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Pediatric Research

Dear Duke Pediatrics Colleagues,

The following are new and competitive renewal research awards made to investigators in the Duke Department of Pediatrics through the months of March and April 2025.  These awards represent the successful culmination of work from numerous members of Duke Pediatrics covering exciting basic, translational, and clinical research. Please extend your congratulations to the following faculty members and their research teams.

Thank you,

Marsha Newby, Senior Grants and Contracts Manager

Christoph Hornik, MD PhD MPH, Vice Chair Research

 

March 2025 Awardees

 

Eric Benner, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology

Trevor Burt, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Inflammatory Subventricular Zone Injury in Preterm Infants

National Institutes of Health: R01

03/13/2025-01/31/2030

 

Elizabeth Erickson, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health

Strengthening the Carolina’s Collaborative to Address Disparities in Child Health Across the Carolinas

Institute for Child Success/Duke Endowment

01/01/2025-12/31/2028

 

Jennifer Li, MD 

Beverly C. Morgan, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology

Pediatric Heart Network

New England Research Institutes, Inc./NIH

01/01/2025-12/31/2025

 

Klaus-Georg Werner, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology

Phase 3 Multicenter Randomized, Double-Blind, Group Sequential, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Rimegepant for the Treatment of Migraine (with or Without Aura) in Children

Pfizer Inc.

03/06/2025-04/08/2026

 

April 2025 Awardees

 

Karl-Dimiter Bissig, MD, PhD

Chen Family Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Genetics

Understanding De-Targeting Mutations and AAVR Interactions

Asklepios Biopharmaceutical, Inc

04/04/2025-11/30/2025

 

Lauren Covert, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology

Using Bioengineered Human Muscle to Develop Treatments for Juvenile Dermatomyositis

Hartwell Foundation

05/01/2025-04/30/2028

 

Dwight Koeberl, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Genetics

Clinical Effects and Safety of Subcutaneous Copper Histidinate Treatment for Patients Diagnosed with Menkes Disease and Previously Treated at NICHD

Sentynl Therapeutics

04/25/2025-10/31/2027

 

Heather Van Mater, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology

Phase III Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Satralizumab

Genentech, Inc

04/09/2025-08/01/2025

 

Klaus-Georg Werner, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology

Interventional, Efficacy, Safety, Phase 3 Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study Open-Label Ext

Pfizer, Inc

03/27/2025-07/30/2027

 
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