image: APS & SPR 2023 Mary Ellen Avery Neonatal Research Award Recipient Kurt H. Albertine, PhD, FAAAS, FAAA view more
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HOUSTON, Dec. 12, 2022 – The American Pediatric Society (APS) and the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) are pleased to denote Kurt H. Albertine, PhD, arsenic the recipient of the 2023 Mary Ellen Avery Neonatal Research Award. This grant honors a pediatric researcher who has made important contributions to neonatal wellness done basal oregon translational research.
Dr. Albertine is Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Neurobiology & Anatomy, Edward B. Clark Endowed Chair IV successful Pediatrics astatine the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Albertine’s impactful contributions to the tract of neonatal medicine see his bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) basal and translational probe program, which is conducted wrong his lamb intensive attraction portion (LICU). His imaginative attack has driven innovative methods to widen his preterm lamb exemplary beyond the archetypal lung discourse crossed antithetic organ systems and to semipermanent outcomes, utilizing erstwhile preterm lambs. Dr. Albertine’s LICU and preterm lamb models person provided an unparalleled local, national, and planetary grooming crushed for young scientists impacting each levels of the world “pipeline.”
In 2013, the APS and SPR established and endowed the Mary Ellen Avery Award. This grant honors Dr. Avery’s outstanding beingness achievements and seminal contributions to neonatal wellness done her find of respiratory distress syndrome, her probe and world leadership, and her outstanding work to pediatrics and neonatology.
“The American Pediatric Society is delighted to admit Dr. Albertine arsenic the recipient of the 2023 Mary Ellen Avery Award for his outstanding contributions to probe and acquisition successful the tract of neonatal medicine,” said Lisa Robinson, MD, FRCP(C), FASN, President of the American Pediatric Society. “His broad approaches person utilized innovative models of ventilator-induced lung wounded successful sheep delivered pre-term to recognize the contiguous and semipermanent effects connected molecular and physiologic regularisation of lung architecture and function. His bonzer translational probe programme spans the gamut from bedside to seat to bedside and has served arsenic a unsocial level to animate and make the adjacent procreation of pediatric researchers and practitioners.”
“The Society for Pediatric Research is honored to person Dr. Albertine arsenic a agelong lasting and progressive member. He has played a invaluable relation arsenic a person successful our Young Investigator Coaching Program and our Journeys program, a collaboration with the American Pediatric Society. His innovative and impactful probe successful neonatal cardiopulmonary illness and his committedness to grooming the adjacent procreation of scientists makes him good deserving of this prestigious award,” said SPR President Kate Ackerman, MD, MBA.
Beyond Dr. Albertine’s technological achievements, helium has played a captious relation successful bridging the spread betwixt basal subject and objective care. How helium communicates his findings to translational and objective scientists has taught the world and objective communities to deliberation much profoundly astir strategies underlying cardiopulmonary illness management. Dr. Albertine’s bequest besides includes his grooming and mentoring the adjacent procreation of basal scientists and pediatrician- scientists. To date, helium has straight trained much than 280 young scientists.
Dr. Albertine received his PhD from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship successful Pulmonary Physiology astatine the Cardiovascular Research Institute astatine the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Albertine has much than 170 peer-reviewed papers and has been continuously NIH-funded for 4 decades.
For much accusation astir Dr. Albertine and the Mary Ellen Avery Award, delight sojourn the APS website.
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About the American Pediatric Society
The American Pediatric Society (APS) is simply a nonprofit enactment founded successful 1888 arsenic the archetypal pediatric nine successful North America. The ngo of the APS is to prosecute distinguished kid wellness leaders representing the afloat diverseness wrong the tract to signifier the aboriginal of world pediatrics. The 1,800 positive members of APS are recognized leaders of bonzer accomplishment who enactment unneurotic to signifier the aboriginal of world pediatrics. For much information, delight sojourn aps1888.org, and travel america connected Facebook and Twitter.
About the Society for Pediatric Research
The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) encourages and supports pediatric probe endeavors by creating a web of divers researchers to amended kid health. Collaboration among SPR members creates meaningful advancement for the aboriginal of children’s health. For much information, delight sojourn www.societyforpediatricresearch.org, and travel america connected Facebook and Twitter.
Media Contacts:
Lisa Thompson Association Director
American Pediatric Society
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Jana Wells
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Society for Pediatric Research
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