Dive into the latest breakthroughs from our department. This section features recent and upcoming publications that showcase the depth and impact of our work across pediatric research. Every publication reflects the collective expertise of our investigators and partners — advancing knowledge and improving care for children everywhere.
Recent publications
- A feasibility pilot trial to deliver a virtual intervention for promoting daily self-management in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis: A brief report of tele-coach outcomesLindwall, J. J., Muther, E. F., Ford, C., Bord, E., Green, A., Polineni, D., Naranjo, D. & Duncan, C. L., Dec 2026, In: PEC Innovation. 9, 100481.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Delivering safe sleep and breastfeeding education to pregnant and new mothers through private Facebook groups: study protocol for a 4-armed randomized controlled trialCarlin, R. F., Parker, M. G., Kellams, A. L., Hauck, F. R., Kerr, S., Cornwell, B. T., Kiviniemi, M. T., Geller, N., Boguszewski, K. E., Corwin, M. J., Colson, E. R. & Moon, R. Y., Dec 2026, In: BMC Pediatrics. 26, 1, 528.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Single-nucleus transcriptomics illuminates sex differences during murine Escherichia coli pyelonephritisHreha, T. N., Manson, A. L., Collins, C. A., Wu, H., Georgescu, C., Humphreys, B. D., Earl, A. M. & Hunstad, D. A., Dec 2026, In: Communications Biology. 9, 1, 711.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- TFEB degradation is regulated by an IKK/β-TrCP2 phosphorylation-ubiquitination cascadeXiong, Y., Sharma, J., Young, M. N., Xiong, W., Jazayeri, A., Poncha, K. F., Ilagan, M. X. G., Wang, Q., Gao, B., Zheng, H., Young, N. L. & Sardiello, M., Dec 2026, In: Nature communications. 17, 1, 4679.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Antibiotic treatment reveals the contributions of the gut microbiome to CLN2 disease in the central and enteric nervous systemZiółkowska, E. A., Nix, P., Olszowy, B., Williams, L. L., Eultgen, E. M., Nowacka, A., Celorrio, M., Friess, S. H., Heuckeroth, R. O. & Cooper, J., Dec 2026, In: Scientific reports. 16, 1, 19161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- When services start: A pilot study of parent perspectives on early intervention timing for very preterm infantsShepherd, T. N., Triplett, R. L., Goldschmidt, M. J., Stout, M. R., Warner, B. B., Rogers, C. E., Limbrick, D. D. & Smyser, C. D., Oct 2026, In: Early Human Development. 221, 106586.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Validating a Human Cell Model of Null Galactosylceramidase (GALC) Enzyme Activity That Recapitulates Krabbe DiseaseStarosta, R. T., Khatoon, N., Roberts, M. S., Le, S. Q., Austin, G., Cui, X., Strout, G., Schmidt, R. E., Jiang, X., Sands, M. S. & Dickson, P. I., Jul 2026, In: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 49, 4, e70212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Neuronal responses to cytokines limit intestinal hypermotility and systemic effects of colonic inflammationJung, J., Wehmeier, A., Xie, Z., Horton, D., Russler-Germain, E. V., Schill, E. M., Miller, M., Brestoff, J. R., Newberry, R., Kim, B., Hu, H. & Hsieh, C., Jun 19 2026, In: iScience. 29, 6, 116291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Initial Injury Type and Violent ReinjurySzoko, N., Lew, D., Kaser, T., Miller, Z. M., Vogel, M., Mancini, M. A., Kranker, L. M., Behr, C., Moran, V., Ancona, R. & Mueller, K., Jun 17 2026, In: JAMA Network Open. 9, 6, e2618199.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- War and FamineStephenson, K., Lolley, C. & Manary, M., Jun 4 2026, In: The New England journal of medicine. 394, 21, p. 2076-2079 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Respiratory Outcomes in Children With Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Monoallelic ABCA3 VariantsRamírez, V. O., Wambach, J. A., Nevel, R. J., Voss, L., Craven, D., Casey, A., Camburn, D., Brennan, S., Eldridge, W. B., Cole, S., Deutsch, G. H., Kuzniewicz, M. W., Young, L. R., Nogee, L. & Sadreameli, S. C., Jun 2026, In: Pediatric Pulmonology. 61, 6, e71695.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Ruptured Pulmonary Echinococcus CystKlucher, J. M., Rosen, D. & Zani-Ruttenstock, E. M., Jun 2026, In: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 15, 6, piag040.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- BioMedGraphica: an all-in-one platform for joint textual biomedical prior knowledge and numeric graph generationZhang, H., Liang, S., Xu, T., Li, W., Huang, D., Dong, Y., Li, G., Miller, P., Goedegebuure, P., Sardiello, M., Cooper, J., Buchser, W., Dickson, P., Fields, R. C., Cruchaga, C., Chen, Y., Province, M., Payne, P. & Li, F., Jun 2026, In: Bioinformatics. 42, 6, btag355.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Longitudinal Epidemiology of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococcal Species Recovered from Humans, Pets, and Household EnvironmentsWardenburg, G. L., Robinson, A. L., Richardson, L. M., Boyle, M. G., Kao, C., Archer, E. S., Burnham, C. A. D. & Fritz, S., Jun 2026, In: Antibiotics. 15, 6, 552.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Postapproval Study Outcomes of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Closure With the Amplatzer Muscular VSD OccluderQureshi, A. M., Justino, H., Owada, C., Numan, M., Ebeid, M., Forbes, T. J., Nykanen, D., Kobayashi, D., Kolles, J., Gutfinger, D. & Balzer, D., Jun 1 2026, In: Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions. 19, 6, p. e016121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Myelomeningocele versus myeloschisis: comparison of brain development and need for CSF diversionKaruparti, S., Lizer, A., Narro Garcia, F., Smith, S., Marsala, L. P., Anadkat, J., Bligard, K. H., Vrecenak, J., Mian, A. & Strahle, J. M., Jun 2026, In: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 37, 6, p. 553-564 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Impaired Oxygen Delivery Risk Analytics in the 6 Hours Before Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in Infants, 2013–2017Rabinowitz, E. J., Ouyang, A., Guerriero, R., Bauer Huang, S., Guilliams, K., Payne, P. R. O. & Said, A. S., Jun 2026, In: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 27, 6, p. 752-761 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Evaluating Personal and Environmental Decolonization Strategies for Children With Skin and Soft Tissue Infection and Their Households — A Randomized Clinical TrialRobinson, A. L., Boyle, M. G., Hogan, P. G., Malone, S. M., Krauss, M. J., Richardson, L. M., Sullivan, M. L., Walsh, T., Tal, R., Walsh, L., Thompson, R. M., Parrish, K. L., Muenks, C. E., Burnham, C. A. D. & Fritz, S. A., May 15 2026, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 82, 5, p. 868-877 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- The nucleolar protein NOP16 suppresses TGF-β-regulated IgA class switch recombination in B cells by regulating AID inductionMtali, Y. S., Takashima, K., Greer, E. L. & Oshiumi, H., May 14 2026, In: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 215, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Characterizing Parental Use of a HIPAA-Compliant Large Language Model Chatbot in Rare Pediatric Diseases: Insights from Think-Aloud SessionsKerr, A. M., Bereitschaft, C., Milam, S., Rudloff, J., Bryan, M., Cohen-Cutler, S., Zhao, M., Gupta, A., Lai, A. M. & Sisk, B. A., May 1 2026, In: Applied clinical informatics. 17, 3, p. 459-465 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review