Recent Research Day Award Winners
Annual We Dat Award
(2025): Kayla Griese, DO Fellow, LSU Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Development of a Tracheostomy workshop for Pediatric Hospital Medicine Wards
(2024): Kanya Singhapakdi, DO Fellow, LSU Pediatric Cardiology. Social, Racial, and Economic Disparities Affecting Outcomes of Hypertensive Adolescents
Best Oral Presentation
(2025): Jesus Jaile, IV, MD Fellow, LSU Pediatric Cardiology. New Predictive Equation for Oxygen Consumption During Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Derived from Real Time Measured Data
(2024): Nicholas Christakis, Student, LSU School of Medicine. Determination of Glucose-Independent Racial Disparity in HbA1c for Youth with Type
1 Diabetes in the Era of Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Best Poster Presentation by a Faculty or Research Professional
(2025): Lisa Barbiero, MD Assistant Professor, Tulane Neonatology. A Case Report of ECMO for Persistent Air Leak Syndrome in a Neonate
(2024): Giovane Tortelote, PhD Assistant Professor, Tulane Pediatric Nephrology. Acetyl-CoA is a Key Molecule for Kidney Development
Pediatric Research Award - Graduating Fellow
(2025): Jesus Jaile, IV, MD Fellow, LSU Pediatric Cardiology. New Predictive Equation for Oxygen Consumption During Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Derived from Real Time Measured Data
(2024): Kanya Singhapakdi, DO Fellow, LSU Pediatric Cardiology. Social, Racial, and Economic Disparities Affecting Outcomes of Hypertensive Adolescents
Best Poster Presentation by a Fellow
(2025): Michael Evers, MD Fellow, LSU Neonatology. Standardizing and Improving Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up of Infants with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in the NICU
(2024): Michael Evers, MD Fellow, LSU Neonatology Standardizing and Improving HIE
Management
Best Poster Presentation by a Resident
(2025): Mina Hanna, MD Resident, Tulane Pediatrics. IL-21 and IL-21R Interaction Plays a Key Role in Mounting Humoral and Cell-mediated Immune Response to Adenoviral and Adeno-associated Viral Vectors in Lung
(2024): Nicholas Tadros, DO Resident, LSU Pediatrics Analysis of Unplanned Extubations in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Best Poster Presentation by a Student
(2025): Sydney Rein Student, Tulane University School of Medicine. Rare Pediatric Case of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Cystic Fibrosis
(2024): Sloane Clay Student, LSU School of Medicine. 3DHX 16-Associated Neuromuscular Oculoauditory Syndrome: A Novel Case