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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. Liu Y, Kuang A, Hivert MF, Lowe WL, Josefson JL, Scholtens DM  Evaluating ancestry adjustment in multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analysis.  Epigenetics  2026 Dec 31;21(1):2646063. doi:10.1080/15592294.2026.2646063
  2. Falciglia GH, Murthy K, Robinson DT  Frequency of fluid versus nutrition discussion on rounds in neonatal intensive care units: Is fluid intake a heuristic for nutrition intake?  Nutrition  2026 Jun;146:113107. doi:10.1016/j.nut.2026.113107
  3. Bulterys P, Zhou CW, Gong S, Gars E, Zhang J, Younes S, Stone A, Hirt C, Marks L, Su C  et al.  Clinicopathologic and Molecular Characteristics of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Positive T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders.  Am J Surg Pathol  2026 May 01;50(5):481-500. doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000002521
  4. DeLacey S, Chen W, Ranganna A, Feng S, Fishbein M, Bianco M  Alanine Aminotransferase Elevation at Diagnosis of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Prevalence, Predictors, and One-Year Outcomes.  Endocrinol Diabetes Metab  2026 May;9(3):e70211. pii:e70211
  5. Lang A, Kazmi W, Lyons JJ  Hereditary Alpha-Tryptasemia (HαT) as a Risk Modifier for Severe Anaphylaxis.  Immunol Allergy Clin North Am  2026 May;46(2):373-383. doi:10.1016/j.iac.2026.01.010
  6. Salsman JM, Murphy KM, Addington EL, Tooze JA, McLouth LE, Yang D, Sanford S, Wagner L, Bunch SC, Rosenberg AR  et al.  Corrigendum to 'Optimization of a digital health intervention to enhance well-being among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: Design and methods of the EMPOWER full factorial trial' [Contemporary Clinical Trials, Vol. 149 (2025) 107783].  Contemp Clin Trials  2026 May;164:108290. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2026.108290
  7. Amaro CM, Silver S, Patel P, Collins MKR, Canter KS, Fooks-Parker S, Amylon M, Hudson SV, Schleider JL, Alderfer MA  et al.  Exploring Preferences for a Digital Single-Session Intervention for Adolescent Siblings of Youth With Cancer.  Pediatr Blood Cancer  2026 May;73(5):e70192. doi:10.1002/1545-5017.70192
  8. Lerman BJ, King M, Mody R, Onyeama SJ, Marachelian A, Cash T, Federico SM, Granger M, Desai AV, Shusterman S  et al.  Efficacy and Tolerability of Topotecan/Cyclophosphamide/Dinutuximab in Relapsed and Refractory High-Risk Neuroblastoma: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study.  Pediatr Blood Cancer  2026 May;73(5):e70195. doi:10.1002/1545-5017.70195
  9. Mohamed R, Paasche-Orlow MK, Serrano E, Marquez M, Henault L, Weaver C, Slesinger Roy NC, Farina FR, Hurstak E, Taddeo M  et al.  Differential item functioning of PROMIS Sleep Disturbance-Short Form 8a across levels of health literacy in a community sample of adults.  Psychol Assess  2026 May;38(5):384-395. doi:10.1037/pas0001449
  10. 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 May;71(5):581-591.e3. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2026.01.004
  11. Prasanna A, Fox J, Tannous P, O'Halloran C, Monge M, Nugent A, Allen KY, Berger S, Winlaw DS  Early Experience With Percutaneous Pulmonary Blood Flow Restrictors to Allow Deferral of Norwood Surgery.  World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg  2026 May;17(3):330-336. doi:10.1177/21501351251392881
  12. Cohen A, Michelson KN, Macy ML, Heard-Garris N, Kan K  The Association Between Shared Decision-Making and Child Health in the General Pediatric Population.  Matern Child Health J  2026 Apr 15;. doi:10.1007/s10995-026-04251-6
