The CHRC was founded in 1991 and is funded by the NIH-NICHD as part of the Child Health Research Center Development Award (CHRCDA) Program. The CHRC has contributed to the training of over 50 pediatric-investigators, the majority of whom have gone on to establish successful independent research programs designed to improve our understanding of childhood disease as well as develop new therapeutic approaches.
- CHRC scholars receive up to $100,000 per year for salary support and $25,000 per year for operating expenses, up to a period of three years.
- Mentorship and guidance is provided by the CHRC Leadership and senior investigators at the University of Michigan.
We are actively recruiting talented junior pediatricians with particular efforts directed towards minority candidates to careers in academic pediatrics. Trainees completing their residency in pediatrics, fellows in subspecialty training and junior faculty are eligible for this program. Investigators interested in applying of the program should contact Marc Hershenson M.D.
CHRC Leadership
Principal Investigator:
Donna M. Martin, M.D, Ph.D. Ravitz Foundation Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases; Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Training Director:
Marc B. Hershenson, M.D. Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases; Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
CHRC Steering Committee:
Donna M. Martin, M.D, Ph.D.
Marc B. Hershenson, M.D.
Daniel Clauw, MD
Carey N. Lumeng, M.D., Ph.D.
Jordan A. Shavit, M.D. Ph.D.
Sharon A. Singh, MD
David P. Olson, MD, PhD
Valerie P. Opipari, M.D.
Jack Parent, M.D., PhD
Delia M. Vazquez, M.D.
External Advisory Committee:
William H. Eilinger Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Physician-in-Chief of the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center
Current Scholars
- Jennifer Yi-Chun Lai Yee, MD, MPH, PhD, Clinical Lectuer, Pediatrics
Mentor:
Research: - Gina M. Ney, MD, Clinical Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology/Oncolog
Mentor: Qing Li, MD, PhD
Research: Metabolic reprogramming in pre-leukemic hematopoietic stem cells, focusing on the role of oncogenic N-ras - Daniel C. Peltier, MD, PhD, Clinical Lecturer, Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology
Mentor: Pavan Reddy, MD
Research: Pathogenesis of allogeneic T-cell-mediated GVL and GVH - Julie Ziobro, MD, PhD, Clinical Lecturer, Pediatrics-Neurology
Mentor: Jack Parent, MD
Research: Development and characterization of a rodent model of PCDH19-related epilepsy
Recent Scholars
- Gabriel Cara-Fuentes, MD, PhD, Asst Professor, University of Colorado, Pediatrics, Nephrology
Mentor: Puneet Garg, MD
Research: Role of CD80 in Minimal Change Disease - Jessica L. Turnier, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Rheumatology
Mentor: J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD
Research: Role of podocytes and S100A4 in LN pathogenesis - Louis T. Dang, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Neurology
Mentor: Jack M. Parent, MD
Research: Electrophysiological, biochemical, and pharmacological characterization of Dravet Syndrome patient-derived neurons - Angela C. Weyand, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology
Mentor: Jordan A. Shavit, MD, PhD
Research: Identifying genetic modifiers of coagulation; using ENU mutagenesis screen to identify suppressor or enhancer mutations in a zebrafish model of Factor V deficiency - Jennifer R. Bermick (Dalton), MD, Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Mentor: Nicholas W. Lukacs, PhD
Research: Epigenetic regulation of the premature immune system. - Challice L. Bonifant, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Mentor: Pavan Reddy, MD
Research: Enhancement of tumor killing adoptively transferred engineered T cells as treatment for AML. - Carl J. Koschmann, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Mentor:Maria G. Castro, PhD
Research: Targeting ATRX-Deficient Pediatric Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).
