Neonatal and Infant Clinical and Experimental Airway Biology Laboratory
2019 - 2022, Washington, D.C: Principal Investigator - Dr. Gustavo Nino
Focused on pathobiology of respiratory disorders, especially with respiratory viruses in high-risk populations such as Trisomy 21 and premature patients
Learned airway epithelial cell culture techniques and wet lab training Utilized Minitab for data analysis
Developing a human epithelial model ofTrisomy 21 to examine immune response and airway response to viruses
Worked with co-fellow Dr. Aguilar to utilize longitudinal extraction in the NICU to map trajectories in extreme prematurity
Outside Manuscript Peer Review: "Pili Annulati: Is It a New Finding in Cystic Fibrosis?"
December 2021 Washington, D.C.; in conjunction with Dr. Dinesh Pillai
Outside Manuscript Peer Review: "The Importance of Flexible Bronchoscopy in Difficult-to-Treat Asthma From a Pediatric Pulmonology Perspective"
October 2021 Washington, D.C.; in conjunction with Dr. Anastassios Koumbourlis
Quality Improvement Project: "Enhancing Family Communication After Flexible Bronchoscopy"
June 2021 - June 2022, Washington, D.C.; in conjunction with Dr. Hector Aguilar and Dr. Dinesh Pillai
Publications:
XuChen, X., Weinstock, J., Arroyo, M., Salka, K., Chorvinsky, E., Abutaleb, K., Aguilar, H., Kahanowitch, R., Rodriguez-Martinez, C. E., Perez, G. F., Gutierrez,
M. J., & Nino, G. (2021). Airway Remodeling Factors During Early- Life Rhinovirus Infection and the Effect of Premature Birth.
Frontiers in pediatrics, 9, 610478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.610478
Nino, G., Molto, J., Aguilar, H., Zember, J., Sanchez-Jacob, R., Diez, C. T., Tabrizi,
P. R., Mohammed, B., Weinstock, J., XuChen, X., Kahanowitch, R., Arroyo, M., & Linguraru, M. G. (2021). Chest X-ray lung imaging features in pediatric COVID-19 and comparison with viral lower respiratory infections in young children.
Weinstock, J., Xuchen, X., Arroyo, M., Aguilar, H., Kahanowitch, R., Gutierrez, M. J., & Nino, G. (2022). The Next Frontier of Prematurity: Predicting Respiratory Morbidity During the First Two Years of Life in Extremely Premature Babies.
Kahanowitch, R., Gaviria, S., Aguilar, H., Gayoso, G., Chorvinksy, E., Bera, B., Rodriguez-Martinez, C. E., Gutierrez, M. J., & Nino, G. (2022). How Did RSV and Other Pediatric Respiratory Viruses Change During the
Kahanowitch, R., Aguilar, H., Weiss, M., Lew, J., Pan, a., Ortiz-Vergara, M. C., Rodriguez, 0., & Nino, G. (2023). Developmental changes in obstructive sleep apnea and sleep architecture in Down syndrome.
Aguilar, H., Kahanowitch, R., Weiss, M., Ortiz-Vergara, M. C., Lew, J., Rodriguez, 0., & Nino, G. (2023). Real-world data evaluation of PAP responsiveness in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 19(7), 1313-1319. https://doi.org/10.5664/ jcsm.10578
Case Report Presentations:
"Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia of Infancy"
Presented at Metropolitan DC Thoracic Society September 22 2021, and also presented to pediatric pulmonology division at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
"TB or Not TB"
Abstract presented virtually at American Thoracic Society May 2020 and presented at Metropolitan DC Thoracic Society December 2019
Case report on hydropneumothorax due to right atrial thrombus rather than tuberculosis
