Education & Training

Fighting for healthy kids also requires dedication to educating and training the next generation of pediatric leaders. Here you’ll find a few examples of the ways in which we are achieving that goal.

Exemplary medical education starts with better teachers

University of Chicago faculty member H. Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE, has earned both local and national recognition for her work teaching physicians how to become great educators. The innovative programs she has helped develop will have a positive impact on the care of kids and teens for generations.

Award-winning educator and physician Alisa McQueen, MD, has broken new ground in medical education through the development of a pediatric residency program that encourages trainees to find a greater sense of meaning and purpose. Next, she’s turning her attention to revamping the curriculum for pediatric medicine trainees.

Project PEACHES: A sexual health primer for teenage girls and pediatric residents

The lack of biomarkers for children with penetrating brain injuries can have a devasting impact on young victims and their families. Resident Kayla Duvall, MD, witnessed this firsthand — and decided to do something about it.

The University of Chicago’s Monogenic Diabetes Registry has enrolled the largest number of individuals with maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in the U.S. Maria Salguero Bermonth, MD, MSc, a pediatric endocrinology fellow, works with this data to identify important gaps in precision therapeutics for the disease.

Disenfranchised populations typically have the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Fellow John “Jack” Flores, MD, aims to map incidents of STIs to create targeted interventions in neighborhoods with the greatest need, in research made possible by the University of Chicago’s innovative Center for Spatial Data Science.

Monica Pomaville, MD, has devoted the final year of her residency to studying this devastating disease, which has a 50% mortality rate. Through her work, she has identified a gene crucial to its development and is now conducting research on how to slow its growth.