The following faculty hold a primary appointment within a UI Stead Family Department of Pediatrics division, and are funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
Critical Care (PICU)
Madhuradhar Chegondi, MBBS, MD (Co-I)
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sarah Haskell, DO (PI)
Division Director, Critical Care
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Elizabeth Newell, MD (PI)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Kari Wellnitz, MD (Co-I)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Amy Conrad, PhD (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sarah Ferri, PhD (PI)
Assistant Professor
Kelly Schieltz, PhD (Co-I)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Lane Strathearn, MBBS, PhD, FRACP (PI)
Division Director, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Katie Larson-Ode, MD, MS (Co-I)
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Andrew Norris, MD, PhD (PI)
Division Director, Endocrinology and Diabetes
Professor of Pediatrics
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pancreatology, and Nutrition
Aliye Uc, MD (PI)
Division Director, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pancreatology, and Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics
Hematology-Oncology
David Dickens, MD (Co-I)
Division Director, Hematology-Oncology
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
David Gordon, MD, PhD (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
M. Sue O'Dorisio, MD, PhD (PI)
Professor of Pediatrics
Janice Staber, MD (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Infectious Disease
Sarah Beattie, PhD (PI)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
J. Muse Davis, MD, PhD (PI)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Charles Grose, MD (PI)
Professor of Pediatrics
Damian Krysan, MD, PhD (PI)
Division Director, Infectious Disease
Professor of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Temitope Awelewa, MBChB, MPH, FAAP, IBCLC (Co-I)
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Genetics and Genomics
John Bernat, MD, PhD (Co-I)
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Benjamin Darbro, MD, PhD (Co-I)
Val Sheffield, MD, PhD (PI)
Professor of Pediatrics
Neonatology (NICU)
Edward Bell, MD (PI)
Professor of Pediatrics
Jennifer Bermick, MD (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
John Dagle, MD, PhD (PI)
Professor of Pediatrics
Danielle Rios, MD, MS (PI)
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation
Lyndsay Harshman, MD, MS (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Carla Nester, MD, MSA, FASN (PI)
Division Director, Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Neurology
Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD (PI)
Chair, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Aaron Boes, MD, PhD (PI)
Division Director, Child Neurology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Joseph Glykys, MD, PhD (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Katherine Mathews, MD (Co-I)
Vice Chair, Clinical Research
Professor of Pediatrics
Pulmonary Medicine
Anthony Fischer, MD, PhD (Co-I)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Christoph Randak, MD (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Patrick Sinn, PhD (PI)
Professor of Pediatrics
Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Polly Ferguson, MD (Co-I)
Executive Vice Chair
Division Director, Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Professor of Pediatrics
Scott Lieberman, MD, PhD (PI)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics