Research and Innovation
The Division of Critical Care Medicine is a leading presence in the field of pediatric critical care research. Our division is home to five NIH-funded researchers (Dr. Mark Hall, Dr. Christopher Montgomery, Dr. Nicole O’Brien, Dr. Andrew Yates, and Dr. Jennifer Muszynski).
Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of only eight sites in the country to participate in the current cycle of the nation’s only NIH-funded research network for critical ill children, the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). In addition, our faculty members are leaders in the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI), the country’s largest pediatric critical care research network.
The diverse research interests of our faculty include immunology of critical illness, pediatric neurocritical care, transfusion science, Staphylococcus aureus microbiology, cardiac critical care, anesthesiology, medical education, comparative effectiveness research, and many others. Lastly, a robust quality improvement science program is in place with strong emphasis on evidence-based, rigorously conducted QI initiatives.
The research infrastructure in Critical Care Medicine is outstanding, with four full-time research coordinators providing 7-day/week support for the conduct of clinical and translational projects; an in-situ research laboratory in the PICU; a divisional biostatistician; and the resources of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital on the same campus.
A list of faculty academic interests is available below.
Critical Care Faculty |
Interests |
Quality and safety, ICU-associated infection |
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Katherine Bline, MD | Lower respiratory tract infection, host immune response in critical illness, myeloid-derived suppressor cells |
Medical education |
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Neurocritical care, pediatric stroke |
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Medical education, resident education, hematology and oncology |
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Trauma care, electronic medical records |
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Advocacy, sedation, blood conservation, cardiac intensive care |
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Extracorporeal therapies, sepsis |
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Inter-facility transport, Quality Improvement |
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Immunobiology of critical illness, sepsis, MODS |
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Hunter Johnson, MD | Multiorgan dysfunction in severe malaria, global health, point-of-care ultrasound |
ICU infections, antibiotic utilization, critical bronchiolitis |
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Safety and quality |
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Safety and quality, airway management, ICU related infections, cardiac intensive care |
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Nutrition in the ICU |
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Cardiac Intensive Care, extracorporeal support |
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Neurocritical care, acute hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy |
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Quality and safety, cost of care, utilization management |
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Simulation training, patient safety, resuscitation, neurocritical care |
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Neurocritical care, quality and safety, medical education, POCUS, Implementation Science |
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Lauren McCluney, MD | Medical education and provider burnout |
Microbial pathogenesis, mechanisms of Staphylococcus immunogenicity |
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Transfusion medicine, immunobiology of critical illness |
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Neurocritical care, global health, non-invasive cerebral blood flow measurement, cerebral malaria |
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Medical education, competency-based education, simulation |
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The psychosocial effects of critical illness on families and providers |
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Anesthesia, procedural sedation |
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Cardiac Intensive Care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, extracorporeal support |