adolescents.  Contemp Clin Trials  2026 Feb;161:108192. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2025.108192
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. Yeh JM, Seguin CL, Stratton KL, Leisenring WM, Armstrong GT, Henderson TO, Hudson MM, Nathan PC, Neglia JP, Oeffinger KC  et al.  Benefits, Harms, and Burden of Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Childhood Cancer Survivors Previously Treated With Abdominopelvic Radiation.  J Clin Oncol  2026 Feb;44(4):286-299. doi:10.1200/JCO-25-00661
  34. Joy N, Soslow J, Burnette WB, Liu A, Guo CC, Pilkar R, Slaughter JC, Xu M, Crum K, Su K  et al.  Six-Minute Activity-95th Centile, a Novel Wearable-Derived Clinical Outcome Assessment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.  Pediatr Neurol  2026 Feb;175:187-195. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.11.017
  35. Foster AA, Cushing AM, Hoffmann JA, Nash KA, Lee CM, Michelson KA  Expenditures for Pediatric Behavioral Health Care Over Time and Estimated Family Financial Burden.  JAMA Pediatr  2026 Feb 01;180(2):194-201. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5181
  36. 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
  37. Bass LM, Hawthorne K, Magee JC, Shneider BL,   Secondary prophylaxis of variceal hemorrhage in biliary atresia-Analysis of prospective multicenter studies.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr  2026 Feb;82(2):383-388. doi:10.1002/jpn3.70281
  38. Hudda Z, Webster A, Anderson E, Badia P, Bagatell R, Bhar S, Bidgoli A, Boyd K, Chaudhury S, Cisneros GS  et al.  Acute Toxicities and Early Outcomes of Tandem Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric High-Risk Neuroblastoma: A Multicenter Study.  Transplant Cell Ther  2026 Feb;32(2):199.e1-199.e12. doi:10.1016/j.jtct.2025.10.022
  39. Kozhumam AS, Frazier M, Macy ML  Premature Child Restraint System Transitions and Child Opportunity Index Among Emergency Department and Urgent Care Visits in Metropolitan Chicago.  Acad Emerg Med  2026 Feb;33(2):e70187. pii:e70187
  40. Bhat R, Sharathkumar A, Kumar R, Corrales-Medina FF, van Ommen H, Bhatt M, Dandekar S, Mosha M, Goldenberg NA  Frequency of, and prognostic factors for, residual thrombosis and complete veno-occlusion following anticoagulation for provoked venous thromboembolism in patients <21 years: findings from the Kids-DOTT Multinational Trial.  J Thromb Haemost  2026 Feb;24(2):672-681. doi:10.1016/j.jtha.2025.10.007
  41. Malahfji M, Saeed M, Nguyen DT, Kaolawanich Y, Lababidi H, Gabr EM, Pan A, Crudo V, Reardon MJ, Elliott M  et al.  Cardiac Remodeling and Outcomes of Patients With Combined Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation.  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging  2026 Feb;19(2):180-193. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2025.09.022
  42. Nadig SN  Federally Funded Research in Transplantation: Achievements, Strategy, and Vision.  Transplantation  2026 Feb 01;110(2):e279-e282. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000005552
  43. 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  2026 Feb;39(2):188-205. doi:10.1016/j.echo.2025.09.020
  44. Zhang B, Wu Q, Jhaveri R, Zhou T, Becich MJ, Bisyuk Y, Blanceró F, Chrischilles EA, Chuang CH, Cowell LG  et al.  Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study.  Lancet Infect Dis  2026 Feb;26(2):127-138. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00476-1
  45. 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
  46. McNerney KO, Diorio C, Annesley C, Gardner RA, Graham AK, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Ombrello AK, Talleur AC, Chaudhury S, Schultz LM  et al.  Management Practices of CAR T-cell-Related Inflammatory Toxicities: A Survey of Pediatric CAR T-cell Providers.  Transplant Cell Ther  2026 Feb;32(2):158-168. doi:10.1016/j.jtct.2025.09.028
  47. 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
  48. Anstey J, Bhasin A, Franco-Sadud R, Maw A, Mathews BK, Dancel R, Tierney DM, Haro EK, Cho J, Schott C  et al.  Defining minimum image quality criteria for common diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound images: A position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine.  J Hosp Med  2026 Feb;21(2):183-196. doi:10.1002/jhm.70156
  49. 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
  50. Liese AD, Dixon BE, Crume T, Divers J, Guo Y, Hirsch AG, Reynolds K, Utidjian L, Zaganjor I, Rosenman M  et al.  Public Health Monitoring of Diabetes in the Era of Electronic Health Records: Insights from the Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults (DiCAYA) Network.  Ann Epidemiol  2026 Jan 31;. pii:S1047-2797(26)00038-4

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