UT Southwestern Pediatrics

01/08/2026

Published in the journal Pediatrics, a study led by Sarah Messiah, Ph.D., M.P.H., with senior author Sarah Barlow, M.D., and Bethany Cartwright, M.D., revealed the COVID-19 pandemic increased childhood obesity in the U.S. by roughly 1 million people, particularly among disadvantaged and minority youths.

Learn about the proactive steps families can take to help prevent obesity and related health risks early: https://bit.ly/4iSnKDv

01/06/2026

A UTSW-led study published in Pediatric Research reveals that a first-of-its-kind cognitive behavioral therapy program could help lower parental perceptions of child vulnerability among NICU families.

Margaret Hoge, M.D., served as lead author of the study. Lina Chalak, M.D., M.S.C.S., Elizabeth Heyne, PA-C, and Roy Heyne, M.D., also contributed. Learn more about the study: https://bit.ly/46MxNW1

12/31/2025

Read the highlights of 2025 at UT Southwestern.

12/29/2025

Congratulations to Stephanie Ghaleb, M.D., Michael McDowell, D.O., Tetyana Nesterenko, M.D., and Hoi See Tsao, M.D., M.P.H. on being accepted into the 2026 Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) program at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The program is designed for junior faculty who aspire to develop their leadership skills.

12/25/2025

Adolescent medicine fellow Eesha Nazir, M.D., has been named the winner of the International Meeting in Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) Student Award for her abstract, “Mental Health ‘Life Support:’ Establishing a Simulation-based Su***de Prevention Communication Training in an Urban Pediatrics Residency Program.”

Congratulations to Dr. Nazir for this important contribution to addressing youth mental health.

12/23/2025

Emily Pregmon, M.D., and Radha McNicholas, M.D., joined the Girls Empowered by Mavericks (GEM) program this fall to lead a mental health talk for 100 high school female student-athletes.

They guided the students through exercises identifying where stress shows up in their bodies, brainstorming practical strategies to combat it, and building self-esteem by naming positive role models in their lives and sharing their own personal strengths.

12/21/2025

Several members of the Division of Rheumatology were among a group of rheumatologists from UT Southwestern who were involved in leading scientific sessions and presenting their research during the poster and abstract sessions at this year’s American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual meeting. UT Southwestern medical students and pediatric residents who were mentored by members of the Pediatric Rheumatology faculty also attended and participated.

12/19/2025

Mohan Krishnan, Ph.D., and his research team’s article “Red blood cell transfusion exacerbates phlebotomy‐induced anemia‐associated neuroinflammation in murine neonates” was recently published in the journal Transfusion.

The research is the first preclinical study to report adverse effects in the brain during RBC transfusion. https://bit.ly/3L9TBmv

Background Red blood cell transfusions (RBCT) are essential and lifesaving for preterm infants who suffer from physiological and iatrogenic anemia. Phlebotomy-induced anemia (PIA) in neonatal murine...

12/11/2025

Please join us in congratulating NIH K23-funded early career investigator and neonatologist Rachel Leon, M.D., Ph.D., on being awarded the Young Investigator Cassady Presidential Award from the Perinatal Research Society (PRS). 🎉

Created in 2012, the award is presented to one early career/young investigator speaker at the PRS Annual Meeting whose work best meets the current president’s criterion of excellence.

12/08/2025

The COVID-19 pandemic not only disrupted children's education, recreation, and social lives, it also increased the prevalence of obesity in the U.S. pediatric population by roughly 1 million youngsters, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medica...

12/04/2025

Please join us congratulating Imran Mir, M.D., on being elected to the UT Southwestern Medical Center Gamma Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a faculty nominee. Election to AOA is a lifelong honor that recognizes a physician’s dedication to the art of healing and the profession.

12/02/2025

We’re proud to share that Myra Wyckoff, M.D., Vishal Kapadia, M.D., and Shalini Ramachandran, M.D., co-authored the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation’s (ILCOR) Resuscitation Consensus on Science with Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) documents neonatal life support. The documents will serve as a foundation for resuscitation councils worldwide as they build their guidelines and provide care for newborns at birth.

In addition, Drs. Kapadia and Wyckoff also helped write the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) national neonatal resuscitation guidelines and the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation (9th edition) from the AHA/AAP Neonatal Resuscitation Program. Dr. Kapadia and neonatal fellow trainee Tina Seidu, M.D., MHS, are featured on the book's cover.