Pediatric Research Podcast
Health, Fitness & Longevity
About
Pediapod is the pediatrics podcast from Pediatric Research, produced in association with Nature Publishing Group. Join us as we explore the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, featuring interviews with top researchers and highlighted content from one of the premier journals in the field of pediatrics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- Senior Investigator: Conversation with Alistair Gunn
This episode features a conversation with Professor Alistair Gunn at the University of Aukland, about his pivotal role in the preclinical development of therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy…
- Special Episode on Social Media Use for Researchers
In this special episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Pediatric Research's social media editors Damian Roland and Kikelomo Babata about how researchers can and should harness social media to increase the impact of their research. Transformi…
- December 2025: Collection on Neonatal Resuscitation
In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Satyan Lakshminrusimha about our Collection on Neonatal Resuscitation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- October 2025: Collection on Epilepsy and Seizures
In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Steven Miller about our Collection on Epilepsy and Seizures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- September 2025: What's hot in pediatric AI research?
Listen to September's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric AI research, with Brynne Sullivan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- August 2025: Senior Investigator: Conversation with Bonnie Ramsey
This episode features a conversation with Professor Bonnie Ramsey, a pediatric pulmonologist from Seattle Children's, who has dedicated her research and clinical career to treating patients with cystic fibrosis. Hosted…
- July 2025: ECI Katie Strobel
Listen to July's Pediapod episode with ECI Katie Strobel, discussing her recent paper looking into the effect of early antibiotic exposure on necrotizing enterocolitis and growth in extremely preterm infants. Hosted on…
- June 2025: What's hot in pediatric genetics?
Listen to June's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric genetics research, with Stephen Kingsmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 2025: Collection on Necrotizing Enterocolitis
In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Misty Good about our Collection on Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- April 2025: Senior Investigator: Conversation with Avroy Fanaroff
This episode features a conversation with Senior Investigator Avroy Fanaroff, Emeritus Professor at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, who has had a long and impactful career in n…
- March 2025: What's hot in pediatric sepsis?
Listen to March's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric sepsis research, with Sarah Kandil and Eleanor Molloy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Conversation With Senior Investigator Karin Nelson.
Listen to January's Pediapod episode: Conversation With Senior Investigator Karin Nelson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- December 2024: What's hot in pediatric microbiome research?
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- November 2024: What's hot in Pediatric Oncology?
Listen to November's Pediapod episode: What's hot in Pediatric Oncology? with Jeffrey Dome Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Senior Investigator: Conversation with Michael DeBaun
This episode features a conversation with Senior Investigator Michael DeBaun, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who has had a long career investigating the causes of and treatments for sickle cel…
- Collection on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Stephanie Ford about our Collection on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Read the collection here: https://www.nature.com/collections/fccidiefbi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
- August/Senior Investigator: Conversation with Tina Cheng
This episode features a conversation with Senior Investigator Tina Cheng, who has held several leadership positions over her career, including her current roles as Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, and Director of t…
- What's hot in stem cells and regenerative biology?
Listen to July's Pediapod episode: What's hot in stem cells and regenerative biology? with Atul Malhotra. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- June/Senior Investigator: Conversation with Richard Jackson
This month features a conversation with Senior Investigator, Professor Richard Jackson, who’s had an extensive career in Public Health. Now Professor Emeritus at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Ang…
- Collection on neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
In this episode, listen to our editorial apprentice, Dr. Eric Peeples describe the scope and importance of our collection on neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Visit the collection here: Neonatal Encephalopat…
- What's hot in Endocrinology?
In this episode of Pediapod, Section Editor Jeanie Tryggestad discusses the most recent advances in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Conversation With Pediatric Researchers Cynthia Bearer and Eleanor Molloy
Pediatric researchers Cynthia Bearer and Eleanor Molloy join podcast host Geoff Marsh to give an update on plans for the podcast and to offer some sage advice for Early Career Investigators. Find more Pediapod episodes here: https://www.na…
- Conversation with Linda de Vries
This episode involves a conversation with senior investigator Linda de Vries, who has had a large and lasting effect in the world of pediatric research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Global climate change: the defining issue of our time for our children’s health
The United Nations recently stated that “climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment” ( https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/climate-change ). This statement ended the political debate about the role of…
- Predicting functional and quality-of-life outcomes following pediatric sepsis.
Illness severity scores are commonly used for mortality prediction and risk stratification in pediatric critical care research. However, as mortality has steadily declined in the pediatric intensive care unit there has been incre…
- Conversation with Dr. Maximo Vento
This episode, along with a few more to come, involves a conversation with a senior investigator who has had a large and lasting effect in the world of pediatric research. The Early Career Investigator episodes will still be coming once a m…
- The association of placental pathology and neurodevelopmental outcomes in patients with neonatal encephalopathy
Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE), a subset of neonatal encephalopathy, is the most common neurological condition in term born infants. It is known that a range of acute and chronic placental pathologies are more common in&n…
- Do Bayley trajectories predict school-readiness better than single assessments in formerly very preterm infants?