  13. Rogers LM, Firestone K, Chinni R, Branco AC, Wrobleski K, Chou T, Goldstein JA, Gu X, Mason E, Chu S  et al.  Folate receptor beta drives NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in macrophages independent of folate binding.  J Immunol  2026 Apr 15;215(4). pii:vkag051
  14. Naguib M, Gambetta KE, Tamaroff J, Burnette WB, Harris R, Xu M, Slaughter C, Markham L, Spurney C, Soslow JH  et al.  Identification of novel protein biomarkers correlating with both cardiac and skeletal muscle indices in duchenne muscular dystrophy.  J Neuromuscul Dis  2026 Apr 15;:22143602261438533. doi:10.1177/22143602261438533
  15. Greenfield M, Salozzo C, Chen W, Strople J, Brown J, Runde J  Single-center experience of the Crohn's disease exclusion diet in the United States: A retrospective study.  Nutr Clin Pract  2026 Apr 15;. doi:10.1002/ncp.70122
  16. Kemps PG, Picarsic JL, Héritier S, Donadieu J, Haroche J, Farnault L, Gaspari S, Evseev DA, Osipova DS, Druy AE  et al.  Sustained remission after discontinuation of ALK inhibition in ALK-positive histiocytosis.  Blood Cancer J  2026 Apr 14;16(1). pii:60
  17. Samreth S, Heffernan ME, Keese A, Casale M, Davis MM, Sheehan K  Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors of Child Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Acad Pediatr  2026 Apr 11;:103320. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2026.103320
  18. Alhayek N, Shibbani K, Alsaied T, Diab K  From Other Journals: A Review of Recent Articles by Our Editorial Team - 2026 First Edition.  Pediatr Cardiol  2026 Apr 11;. doi:10.1007/s00246-026-04254-8
  19. Bishop C, Nguyen V, D'Souza T, Yu D, Johnson L, Keller S  Finding comfort in complexity: The role of palliative care in children with leukodystrophy.  Mol Genet Metab  2026 Apr 10;148(2):110117. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2026.110117
  20. Terkawi R, Timmer J, Weins A, Zuo Y, Mattiazzi A, Abitbol C, Katsoufis C  Lipoprotein apheresis for anti-nephrin antibody-positive steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome: a pediatric case report.  J Nephrol  2026 Apr 09;. pii:aajag028
  21. Olszewski AE, Shah SK, Barrera L, Castillo L, Kolaitis I, Goodman DM, Paquette ET  Sources of and Approaches to Family-Clinician Conflict from a National Survey of Pediatric Critical Care Leaders.  Acad Pediatr  2026 Apr 09;:103319. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2026.103319
  22. Fisher NP, Kanchustambham VL, Tsui EL, Lock C, Xu T, McDowell HB, Pla I, Saunders DC, Kafader JO, Laronda MM  et al.  Probing Proteoform Heterogeneity from Single Human Oocytes.  Mol Cell Proteomics  2026 Apr 09;:101566. doi:10.1016/j.mcpro.2026.101566
  23. Marrero N, Jha K, Grant JK, Razavi AC, Budoff MJ, Shah SJ, Rotter JI, Blumenthal RS, Post WS, Gulati M  et al.  Sex-Specific Prognostic Value of Aortic Valve Calcium and the Risk for Aortic Stenosis: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging  2026 Apr 09;:e018849. doi:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.125.018849
  24. Betensky M, Azzam M, Bercovitz RS, Bhat R, Biss TT, Branchford BR, Brandão LR, Chan AK, Faustino EVS, Hamarsha Q  et al.  ASH ISTH 2026 guidelines for Anticoagulant Prophylaxis of Pediatric Patients at Risk of Venous Thromboembolism.  Blood Adv  2026 Apr 08;. pii:bloodadvances.2025019415
  25. Bidzimou MK, Muralidharan P, Zhang Z, Raza D, Needs D, Sun B, Perelli RM, Moya-Mendez ME, Manivannan PKR, Hunanyan AS  et al.  D801N in ATP1A3-encoded Na/K-ATPase alpha 3 causes cardiac arrhythmogenesis through sodium-calcium exchanger-mediated calcium overload.  JCI Insight  2026 Apr 08;11(7). pii:e197721
