Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting connects leading pediatric researchers, clinicians, and medical educators to advance scientific discovery in child and adolescent health. Several faculty members of Johns Hopkins Children's center presented their research.
2026 Schedule of Presentations
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Time: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Presentation: Anemia in CKD/ ESKD—The Pathophysiology and Management Anemia in CKD/ ESKD
Presenter: Meredith Atkinson, M.D., M.H.S.
Location: Convention Center: 102 WestTime: 8:25 - 8:45 a.m.
Presentation: Finding the Acuity: A New Way to Recognize Decompensating Patients
Presenter: Khyzer B. Aziz, M.D.
Location: Convention Center: 153 East
Time: 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Presentation: Big Data: What is Needed for Meaningful Research
Presenter: Khyzer B. Aziz, M.D.
Location: Convention Center 104 AB West
Time: 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Presentation: Rural-Urban Differences in Emergency Department Encounters for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth, 2018–2021: Kentucky and Arkansas
Presenter: Laura Prichett, Ph.D., M.H.S.Time: 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Session: From Surviving to Thriving: Promoting Flourishing in the Clinical Learning Environment
Co-Leader: Janet R. Serwint, M.D.
Location: Convention Center 254 A East
Time: 4:54 – 5:12 p.m.
Presentation: Using Principles of Group Care Outside of Traditional Health Care Settings
Presenter: Sarah Polk, M.D., ScM, M.H.S.
Location: Convention Center: 252 B East
Time: 5 – 5:15 p.m.
Presentation: Post-discharge Telephone Contact for Caregivers with Youths Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department with Suicide Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Presenter: Hanae Fujii, M.D., M.P.H.
Location: Convention Center: 103 West
Time: 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Presentation: Role of Mood Disorders and Emotion Regulation on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Youth
Presenter: Claire Wilson, B.S.
Time: 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Presentation: Therapy: A Transdisciplinary Healthy Equity Relationship: Allegro Pediatrics + Youth Eastside Services (YES) —A Collaborative Mental Health Care Intervention for Adolescents
Presenter: Megan Wills Kullnat, M.D., M.P.H.
Time: 5:30- 8 p.m.
Presentation: Reducing Routine Screening Labs for Patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department Requiring Psychiatric Admission: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Presenter: Jack M. Christian, B.S.
Time: 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Presentations:
Early Temporal Trajectories of Serum GFAP, NEFL and MAPT Identify Endotypes of Responsive to Cooling for Neonatal Encephalopathy: A Proteomic Study
Protein components of Systemic Inflammatory Cascades Activated after a Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Insult may segregate Patients by Outcomes at Admission to the NICU
Utility of Cell death-associated Proteins as Serum Biomarkers to Predict Short-term Outcomes of Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cooling
Serum Proteins at Admission to the NICU Identifying Patients with Significant Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury by MRI
Presenter: Raul Chavez-Valdez, M.D. -
Time: 8:00 – 8:25 a.m.
Presentation: Cardiovascular and Oncologic Disease in Survivors of Pediatrics ESRD/Transplant
Presenter: Olga Charnaya, M.D., M.S.
Location: Convention Center: 104 AB WestTime: 9:10 – 9:20 a.m.
Presentation: The Rapid Interactive Screening Test for Autism in Toddlers (RITA-T): Improving Access and Time to Diagnosis for ASD
Presenter: Brandon M. Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
Location: Convention Center: 255 East
Time: 9:13 - 9:28 a.m.
Presentation: 2026 Nichols Awardee Presentation: Advancing Future Health Equity Leaders: Better Together
Presenter: Harolyn M. Belcher, M.D.
Location: Convention Center: 205 AB West
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session: Screening, Risk Assessing, and Managing Suicidal Youths: A Suicide Prevention Skills Workshop
Co-Leader: Carmen Lopez-Arvizu, M.D.
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session: Contribute to a Greater Idea": Strategies for Faculty and Researchers to Engage Youth as Research Partners
Leader: Keith Martin, D.O., M.S.
Co-Leader: Sarah Polk, M.D., ScM, M.H.S.
Location: Convention Center: 253 A EastTime: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session: Assessing Learners in Ambulatory Experiences: A Revolution in Your Thinking
Co-Leader: Janet R. Serwint, M.D.
Location: Convention Center: 255 East
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Session: Make Way for Ducklings: A Boot Camp for Faculty Navigating the Complexities of the Continuity Experience
Co-Leader: Janet R. Serwint, M.D.
Location: Convention Center: 256 East
Time: 11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Impact of Produce Home Delivery on Social Resource Connections in Pediatric Primary Care (Link to this video - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/video/produce-home-delivery-social-resource-connections-and-wellchild-visits-in-pediatric-primary-care)
Presenter: Rama B. Imad, B.A.
Location: Convention Center: 103 West
Time: 11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Caregiver Wellness During Hospitalization: A Mixed-Methods Study of Families of Children With Medical Complexity
Presenter: Tai S. Hairston, M.D., MEHP
Location: Convention Center: 211 WestTime: 12:45 – 12:55 p.m.
Presentation: ASPN Awards Luncheon – President’s Welcome
Presenter: Meredith Atkinson, M.D., M.H.S.
