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Department of Pediatrics Annual Report – 2024

Child and Adolescent Health

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The Division of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH) is dedicated to improving the health of children and adolescents in New York City and defining model programs for the care of high-risk children everywhere. We provide comprehensive clinical services and community health programs in partnership with the Ambulatory Care Network (ACN) of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and conduct research and develop innovative programs. CAH includes general and community pediatrics, adolescent medicine, the child advocacy center, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, newborn medicine, and a newborn clinic. 

Members of the Division are both pediatric generalists and subspecialists. CAH is responsible for the newborn medicine unit and the adolescent consult service at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and includes 46 full-time faculty, several part-time and sessional faculty, and 107 affiliated faculty. Division members serve as both the gateway (e.g., generalists, adolescent medicine) to the subspecialties and support for other subspecialists (e.g., adolescent medicine, complex care, child maltreatment, developmental-behavioral pediatrics). Our faculty practice in various settings, including community and school-based health centers, the newborn medicine unit, and ColumbiaDoctors. CAH has both a clinical and basic science research footprint and is home to the Center for Children’s Digital Health Research. 

In 2024:

  • The Division hired two new faculty in adolescent medicine and in general pediatrics.
  • Division members were awarded new major R01 funding on the effectiveness and implementation of text message reminders for pediatric COVID-19 and influenza vaccines.
  • Division members published key articles in the areas of Long COVID, neurodevelopment, medical education, child well-being, respiratory infections, sexual and reproductive health, social determinants of health and health equity.

New Appointments 

Promotions 

Honors and Awards 

  • Marina Catallozzi, MD
    • Selected as a Columbia University Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar
  • Melanie Gold, MD
    • Received the “Pioneer in Integrative Medicine Award” from the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Luz Adriana Matiz, MD
    • Received the 2024 Physician of the Year Award for the ACN West
  • Samuel Master, DO
    • Awarded the 2024 Tutorial of the Year, Foundations of Clinical Medicine Tutorials  
  • Dani Dumitriu, MD, PhD, Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, and the MaCRO steering committee
    • Awarded the Grand Round in Team Science (GRiTS) Team of the Year award
  • Virginia Byron, MD (adolescent medicine fellow)
    •  Won the Rustin Macintosh Fellowship Award
  • Anjali Vora, MD, (primary care fellow)
    • Won the Oberfield Prize in Medical Education
  • Dina Romo, MD, and Sally Sultan, MD
    • Selected to take part in the Spring 2024 CUIMC Leadership and Management Course for Faculty
  • Cristina Fernández, MD, MPH
    • Awarded another Renewal Health Disparities Research Award from NIMHD for the 2024-2025 year

Major Grants 

  • Text4Vax: Understanding the Effectiveness and Implementation of Text Message Reminders for Pediatric COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccines 
    • 1R01AI182165-01(MPI: Stockwell, Fiks) 4/15/2024-2/28/2028 NIH/NIAID  
    • The major goal of this pragmatic Hybrid Type 2 effectiveness/implementation trial is to understand the effectiveness and implementation of behaviorally-informed COVID-19 and influenza text message reminders across parents with varied backgrounds and whose children are cared for in diverse practice settings.
  • SEARCH: SMS Electronic Adolescent Reminders for Completion of HPV Vaccination-Uganda 
    • R21CA253604/R33CA253604 (MPI: Stockwell, Bakeera-Kitaka) 08/01/2020-07/30/2026 NIH/NCI
    • The major goal of this project is to design and assess text message reminders on timely human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Ugandan adolescents. 
  • RECOVER: A Multi-site Observational Study of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pediatric Populations 
    • OT2HL161847 (site MPI: Stockwell, Milner) 10/01/2021-05/23/2025 NIH/NHLBI (through NYU as Clinical Science Core) NIH
    • This study seeks to characterize the incidence and prevalence of sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection; characterize the spectrum of clinical symptoms, subclinical organ dysfunction, natural history, and distinct phenotypes identified as sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection; and define the biological mechanisms underlying pathogenesis of the sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. 
  • A New Network of Household Transmission Studies for Vaccine Effectiveness Evaluations 
    • 75D30123C17674 (site PI: Stockwell) 9/29/2023-3/28/2025 CDC through Vanderbilt University
    • The purpose of this CDC-funded study is to study household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and vaccine effectiveness against infection with these viruses through a multi-site collaboration. 
  • Assessing Transmission of Influenza Within Households Using the Respiratory Virus Transmission Network (RVTN) 
    • 75D301-21-D-12778 (site PI: Stockwell)09/01/2023-08/31/2024; 09/13/2024-09/12/2025 CDC through Washington University-St. Louis
    • The purpose of this CDC-funded study is to study household transmission of influenza and influenza vaccine effectiveness through a multi-site collaboration. 
  • Simultaneous RSV Prevention Antibody (Nirsevimab) and Other Childhood Vaccines In Infants Study – Contributing Site  
    • Contract No 200-2012-53665- 75D30124F00002 (PI: Stockwell) 09/27/2024-09/26/2027 Centers for Disease for Control and Prevention
    • To conduct an RCT to evaluate the safety of simultaneous nirsevimab with other childhood vaccines in infants. 
  • Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination RCT Vaccination in Young Children RCT Study
    • Contract No 200-2012-53665- 75D30122F00007 (PI: Stockwell; Co-I Stephens, Kostacos) 09/29/2022-12/28/2025 Centers for Disease for Control and Prevention
    • To conduct an RCT to evaluate the safety of simultaneous mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with other childhood vaccines in young children 
  • Adolescent-Only SBI versus Family-Based SBI in Primary Care for Adolescent Alcohol Use 
    • Contract No AU-2022C1-26455 (site PI: Antani) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 
    • Under this subcontract with the Partnership to End Addiction, Drs. Antani & Cunningham will compare the effectiveness of SBI for adolescent AOD use in PC when implemented in its standard version as an adolescent-only model (SBI-Standard) versus as a family-based model that systematically includes a primary caregiver in all activities (SBI-Family). 
  • Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program 
    • 5 H17MC40192-04-00 (PI: Keown) Health Resources and Services Administration 