  26. Krosschell KJ, Dunaway Young S, Maczek E, Brown L, Hoffman K, Corbo Galli C, Muni Lofra R, Coratti G, Moore Burk M, Townsend EL  et al.  Navigating new motor function trajectories: Consensus recommendations for assessment in the era of newborn screening and early treatment in SMA.  J Neuromuscul Dis  2026 Apr 07;:22143602261433638. doi:10.1177/22143602261433638
  27. Aneja A, Culler KL, Ding J, Taylor KD, Shah SJ, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Patel RB  Associations of the ICAM1 p.K56M HFpEF Risk Variant With Pericardial Adiposity and the Inflammatory Proteome.  Circ Genom Precis Med  2026 Apr 07;:e005475. doi:10.1161/CIRCGEN.125.005475
  28. Greco JA, Nypaver MM, Kocher KE, Macy ML, Janke AT, Seiler K, Sikavitsas A, Arora R, Mangus CW  Improving Pediatric Respiratory Chest Radiograph Stewardship in a Statewide Network.  Pediatrics  2026 Apr 07;. pii:e2024070583
  29. Leviter J, Randell KA, Bhamre R, Bhatt S, Burns R, Chumpitazi CE, Grabinski Z, Hariharan S, Lane RD, Lubell TR  et al.  A National Survey of Pregnancy and Parental Leave Policies in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs.  AEM Educ Train  2026 Apr;10(2):e70154. pii:e70154
  30. Anderson MG, Pindrik J, Michelow IC, Anuar A, Haught J, Lehmann H, Tanaka T, Moore A, Northam WT, Lopes C  et al.  Pediatric sinogenic and otogenic intracranial infections requiring neurosurgical intervention: a North American multicenter study in the era of COVID-19.  J Neurosurg Pediatr  2026 Apr 03;:1-11. doi:10.3171/2025.11.PEDS25514
  31. Chang HR, Boull C, Cotton CH, Eichenfield DZ, García-Romero MT, Hawryluk EB, Lara-Corrales I, Oza VS, Wan J, Weiss M  et al.  Building consensus in pediatric dermatology research.  J Invest Dermatol  2026 Apr 03;. pii:S0022-202X(26)00752-9
  32. McLuckey MN, Debnath P, Somasundaram E, Zhang B, Santucci NR, Gurria JP, Abu-El-Haija M, Trout AT  Prevalence of Sarcopenia in Children Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation (TPIAT) and Implications for Short-Term Surgical Outcomes.  Pancreas  2026 Apr 03;. doi:10.1097/MPA.0000000000002651
  33. Pilarz M, Morales B, Rodriguez VA, Jackson K, Murday P, Pack AP, Malakooti M, Bailey SC  Family-Initiated Interpretation: A New Approach to Communication in the Pediatric ICU.  Hosp Pediatr  2026 Apr 03;. pii:e2025008546
  34. Drobyshevsky A, Yarnykh V, Moulton TS, Pardo AC, deRegnier RA, Peyton C  Multimodal MRI of white matter development and selective motor control in preterm infants.  Neuroimage Clin  2026 Apr 02;50:103991. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2026.103991
  35. Hu X, Araujo DS, Khunsriraksakul C, Wang L, Sun Q, Wen J, Zhou L, Ekunwe L, Lange LA, Lange EM  et al.  Multi-ancestry transcriptome prediction with functionally informed variants in TOPMed MESA improves performance of transcriptome-wide association studies.  Am J Hum Genet  2026 Apr 02;113(4):828-841. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2026.03.008
  36. Kehar M, Ayala-German AG, Pandey A, Mysore K, Narang A, Pandurangi S, Suri A, Whitehead B, Aqul A, Duro D  Sarcopenia and nutritional impact in pediatric patients with chronic liver disease: Clinical and management strategies.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr  2026 Apr 02;. doi:10.1002/jpn3.70367
  37. Limdi N, Beasley TM, Cortopassi J, Davis B, Bangash H, Chen J, Chisholm RL, Chung WK, Cimino JJ, Connolly J  et al.  The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics study: Design and analytic framework for assessing the impact of genome-informed risk assessments.  Am J Hum Genet  2026 Apr 02;113(4):664-677. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2026.02.018