The development of children born very preterm is most often evaluated using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. These single assessments are routinely used as outcome measures for neonatal interventions or as a mea…
- Novel metrics to characterise the temporal lobe of very preterm infants.
The temporal facilitates many complex neurological processes. Alterations to these processes are known to correlate with specific functional deficits commonly found in preterm-born children at and beyond school age. However,…
- Trends in fetal and neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected health and healthcare systems worldwide and could have resulted in changes in fetal and neonatal outcomes. In this episode, we speak to Early Career Investigator, Vivek Shukla from t…
- The transition to telemedicine in pediatric primary care during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telemedicine was limited in pediatric primary care. Then, in 2020 it increased exponentially. However, early COVID-19 reports described inequities in telemedicine use across multiple specialtie…
- Cardiorespiratory signature of neonatal sepsis
Heart rate characteristics and demographic factors have long been used to aid early detection of late-onset sepsis, however respiratory data may contain additional signatures of infection. In this episode we meet Early…
- BMI trajectories and BPD among very preterm infants
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common morbidity among very preterm infants. Commonly, nutritional interventions are focused on achieving optimal body weight gain. However, very preterm infants with evolving lu…
- March: Cardiovascular outcomes in children with Kawasaki disease
Kawasaki disease is a common childhood vasculitis and its global incidence appears to be increasing. Although this disease is self-limiting, the associated vasculopathy can cause cardiovascular complications. In this episode …
- February: Pharamcogenetic profiling in children with medical complexity
Children with medical complexity typically require multiple medications throughout the course of their treatment. These individuals also increasingly undergo genome-wide testing early in life as a diagnostic test. Since&nbs…
- Sex-specific effects of prenatal opioid exposure
Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) represents a major public health problem in the US with a high socioeconomic burden. The pathophysiology of this condition is not yet fully understood. Data from animal models have…
- Barriers to finding a genetic diagnosis for children with rare disease.
Rare diseases affect millions of people in the USA. However, access to subspecialty care is not distributed equitably and there may be other barriers to clinic attendance. Furthermore, once established within the genetics clinic, families…
- Neutrophil function in pediatric lupus.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) causes significant long-term morbidity and mortality, particularly in children. There is some evidence that the innate immune system, in particular neutrophil activity, can be compromised in adult-onset l…
- The social epidemiology of adolescent problematic screen use.
95% of adolescents in the US have access to a smartphone and 45% report being online "almost constantly". Beyond the general time spent on screens, the control over usage and the interference into other activities are also import…
- How neonatologists' views on the Baby Doe regulations have changed over time.
The Baby Doe Regulations, which regulate the provision of life-sustaining treatment to seriously ill neonates, caused a stir amongst neonatologists when they were first enacted in the 1980s. The fear at the time was that they would restric…
- Placental transfusion during neonatal resuscitation in a preterm model
For depressed preterm neonates, initiating positive pressure ventilation is the most important factor in facilitating transition. Therefore the recommendation for depressed neonates is to immediately cut the umbilical cord and begin r…
- Severe intraventricular hemorrhage in a rabbit model of prematurity
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) occurs in around 45% of infants born below 26 weeks gestational age, causing significant lifelong morbidity and mortality. However, there is currently no effective treatment. In part, this is due…
- Maternal early exposure to violence, psychopathology, and child adaptive functioning
A recent study reported that 53% of mothers reported exposure to violence when they were children. And there is evidence that these experiences negatively impact the health and development of their offspring later on. Associations between…
- April: miRNA expression in the pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy heart
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a rare but serious condition of children and often progresses to heart failure. The outcomes for children with DCM are poor, with 50% of pediatric patients dying or needing a heart transplant within 5 years…
- The fetal immune response to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection
Thousands of women have been infected with SARS-CoV2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. While very few of these infections have been shown to transmit vertically from mother to offspring, it remains unclear what effect, if any, a mother's SARS-…
- Whole-exome sequencing of epilepsy after acute symptomatic neonatal seizures
Twenty-five percent of children who survive acute symptomatic seizures as neonates go on to develop epilepsy. Whilst there are several known risk factors, currently not enough is known about the mechanisms behind the development…
- New technique for estimating respiratory rates in preterm infants
Most very preterm infants experience apneas of prematurity. It is a common comorbidity of prematurity, and therefore reliable real-time monitoring of respiratory rates is key in these infants. The conventionalmethod is to use chest impedan…
- Associations of media use and early childhood development: cross-sectional findings from the LIFE Child study
There is a growing body of evidence showing that excessive early media use is detrimental to children's physical and mental health. As such, the World Health Organization guidelines suggest that screen time for infants should be limited to…
- Early Career Investigator Spotlight: Matthew W. Harer
Caffeine administration has been associated with reduced rates of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in preterm neonates but the effect of caffeine on renal oxygenation is unknown. In this episode, we meet this month's highlighted E…
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccine testing and trials in the pediatric population: biologic, ethical, research, and implementation challenges
Early on in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the majority of infected children were either asymptomatic or had mild COVID-19 disease, prompting many to demand a higher acceptable risk threshold for pediatric vaccines. More recently, as c…