Selected Publications

  • Gross RS, Thaweethai T, Kleinman LC, Snowden JN, Rosenzweig EB, Milner JD, Tantisira KG, Rhee KE, Jernigan TL, Kinser PA, Salisbury AL, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Wood JC, Newburger JW, Truong DT, Flaherman VJ, Metz TD, Karlson EW, Chibnik LB, Pant DB, Krishnamoorthy A, Gallagher R, Lamendola-Essel MF, Hasson DC, Katz SD, Yin S, Dreyer BP, Carmilani M, Coombs K, Fitzgerald ML, Güthe N, Hornig M, Letts RJ, Peddie AK, Taylor BD, Foulkes AS, Stockwell MS; RECOVER-Pediatrics Consortium; RECOVER-Pediatrics Group Authors. Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents. JAMA. 2024:e2412747. 
  • Matiz LA. (2024). Maternal Disability and Childhood Outcomes: Considerations for the Pediatrician. Pediatrics. 2024 Oct 1;154(4):e2024067811 
  • McNeill E, Cunningham H, Sabatello M Transitional Justice — A Politico-Legal Approach to Health Equity N Engl J Med. 2025 Jan 2;392(1):85-89.  
  • Brown J, DasGupta S. Abolitionist child protection. Lancet. 2024 Sep 21;404(10458):1096-1097.  
  • Firestein MR, Manessis A, Warmingham JM, Xu R, Hu Y, Finkel MA, Kyle M, Hussain M, Ahmed I, Lavallée A, Solis A, Chaves V, Rodriguez C, Goldman S, Muhle RA, Lee S, Austin J, Silver WG, O'Reilly KC, Bain JM, Penn AA, Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Stockwell MS, Fifer WP, Marsh R, Monk C, Shuffrey LC, Dumitriu D. Positive Autism Screening Rates in Toddlers Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2435005.  
  • Keown, MK, Vargas-Haskins, W, Harford, L, Maletz B., Hoffman L, Berger-Jenkins, E. (2024). Trauma-Informed Positive Parenting in Primary Care as a Tool to Support Child and Family Well-Being. Pediatrician. 2024 Oct;53(10):e360-e36 
  • Sommer M, Fan L, Hill SV, Efuribe C, Bell DL, Master S  Incorporating Menstrual Health into Routine Pediatric Primary Care. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Mar 15:32:100716 
  • Mendoza FS, Woo Baidal JA, Fernández CR, Flores G. Bias, Prejudice, Discrimination, Racism, and Social Determinants: The Impact on the Health and Well-Being of Latino Children and Youth. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Sep-Oct;24(7S):S196-S203 
  • Costich M, Friedman S, Robinson V, Catallozzi M. Implementation and faculty perception of outpatient medical student workplace-based assessments. Clin Teach. 2024 Aug;21(4):e13751 
  • Finkel MA, Duong N, Hernandez A, Goldsmith J, Rifas-Shiman SL, Dumitriu D, Oken E, Shechter A, Woo Baidal JA. Associations of Infant Sleep Characteristics with Childhood Cognitive Outcomes. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2024 Nov-Dec 01;45(6):e560-e568.