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Dr. Iyengar is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician who takes care of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and delays. Her work aims to better address the social determinants of health that impact development in early childhood and to improve developmental screening practices.

Carol Knightly, AuD, CCC-A

Dr. Carol Knightly is the director of the Center for Childhood Communication at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research areas of interest are hearing loss and 22q11.2 deletion.

E-mail:

knightly [at] chop.edu

Karen M. Puopolo, MD, PhD

Dr. Puopolo helped lead the research team that developed and validated multivariate prediction models for neonatal early-onset sepsis risk assessment. Her current research addresses the impacts of maternal immunity, perinatal antibiotic exposure, and neonatal infection on infant and childhood health.

E-mail:

puopolok [at] chop.edu

Elizabeth Parks Prout, MD, MSCE

Dr. Prout is a nutrition pediatrician, an academic investigator in the Healthy Weight Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on childhood obesity.

E-mail:

proute [at] chop.edu

John M. Maris, MD

Dr. Maris investigates the molecular and genetic mechanisms contributing to the development and progression of neuroblastoma, a common childhood cancer. He also aims to develop new molecular diagnostic tests and less toxic, targeted therapies to treat relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma, including a major effort in immunotherapy discovery and development.

E-mail:

maris [at] chop.edu

Sagori Mukhopadhyay, MD, MMSc

Dr. Mukhopadhyay’s research interests include neonatal infectious disease epidemiology, the developing microbiome and the effect of these early-life factors on later childhood health outcomes.

E-mail:

mukhopadhs [at] chop.edu

Stephen P. Hunger, MD

Dr. Hunger's focuses his research on molecular and genomic approaches to identify and clinically evaluate targeted cancer treatments for children with relapsed or high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) such as Philadelphia chromosome-like (Ph-Like) ALL. The long-term goal of Dr. Hunger’s research is to develop better therapies, improve cure rates, and minimize treatment toxicities for children with ALL.

E-mail:

hungers [at] chop.edu

Roy Wade, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP

Dr. Wade is a pediatrician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and on faculty in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on identifying adverse childhood experiences such as poverty, racism, and traumatic stress and their effects throughout life.

E-mail:

wader2 [at] chop.edu

Sogol Mostoufi-Moab, MD, MSCE

Dr. Mostoufi-Moab's clinical and research program is focused on endocrine late effects after childhood cancer therapy. She has unique dual training in pediatric endocrinology and oncology with a master's degree in clinical epidemiology. The goal of her research program is to pursue a mechanistic understanding of metabolic and endocrine disorders that occur due to cancer therapy.

E-mail:

moab [at] chop.edu

Joyce Chang, MD

Dr. Chang is a clinical investigator focusing on cardiovascular assessment and outcomes of pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE). Her research assesses the utility of various screening modalities, including echocardiography, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and tonometry, for the early detection of cardiovascular disease. Her research goals are to develop screening protocols and targeted interventions to prevent pSLE-related cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

E-mail:

changj2 [at] chop.edu