Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program (CMH-Pilot)
Past Awards
The Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) is pleased to announce the CCTSI Pilot Grant Awardees for the Child and Maternal Health Pilot (CMH-Pilot) program. Congratulations to the awardees of the grants in these programs.
2024 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Caroline Hall, MD, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Jayne Martin Carli, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Marisa Stahl, MD, MSCS | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Kibrom Alula, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Katie Conover, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
2023 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Robert Dietz, MD, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Christiana Smith-Anderson, MD, MSCS | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Alicia White, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Avery Kramer, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Justin Searns, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
2022 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Swati Ghosh, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Jordana Hoppe, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| David Howell, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Katherine Barrett, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Jerad Dumolt, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Matthew Leroue, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus Children’s Hospital Colorado CU School of Medicine |
| Meghan Ruebel, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Melisa Tanverdi, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus Children’s Hospital Colorado CU School of Medicine |
2021 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Erica Mandell, DO | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Michelle Clementi, PhD | Children’s Hospital Colorado CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Andrew Haynes, MD | Children’s Hospital Colorado CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Lyndsey DuBose, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine |
| Denise Smith, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU College of Nursing |
| Zachary Graff, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus Children’s Hospital Colorado Center for Cancer Blood Disorders |
2020 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Katja Gist, DO | Children’s Hospital Colorado CU School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Cardiology |
| Anastacia Garcia, PhD | Children’s Hospital Colorado CU School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Section of Cardiology |
| Maya Haasz, MD | Children’s Hospital Colorado CU School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric of Emergency Medicine |
| Amy C. Kelly, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Reproductive Sciences |
| Julie Pires da Silva, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology |
2019 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Eileen Chang, PhD MCR | CU Denver Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine |
| Jessica Lake, MD MPH | Children's Hospital Colorado Department of Pediatrics |
| Stephanie Nakano, MD | CU Denver Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine |
| Suchitra Rao, MBBS | CU Denver Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine |
| Michael Rudolph, PhD | CU Denver Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine |
| Stacey Simon, PhD | CU Denver Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine |
2018 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Anastacia Garcia, PhD | Division of Cardiology Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Laurie Sherlock, MD | Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Claire Stokes, MD, MPH | Division of Hematology-Oncology Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Owen Vaughan, PhD | Division of Reproductive Sciences Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Gretchen Domek, MD, MPhil | Division of General Academic Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
2017 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Stephanie Chassen, MD | Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Andra Dingman, MD | Division of Child Neurology Department of Pediatrics Children’s Hospital Colorado |
| Rachel Rodel, MD | Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Sara Saporta-Keating, MD | Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Michael Swanson, PhD | Division of Genetics Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
2016 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Sarah Borengasser, PhD | Section of Nutrition Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Shanlee Davis, MD | Division of Endocrinology Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Vanessa Sherk, PhD | Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes Department of Medicine School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Curtis Coughlin III, MS, MBe | Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Torri Metz, MD, MS | Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver Health and Hospital Authority |
| Amanda N’zi, PhD | Department of Pediatrics Kempe Center CU Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus |
2015 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| James Feinstein, MD, MPH | School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Marisa Friederich, PhD | School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Silvia Giugliano, MSc, PhD | School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Peter Russell, MD | School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Clyde Wright, MD | School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
2014 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Colleen G. Julian, PhD | School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Austin Larson, MD | School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Minghua Tang, PhD | School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Douglas J. Kominsky, PhD | School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Tamara Terzian, PhD | School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
2013 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Michelle Brock, MD | Fellow, Pediatrics/Pulmonary, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| James Gaensbauer, MD | Fellow, Pediatrics/ Infectious Disease, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Kevin Messacar, MD | Fellow, Pediatrics/Infectious Disease, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Stephanie Nakano, MD | Fellow, Pediatrics/ Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Uyen Truong, MD | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/ Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Bridgett Young, PhD | Fellow, Pediatrics/ Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Scott Auerbach, MD | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/ Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado |
| Xueni Chen, MD | Instructor, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Lisa Meltzer, PhD | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, National Jewish Health; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Pediatrics/ Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
2012 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Peter Baker, MD | Fellow, Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics & Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Edward Garrido | Senior Instructor, Pediatrics/Kempe Center, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Patricia Huguelet, MD | Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Taizo Nakano, MD | Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Shelley Miyamoto, MD | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/ Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Kenneth Hurt, MD, PhD | Obstetrics & Gynecology/Basic Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| David Brumbaugh, MD | Pediatrics/Gastroenterology, Hematology, and Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Angela Czaja, MD, MSc | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/Critical Care, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Meghan Donnelly, MD | Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynecology/Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
2011 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Colm Collins, PhD | Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Kimberly D'Anna, PhD | Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Thomas Flass, MD MS | Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Cameron Gunville, DO | Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Jillian Sullivan, MD | Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Caroline Kulesza, PhD | Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Catherine Lozupone, PhD | |
| Regina M. Reynolds, MD | Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Michael E. Yaeger, PhD | Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
2010 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Jennifer Armstrong-Wells, MD | University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus/Children's Hospital Colorado |
| David Brumbaugh, MD | Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Quantitation of Depot-Specific Adiposity and Liver Fat in Infancy |
| Joanne Masterson, PhD | Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado |
| Samuel Dominguez, MD, PhD | Section of Infection Disease, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado |
| Nancy Donelan-McCall, PhD | Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Carmen Sucharov, PhD | Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine |
| Joanne Valvano, PhD | University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Virginia Winn, MD, PhD | OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus |
2009 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| Neil Box, PhD | School of Medicine, Dermatology |
| Karim El Kasmi, MD, PhD | School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
| Cindy Freehauf, RN, MS, CGC | School of Medicine, Pediatrics |
| Karen Jonscher, PhD; Virginia Ferguson PhD | School of Medicine, Anesthesiology; College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering |
| Jenn Leiferman, PhD | School of Public Health, Epidemiology Department |
| Ellyn Matthews, PhD; Madalynn Neu, PhD, RN | College of Nursing, Nursing |
| Yogendra Raol, PhD | School of Medicine, Pediatrics |
| Nancy West, PhD | School of Public Health, Epidemiology |
| Samantha Woodruff, MD | Children's Hospital Colorado, Pediatric Gastroenterology |