Location: Convention Center: 153 East
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Session: Overcome Obstacles: Multilevel Strategies for Completing and Disseminating Educational Scholarship
Leader: Brittany Schwarz, M.D., MEHP
Location: Convention Center: 258 B East
Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: SCEMPI Trial in Preterm Infants with Intraventricular Hemorrhage: Early Phase Experience and Trial Implementation
Presenter: Anushka Acharya
Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Predicting Onset and Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Presenter: Briggs S. Carhart-Veres, M.D., M.P.H.
Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Organ Dysfunction as a Novel Adjunct for Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusion Decisions in Extremely Preterm and Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
Presenter: Elizabeth P. Crowe, M.D., Ph.D.Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Development of a screener question bank for adverse childhood experiences and positive childhood experiences (ACEs/PCEs) that is culturally tailored for Latine youth in immigrant families.
Presenter: Keith Martin, D.O., M.S.
Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: THC Vaping During Pregnancy Induces Chronic Structural and Functional Brain Changes in the Perinatal Period and Beyond
Presenter: Lauren Jantzie, Ph.D.
Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Candida Bloodstream/Meningitis Infections Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients
Presenter: Nora Elhaissouni, M.S.
Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Utilization of Donor-derived Cell Free DNA in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Results from the NAPRTCS Registry Centers
Presenter: Olga Charnaya, M.D., M.S.
Time: 3:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Health-Related Social Needs Training for Medical Students During the Pediatric Clerkship
Presenter: Sandra Al Tamimi, M.D. `
Time: 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Lactation and Maternal Factors Associated with Maternal Human Milk Use in Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Presenter: Sarah Song, M.D.
Time: 3:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Presentation: Results of the Parent Advisory Board that Guided the Design and Implementation of Paloma: An Intervention to Prevent Youth Suicide
Presenter: Sarah Polk, M.D., ScM, M.H.S.
Time: 9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Presentation: Online Decision Support for Primary Care Pediatricians Improves Youth Depression One Year Outcomes
Presenter: Barbara J. Howard, M.D.
Location: Convention Center: 106 West -
Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: From Paper to Pocket: Digitally Implementing a Pressure Injury Care Bundle in the PICU
Presenter: Axel Ivander, M.D.
Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: How We Give a “High Five for P-5" and Build Sustainable Early Childhood Developmental and Behavioral Health Services in Primary Care: Insights from a Landscape Analysis
Presenter: Claire E. Kingsbury, M.P.H.
Time: 3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Presentation: How Reliable is AI for Infant Safe Sleep Advice? Evaluating Accuracy Against National Guidelines (Link to this video - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/video/how-reliable-is-ai-for-infant-safesleep-advice-evaluating-accuracy-against-national-guidelines)
Presenter: Evin Rothschild, B.A.
Location: Convention Center 104 C West
Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Association of First Oral Feed and Discharge from the NICU on Human Milk in Preterm Infants
Presenter: Mackenzie Petersen
Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Implementation Outcomes from Paloma: A Suicide Prevention Intervention for Spanish-speaking Parents Delivered by CHWs by referral from Pediatric Primary Care
Presenter: Sarah Polk, M.D., ScM, M.H.S.
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Session: Complex Kids, Clear Competencies: Designing EPA-Driven Curricula for Pediatric Complex Care
Leader: Sara Mixter, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Leader: Tai S. Hairston, M.D., MEHP
Location: Convention Center - 255 East
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Session: Cultivating Connections: Enhancing Your Interpersonal Effectiveness to Achieve Your Goals
Co-Leader: Barry S. Solomon, M.D., M.P.H.
Location: Convention Center: 257 B East
Time: 3:35 - 3:48 p.m.
Presentation: Prenatal Exposures, Early Immune Development, and Child Health: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort
Presenter: Xiaobin Wang, M.D., M.P.H., ScD
Location: Convention Center: 213 West
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Time: 8:00- 10:00 a.m.
Presentation: Astrocyte Neuropathology Following Hypoxic Ischemic Injury in the Developing Brain
Presenter: Anna C. Bitners, M.D.
Time: 8:00- 10:00 a.m.
Presentation: Empowerment, Collaboration, and Community Connectedness Among Immigrant-origin Adolescents Serving on a Youth Advisory Board in Pediatric Primary Care: A Multi-method Study of Surveys and Interviews
Presenter: Keith Martin, D.O., M.S.
2026 Videos
Produce Home Delivery, Social Resource Connections and Well-Child Visits in Pediatric Primary Care
How Reliable Is AI for Infant Safe-Sleep Advice? Evaluating Accuracy Against National Guidelines
Past Event Videos
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- The Association of Socioeconomic Status and Preclinical and Clinical Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
- Cyclohexanone Impairs Functional and Anatomical Brain Connectivity Following Perinatal Exposure
- Perinatal Exposure to Cyclohexanone Induces Profound Behavioral Deficits in Adulthood Including Hyperactivity and Disinhibition
- System-Level Approach to Improve First COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Uptake in a Primary Care Setting - The Value of Health Educators
- Impact 24-hr Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring on Sleep in Youth and Association with Nocturnal Measurements