  38. Lawson LP, Prows CA, Cortopassi J, Davis KW, Head M, Martin LJ, Perez EF, Sobowale A, Abul-Husn NS, Bangash H  et al.  Return of genome-informed risk-assessment results for common conditions to 23,840 adults and children: An eMERGE network study.  Am J Hum Genet  2026 Apr 02;113(4):678-691. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2026.02.016
  39. Greene E, Horvat NK, Doxie DB, Parihar VC, Kim J, Herting CJ, Grundy EE, Ruffin AT, Krasinskas AM, Maithel SK  et al.  High-Dimensional Protein Analysis Uncovers Distinct Immunologic and Stromal Features in Primary and Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.  Cancer Res  2026 Apr 02;86(7):1753-1768. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-25-1697
  40. Vandemore DR, Lonergan EK, Rand CM, Weese-Mayer DE  International Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) Registry: Analysis of Patient-Reported Symptoms by PHOX2B Variant.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2026 Apr;61(4):e71619. doi:10.1002/ppul.71619
  41. Kubo H, Lu L, VanZanten M, Thyagraj J, Saunders DC, Gao R, Laronda MM  Ligand-based directed differentiation to produce granulosa-like cells expressing steroidogenic enzyme genes.  Stem Cell Res  2026 Apr 01;94:103978. doi:10.1016/j.scr.2026.103978
  42. Basu RK  Refining AKI Diagnosis: Is There a Return on the Investment?  Kidney Int Rep  2026 Apr;11(4):106463. pii:106463
  43. Israel BA, Schulz AJ, Becker AB, Reyes CL, Parker EA, Reyes AG  Community-Based Participatory Research: Evolution and Significant Developments.  Annu Rev Public Health  2026 Apr;47(1):135-157. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-082224-022223
  44. Chiriboga K, Patel PN, Brunner HI  CAR T-cell therapy and indications for pediatric rheumatology: Structured overview of applications, risks, and considerations.  Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol  2026 Apr 01;:102143. doi:10.1016/j.berh.2026.102143
  45. Rahman A, Alkureishi LA, Hageman JR  Trust, Authority, and the Future of Clinical Care.  Pediatr Ann  2026 Apr;55(4):e120-e122. doi:10.3928/19382359-20260311-03
  46. Osgood PT, Hoffmann NV, Wechsler JB, Pantazopoulos R, Fortunato JE  Pyloric Metrics and Distensibility Plateau by Functional Luminal Imaging Probe in Pediatric Patients: A Pilot Study.  Neurogastroenterol Motil  2026 Apr;38(4):e70303. pii:e70303
  47. Xia W, Morcom L, Xu Z, Lu IL, Wang Q, Hoi KK, Wei M, Zhu K, Jordan G, Tang XY  et al.  Expansion of outer cortical CUX2 neurons requires adaptations for DNA repair.  Nature  2026 Apr 01;. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10290-4
  48. Morcom L, Xia W, Xu Z, Awasthi Y, Geywitz C, Ellis MO, Noli T, Zulji A, Yamamoto D, Girdler GC  et al.  DNA damage burden causes selective CUX2 neuron loss in neuroinflammation.  Nature  2026 Apr 01;. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10310-3
  49. Diamond T, Chapin CA, Diorio CJ, McCuaig S, Lau M, Chu N, Gibson NM, Kreiger PA, Horslen S, Loomes KM  et al.  CD8 TRM-like T cells expressing perforin and IFN-γ define a pediatric activated T-cell acute liver failure endotype.  Hepatol Commun  2026 Apr 01;10(4). pii:e0926
  50. Shumaker AH, Bhimraj A, Bedimo R, Cheng VC, Chew KW, Daar ES, Glidden DV, Shafer RW, Tien PC, Baden LR  et al.  2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on the Treatment and Management of COVID-19: Antiviral Treatment for Mild to Moderate COVID-19 in Adults.  Clin Infect Dis  2026 Apr 01;. pii:ciaf680

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