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2021-2022 Fellows Core Curriculum Schedule

July 2021 to December 2021

July 2021

July 14      
Responsible Conduct of Research Series Topic #1:
"Conflict of Interest: Personal, Professional, and Financial"
Martha Hedberg, MPA

July 21
Miscellaneous Fellow Session: 
"Effective Teacing Techniques"
Amy Stier, MD, MME

August 2021

August 4
Research Survival Skills: "EndNote Software for Managing Bibliographies, Citations, and References" 
Warren Bishop, Faculty Emeritus

August 11
Research Survival Skills: “Data Mining Epic using Slicer Dicer:
Introduction and Training”
Keith Burrell

August 18
Responsible Conduct of Research Series Topic #2: "Data Acquisition, Management, Sharing and Ownership"
Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD

August 25
Speaking for Success: Strategies for Effective Medical and Scientific Presentations
Paul Casella, MFA

September 2021

September 1
Research Survival Skills: "GraphPrism introduction & training"
Janice Staber, MD

September 8
RETREAT at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area

September 15
3rd Year Fellow Research - 1 - “The Role of the Left Ventricle in Extremely Preterm infants with Chronic Lung Disease”
Melanie Reyes, MD

September 22
3rd Year Fellow Research - 2 - “In-Vitro Performance of Lifetech IBS Angel (TM) (Iron-based Biorresorbable Scaffold) Stents During Overdilation for Use in Pediatric Patients"
Kurt Bjorkman, MD

September 29
3rd Year Fellow Research - 4 - “Measuring Pulse Wave Velocity in Infants and Children”
Ramya Billa, MBBS

October 2021

October 6
3rd Year Fellow Research - 5 - "Comparison of Interstage Feeding Modalities"
Janelle Buysse, DO

October 13
Miscellaneous Fellow Session: "Overview of Evidence Based Medicine"
Dawn Ebach, MD

October 20
3rd Year Fellow Research - 7 - “Investigational Therapies for Meconium Ileus"
Gopi Gangadharan Nambiar, MD

October 27
Miscellaneous Fellow Session: Writing for Publication
Paul Casella, MFA

November 2021

November 3
Research Survival Skills: Redcap: Designing Surveys
Heath Davis, MS

November 10
3rd Year Fellow Research - 8 - "Open Palm Technique for Infant CPR" 
Shruti Patel, MD

November 17
Clinical Research Skills 1: "Basic QI Principles: Proper Design and Conduct"
Riad Rahhal, MD, MS

November 24
Clinical Research Skills 2: "Basic QI principles: Proper Outcome Measures/Metrics"
Tina Cifra, MD, MS

December 2021

December 1
Clinical Research Skills 3: "Basic QI principles: Root Cause Analysis and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis"
Lynnette Kenne, RN, MSN

December 8
Clinical Research Skills 4: "Basic QI principles: Writing/Critiquing a QI Manuscript"
Tina Cifra, MD, MS

December 15
3rd Year Fellow Research - 6 - "Posterio Fossa Syndrome Lesion Mapping"
Gino Bardi Lola, MD

January 2022 - June 2022

January 2022

January 5
Miscellaneous Fellow Session: "Introduction & Updates in Medical Billing"
Riad Rahhal, MD, MS

January 12
Research Survival Skills: "Scholarly Work within Education" 
Katherine Schultz, MD

January 19
Responsible Conduct of Research Series Topic # 8: "Peer Review"
John Dagle, MD, PhD

January 26
2nd year Fellow Research - 1 - "Evaluation of Intestinal Epithelial Healing with Human Beta Defensin 2"
TJ Boly, DO

February 2022

February 2
Research Survival Skills: Principles of Grant Writing for Fellows with Intro to Review by Study Section Part 1
Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD

February 9
Research Survival Skills: Principles of Grant Writing for Fellows with Intro to Review by Study Section Part 2
Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD

February 16
Miscellaneous Fellow Session: Reading and Interpreting a Financial Sheet
Jean Prahm, MHA

February 23
Miscellaneous Fellow Session: "Introduction to Medical Billing - Focus on Inpatient"
Eyad Hanna, MD, MME

March 2022

March 2
Responsible Conduct of Research Series Topic # 7: Collaborative Research Including Collaborations with Industry
Kathy Mathews, MD

March 9
2nd year Fellow Research - 2 - "Clinical, Echocardiography and Genetics Predictors of Acetaminophen Treatment Response in Preterm Infants with Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus"
Stephania Cavallaro Moronta, MD

March 16
1st year Fellow Research - Title TBD
Allison Momany

March 23
2nd year Fellow Research - 3 - "Understanding Genomic Mechanisms of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"
Kamel Shibbani, MD

March 30
2nd year Fellow Research - 4 - "Injury Frequency Before & After Implementation of All-Terrain Vehicle Ordinances"
Christopher Monson, MD

April 2022

April 6
2nd year Fellow Research - 5 - ‘Maternal Metabolic syndrome and Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease"
Krista Young, MD

April 13
2nd year Fellow Research - 6 - "Project investigating the Use of Video in Teaching Subcutaneous Injections via Pen Devices"
Alex Tuttle, MD

April 20
2nd year Fellow Research - 7- "Cardiac Dysfunction and Therapeutic Modulation of Post Traumatic Brain Injury Immune Response in Animal Based Models"
Yezan Abderrahman, MD

April 27
2nd year Fellow Research - 8 - “Gene Discovery and Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Rare Neurological Disorders”
Bharatendu Chandra, MBBS, MRCP(UK), FAMS

May 2022

May 4
2nd year Fellow Research - 9 - "Iowa Newborn Screening Program Experience with Hemoglobinopathy Screening Over the Last 2 Decades"
Moon Ley Tung, MBBS, MRCP(UK), FRCPath (UK)

May 11
2nd year Fellow Research - 10 - "A Porcine-derived Pancreas Organoid Model to Study Cystic Fibrosis-Related Pancreatic Disease"
Oriana Vanegas, MD

May 18
2nd year Fellow Research - 11 - "The Relation Between Cardiovascular Compromise and Cerebral Blood Perfusion in Newborns"
Mohamed Al-Kanjo, MD

May 25
Advanced Research Fellowship Presentation
Trassanee Chatmethakul, MD

June 2022

June 8 
1st year Fellow Research - 1
1st year Fellow Research - 2

June 15
1st year Fellow Research - 3
1st year Fellow Research - 4

June 20
1st year Fellow Research - 5
1st year Fellow Research - 6

June 29
1st year Fellow Research - 7
1st year Fellow Research - 8