Grant Awards of the SPR Research and Education Foundation

Newly Named - William H. and Victoria McAlister Young Investigator Award

• Clinical applicability of macromolecular proton fraction (MPF) of the developing brain Keywords: fetal MRI; Brain development; quantitative MRI; Sara Reis Teixeira, MD, PhD; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pilot Award

• Machine learning to maximize radiologic detection of classic metaphyseal lesions of infant abuse; Andy Tsai, MD, PhD; Boston Children's Hospital
• Quantitative Direct Sodium Magnetic Resonance Imaging (23Na-MRI) of Low-Grade Gliomas in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1; Aashim Bhatia, MD, MS; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Seed Grant 

• Imaging Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Patient Costs for Vesicoureteral Reflux among Commercially Insured Children from 2010 to 2019; Shireen Hayatghaibi, PhD, MPH; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

• To assess the feasibility of transcranial doppler and transcranial contrast enhanced ultrasound as alternative ancillary tests in the determination of brain death.; Misun Hwang, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Second Cycle Seed Grant

• T2 relaxation time mapping as a quantitative and objective measure of disease activity in children with muscular dystrophy (DMD): Emphasis on early detection of reversible inflammatory changes
  Hee-Kyung Kim, MD,Cincinnati Children’s Hospital 

John Dorst – Felix Fleischner Seed Grant in Thoracic Pediatric Radiology

Thorne Griscom Award for Education in Pediatric Radiology

John Dorst – Felix Fleischner Seed Grant in Thoracic Pediatric Radiology

Seed Grants

• Optical Oximetry in Testicular Torsion 
  Harriet Paltiel, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 

• The Next Iteration of a Universal Web-based Curriculum in Pediatric Radiology
  Janet Reid, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 

Second Cycle Seed Grant

Fellow Award

• Optimal Dose Regimen in Pediatric PET Imaging
  Roberto Accorsi, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

N. Thorne Griscom Award for Education

• A Teaching Center to Foster Educational Excellence
  Beverly P. Wood, MD, Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, California

2nd Cycle Seed Grant

Seed Grants

• Fetal MRI Features of Club Foot Inpatients with Myeloneningocele
  Sabah Servaes, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  
  
• T1 Mapping in Childhood Solid Tumors
  Catherine Owens, MBBCH and Oystein E. Olsen, MD, Hospital for Sick Children, London, England

Fellow Award

Bridge Grant

• 2007 SPR Meeting Symposium Support
  Marilyn J. Goske, MD – SPR President Elect

Seed Grants

Fellow Awards

• MR Voiding Cystography Evaluation of Vesicoureteral Reflux
  Shreyas S. Vasanawala, MD, PhD, Mentor - Richard A Barth, MD, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, California 

Research Awards

• Pulse Inversion Imaging of Testicular Torsion
  Harriet Paltiel, MD, Children's Hospital, Boston
  
  
• Measurements of Epicardial and Visceral Fat: Correlation with Treatment Option
  Marilyn Siegel, MD, Washington University, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri

The N. Thorne Griscom Awards for Education in Pediatric Radiology

• A Complete Web-Based Curriculum in Pediatric Radiology
  Janet Reid, MD, The Children's Hospital at the Cleveland Clinic

• Development of a New Instructional Tool to Increase the Diagnostic Accuracy of Radiology Residents Interpreting Emergency Pediatric Neuroradiology Studies 
  Mark Halsted, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Research Awards

• Radiation Dose Resulting from Pediatric Chest CT Utilization
  Sjirk Jan Westra, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Seed Grants

• Low-Dose CT Evaluation Of Suspected Appendicitis In Children
  Nancy R. Fefferman, MD and Henry Rusinek, PhD; NYU School of Medicine
  
  
• Feasibility For Optimizing Pediatric CT Using Objective Measures Of Dose and Image Quality
  David E. Hintenlang, PhD, University of Florida

CT Dosimetry grant

The N. Thorne Griscom Award for Education in Pediatric Radiology

• Launching the Complete Interactive Web-Based Curriculum In Pediatric Radiology For Radiology Residents
  Janet R. Reid, MD, FRCPC, Marilyn J. Goske, MD, Mariana G. Hewson, PhD and Nancy A. Obuchowski, PhD, Children's Hospital at the Cleveland Clinic 

• Determination of Optimal Dose and Safety Profile for Optison TM Ultrasound Contrast Agent in Pediatric Solid Tumor Patients
  Beth McCarville, MD, Wayne Furman, MD, Sue Kaste, DO, Fred Hoffer, MD, Acuson, Inc., Mallinckrodt, Inc.; St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

• Diagnostic Categorization Features for Radiographic Diagnosis at Varying Levels of Experience
  Beverly Wood, MD, Irving Biederman, PhD, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; 

Millennium Grant

• An Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Chest Masses: Impact on the Diagnosis, Clinical Decision Making and Patient Outcomes, Valerie L. Ward, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
• A Web-Based Teaching Module with Interactive Self-Assessment for Pediatric Radiology Residents, Janet R. Reid, MD, Marilyn Goske, MD, Stuart C. Morrison, MB,ChB, Mariana Hewson, PhD, Jerry Lawler, Michael L. Lieber, MS, The Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
• Computer Simulated Dose Reduction for Pediatric Abdominal Helical CT, Donald P. Frush, MD, Caroline Hollingsworth, MD, Lane Donnelly, MD, John Mayo, MD, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC;