Poison Perils provides users with a detailed description of each insect, animal and plant, as well as the most common household items the RPCC receives calls about, accompanied by a photo of each. Users can also quickly connect to a specialist in poison information in the RPCC in the event of an emergency with just the touch of a button. Poison Perils is available for both Apple and Android devices.
“In an emergency, time is precious, and with this app, parents and caregivers can have information at their fingertips,” Slattery said.
The RPCC handles more than 50,000 poison calls per year, plus an additional 60,000 follow-up calls. The app was developed with support from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, UAB and Children’s.
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Children’s of Alabama and the Kaul Pediatric Research Institute (KPRI) are pleased to announce the 2017 awards. The major goal of the KPRI grant program is to allow investigators to obtain data that will advantage applications for additional extramural funding. This will bring new knowledge to the care of children, leverage the investment of the KPRI, and allow projects to be competitive for the very best science on the national stage. A second, but important, goal is to ensure that a dedicated funding source is available to unique segments of the pediatric research, education, and quality improvement enterprise.
This year three categories of grants were funded: New Investigator Awards, Established Investigator Awards, and Quality/Safety/Educational Awards. All funded applications are directed toward the improvement of child health care. Thank you to all who submitted applications! Congratulations to the following awardees.
New Investigator Awards:
Matthew Alexander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Neurology
“Genetic modifiers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy via genome sequencing of discordant siblings”
Margaux Barnes, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition
“Mediational Analysis of Diet, Physical Activity, and Lean Mass in Youth with IBD”
Jegen Kandasamy, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Neonatology
“Mitochondrial Genetic Contribution to Hyperoxia Induced Lung Injury”
Charitharth (Vivek) Lal, M.D.Assistant Professor
Neonatology
“The Role of Microbiome Induced Ac-PGP in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia”
Colin Martin, M.D.Assistant Professor
Pediatric Surgery
“Maternal and Environmental Influence on Early Neonatal Immunity”
Michael Seifert, M.D.Assistant Professor
Pediatric Nephrology
“Early Life Stress and Cardio-renal Disease in Kidney Transplantation"
Established Investigator Awards:
Elizabeth Beierle, M.D.
Professor
Pediatric Surgery
“Role of PIM kinase in maintaining hepatoblastoma tumor initiating cell population”
Karen Fowler, Ph.D.
Professor
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
“Racial & ethnic disparities in congenital CMV infection: role of maternal CMV”
Quality/Safety/Educational Awards:
David Galloway, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition
“Improving Care for Pediatric Constipation: A joint effort between pediatricians and gastroenterologists”
Chrystal Rutledge, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Critical Care
“Development of a Novel Nursing-Focused Pediatric Advanced Life Support Training Program”
Please also join us on the following day, Friday, March 3, for the Fourth Annual Rare Disease Genomics Symposium. Register here for the symposium: www.ChildrensAl.org/genetics
“Because this therapy is administered orally every day, we cannot supervise our patients to make sure they are taking their pills,” said senior study author Smita Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatric Hematology & Oncology. “Findings from this study suggest that we need better ways to monitor intake of medications as prescribed.”
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“Results were similar to the out-of-hospital arm of this trial,” said Jeffrey Alten, M.D., Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care. “This landmark study challenges a therapy that has become the standard of care in many pediatric and cardiac intensive care units."
Read the news brief at www.uab.edu/news
Find Smita Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Randy Q. Cron, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatric Rheumatology, and Matthew A. Kutny, M.D., Pediatrics Hematology & Oncology, featured in a story on precision medicine in Pediatrics.
The UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed three new faculty members during the month of January. Please join us in making them feel at home!
Meghan Hofto, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Pallavi Iyer, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology
Ammar Saadoon, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonology
Meghan Hofto, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. She completed pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a pediatric hospital medicine fellowship at UAB. During fellowship, Dr. Hofto earned an MPH in Epidemiology from the UAB School of Public Health and completed the UAB sponsored Gorgas Course in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Peru. Dr. Hofto was awarded a Certificate of Knowledge in Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health in January 2017 by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dr. Hofto has a strong interest in global health in addition to general inpatient pediatrics. Her current research interest is focused on implementation of guidelines to achieve appropriate use of antibiotic treatment of hospitalized children.
Pallavi Iyer, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology, earned her medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of South Florida where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Iyer also completed her pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the University of South Florida. Dr. Iyer joins us from Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida where she served as Medical Director and Division Chief of Endocrinology and Diabetes. Her clinical/research interests are caring for and improving outcomes of pediatric cancer survivors with endocrinopathies and caring for children with endocrine tumors.
Ammar Saadoon, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonology, earned his medical degree from the College of Medicine University of Mosul. He completed a pediatric residency at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan and a second residency at UAB. Dr. Saadoon completed pediatric pulmonology fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar and another fellowship at UAB. His clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease. His research interests include studying factors affecting lung development, pulmonary hypertension and lung microbiome.