By Sonja Hix
2026 Young Investigator Award Recipients, with support from the Academic Pediatric Association, the American Pediatric Society, and the Karp Family.
APA Young Investigator Award
- Crystal Craig, MD, MPH
Youth and Young Adult Access to Cannabis and Patterns of Use in a State with Recreational Legalization
Institution: University of Rochester
Local Mentor: Karen Wilson, MD, MPH - Michael Luke, MD, MSHP
Prevalence and Drivers of Albuterol Co-Prescribing and Use among Hospitalized Children Discharged on SMART for Asthma
Institution: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Local Mentor: Chén Kenyon, MD, MSHP - Jessica Calihan, MD, MSc
A survey assessment of pediatric primary care providers’ attitudes and behaviors around opioid overdose prevention guidance for adolescents and caregivers
Institution: Mass General Brigham for Children
Local Mentor: Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS - Elizabeth Kuhn, MD
Evaluating the Impact of High Occupancy on Pediatric Respiratory Care Quality Using Achievable Benchmarks of Care
Institution: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Local Mentor: Corrie E. McDaniel, DO, MPH - Melissa Eggen, PhD, MPH
Family and Provider Experiences and Perspectives on the Availability and Use of Donor Human Milk for Preterm Neonates in the NICU
Institution: University of Louisville
Local Mentor: Deborah Winders Davis, PhD - Michelle Shankar, MD, MHS
Bridging school and health systems to improve school attendance among children with chronic health conditions: A qualitative study of caregiver experiences
Institution: Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Local Mentors: Kevin Fiori, MD, MPH, MS & Marina Reznik, MD, MS
Nutrition in Underserved Communities
- Jennifer Lambert, MD, MHS
Partnering with Families to Understand Dynamic Contextual Contributors to Child Feeding Behaviors in School-Age Children
Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Local Mentor: Melanie Bean, PhD, LCP
APA Research Network Young Investigator Award
- Lyubina Yankova, MD
Risk of Subthreshold Phototherapy in Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia and Associated Factors: a Multi-Site Retrospective Cohort Study in 2023-2025 in collaboration with BORN
Institution: Yale University School of Medicine
Local Mentor: Jaspreet Loyal, MD, MS
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