Boston Children's Hospital

2026–2028 · award

Clinically Translatable Opioid Depots for On-Demand Pain Relief

Tianrui Xue · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by International Anesthesia Research Society

250k

2026–2029 · fellowship · Career Development Award

Deciphering the Role of Erythrocyte Sphingosine Kinase-1 in Myocardial Ischemic Reperfusion Injury

Yu-Ting Kuo · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$231k

2026 · research · Bridge Collaborative Sciences Award

Rapid modeling of cardiovascular risk variants

Vassilios Bezzerides · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$250kPluripotent Stem Cells Research

2026–2028 · award

Development of Programmable RNA sensors to Treat Oncofusion and Oncofetal Protein Associated Cancers

Alan Cantor · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Cancer Society

297k

2026–2027 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dissecting spatial-temporal regulatory networks in endocardial fibroelastosis with single-cell spatial transcriptomics

Yang Yu · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$163.9kCongenital heart defects research

2026–2028 · research · Rapid Impact Research Award

Modulation of CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling by Endothelial Epsins as a Novel Stroke Therapy

Hao Wu · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$100k

2026–2029 · fellowship · Career Development Award

Engineered Nanobodies to Direct and Visualize Tolerance in Autoimmune Myocarditis

Novalia Pishesha · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$231k

2026–2029 · fellowship · Career Development Award

Integrative Mechanistic and Genetic Analysis of NatA Dysfunction in Cardiac Arrhythmia

Daisuke Yoshinaga · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$231k

2026–2028 · award

Regulation of the NLRP3-inflammasome through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) influences hematopoietic stem cell development

Morgan Walcheck · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Cancer Society

217.5k

2026–2027 · research · Bridge Innovative Project Award

In vivo real-time imaging of developing cerebral blood vessels

Maria Lehtinen · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$100k

2026–2027 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Mechanisms of outflow tract development in zebrafish

Annjosette Ramirez · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$159.2kCongenital heart defects research

2026–2028 · research · Research Grant

Molecular Genetics and Therapies for Congenital Myopathies

Alan Beggs · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Muscular Dystrophy Association

$312.6kCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

2026–2028 · award

Cellular States in Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Carla Kim · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Cancer Society

297kCancer Cells and Metastasis

2026 · grant

Investigating somatic mosaicism and tumor seed cells in glioblastoma

Christoopher A. Walsh · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Uncle Kory Foundation

$50kGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment

2026–2027 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Functional analysis of the intercalated disc

Camille Blandin · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$156.2kCardiovascular Effects of Exercise

2026 · research · Research

Comparative Effectiveness of Brain MRI Alone Versus Brain MRI Plus Genetic Testing In The Diagnostic Workup of Cerebral Palsy

Siddharth Srivastava · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

$7.9M

2026–2028 · award

Manufacturing an Immunotherapy-Resistant Hematopoiesis to Treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Pietro Genovese · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Cancer Society

297k

2026–2027 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Role of Rho-ROCK-Actomyosin Signaling in Primary Aldosteronism

Mesut Berber · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$163.9kHormonal Regulation and Hypertension

2026 · research · ASH Treating Fairly Award

A novel role for placenta megakaryocytes in pregnancy-related thrombocytopenia

Kellie Machlus · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Society of Hematology

2025 · grant · Research Grant Award

Predicting neurologic outcomes in TSC from tuber location and connectivity

Alexander Cohen · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance

2025–2026 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Unveiling the Novel Role of S1PR1 Internalization in Left-Sided Trabecular Angiogenesis

Chao Li · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$156.6kSphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling

2025–2027 · career development · K99

Deciphering Determinants of Somatic Evolution with Single-Cell Genealogy

Chen Weng · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by National Institutes of Health

$126.8k

2025–2028 · award

Exploring the hematopoietic niche to control hematopoietic stem cell egress using nanotechnology.

Gabriela Arias Alpizar · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Cancer Society

217.5kZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

2025–2028 · grant · OCRP

Activating Gasdermin Pores to Induce Pyroptosis and Antitumor Immunity in Ovarian Cancers

Judy Lieberman · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

$1.1M

2025–2026 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Armed nanobodies as antimalarial agents

Camille Le Gall · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$156.6kMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

2025–2028 · research · Transformational Project Award

The role of the exosome in neonatal arterial ischemic stroke

Michael Rivkin · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$300k

2025 · fellowship · Hanna Gray Fellow

Jhullian J. Alston — HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow (2025-Present)

Jhullian J. Alston · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2025–2026 · training · Diversity Supplement

Tet2 age associated somatic mutations impair platelet function and enhance thrombosis

Virginia Camacho · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$81.7kPlatelet Disorders and Treatments

2025–2026 · training · Predoctoral Fellowship

Molecular Mechanisms of Protein Homeostasis during Neonatal Heart Regeneration

Hyun Ji An · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$69.5kCongenital heart defects research

2025–2026 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Unveiling Dab2's Role and Mechanism in Endothelial Protection and Atheroma Regression

Jianing Gao · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$156.6k

2025–2026 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Manipulating engraftment of gene edited hematopoietic stem cells

Vivien Schoonenberg · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$153.7kCRISPR and Genetic Engineering

2025–2028 · grant · OCRP

Activating Gasdermin Pores to Induce Pyroptosis and Antitumor Immunity in Ovarian Cancers

Hao Wu · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

$1.1M

2025 · grant

Nasal Mucosa in Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Lillianjuttukonda · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Gerber Foundation

$29.7k

2025–2029 · grant · PRMRP

An Integrated Approach Toward Identifying Biopsychosocial Aspects of Pain in Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune-Albright Syndrome

Jaymin Upadhyay · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

$3.1M

2025–2028 · fellowship · Career Development Award

New Regulators and Regulatory Mechanisms in Cardiac Homeostasis and Hypertrophy

Yi Wang · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$231kSignaling Pathways in Disease

2025 · grant

Early Life Immune Profiling and Mechanistic Evaluation of Novel Vaccine Adjuvant Formulations Against Respiratory Viral Pathogens

Sanya Thomas, Mmsc · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by Gerber Foundation

$30k

2025–2026 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Investigating the essential function of the apical polar ring in human malaria parasites

Pratima Gurung · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$170.9kMalaria Research and Control

2025–2028 · fellowship · Career Development Award

Interrogation of non-coding variants in congenital heart disease

Feng Xiao · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$231kCongenital heart defects research

2025–2026 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

PHYS-sgGOLDFISH, an in-situ platform for single-cell cardiovascular phenotype/genotype correlation

Xiaoting Wang · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$156.6kPluripotent Stem Cells Research

2025–2026 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Designer Sphingosine-1-Phosphate chaperones for the treatment of diabetic microvascular diseases

Tim Dorweiler · Boston Children's Hospital · funded by American Heart Association

$153.7kSphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling