Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program (CMH-Pilot)
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.
Awards are generously funded by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and University of Colorado School of Medicine (Traystman Fund).
Current Awards
2025 Child and Maternal Health Pilot Program Awards
| Principal Investigator | Affiliation |
| German Aranes, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Marta Hita Hernandez, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Erin Ho, MD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine - Pediatrics |
| Dana Kamara, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine - Pediatrics |
| Jessica Bloom, MD, MSCS | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine - Pediatrics |
| Erin Englund, PhD | CU Anschutz Medical Campus CU School of Medicine - Radiology |
Past Awards
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 |