Research Initiatives

American Academy of Pediatrics' Pediatric Cardiology Research Fellowship Award

The Children's Heart Foundation funds the American Academy of Pediatrics' educational ​Pediatric Cardiology Research Fellowship Award. This Award promotes the understanding of cardiovascular disease in children. The grant provides research support for an individual who has demonstrated aptitude for basic science or clinical science research during their pediatric cardiology fellowship. The award represents a tremendous opportunity for junior faculty in pediatric cardiology to gain research experience.

Award Recipients:

  • 2022-2023
    2022-2023

    Kari Phillips, MD, University of Utah Health
    "Exploring Patient and Family Decision Making in Pediatric Heart Transplant"

  • 2021-2022
    2021-2022

    Mohammad Al-mousily, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
    “The Use of a 12 Lead ECG and Artificial Intelligence with a Machine Learning Model to Identify Structural Heart Disease”

  • 2020-2021
    2020-2021

    David Staudt, MD, PhD, Stanford University
    “Unraveling the Molecular Modifiers of Hypertrophic and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy”

  • 2019-2020
    2019-2020

    Rohan Kumthekar, MD, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC
    "A Novel Tool for Percutaneous Implantation of Pacing and Defibrillation Leads in Small Children and Infants"

  • 2018-2019
    2018-2019

    Joshua Kurtz, MD, FAAP, Medical University of South Carolina
    "Detecting the Pathophysiology that Drives Fontan-Associated Liver Disease"

  • 2017-2018
    2017-2018

    Jessica Garbern, MD, FAAP, Boston Children’s Hospital
    "Maturation of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes"

  • 2014-2015
    2014-2015

    Andrew L. Cheng, MD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    "Effects of Hemorheology on Flow in the Fontan Circulation"

  • 2013-2014
    2013-2014

    Shahryar Chowdhury, MD
    "Investigating the Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Risk"

  • 2012-2013
    2012-2013

    Stephanie J. Nakano, MD, University of Colorado
    "Regulation of Phosphodiesterase Activity in Pediatric Heart Failure"