Good News Bulletin: September 2025
Ignacio Tapia, MD, MS, was appointed Chair of Biobehavioral Medicine and Health Outcomes NIH study section. Kudos, Dr. Tapia!
Jennifer Walton, MD, MPH, FAAP, was elected Vice Speaker of the National Medical Association (NMA) House of Delegates. The NMA is the largest and oldest organization representing Black physicians and their patients in the United States. It represents more than 50,000 African American physicians and the patients they serve.
Adriana Hoffman, MD, received a Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) Award. She is only one of a select few fellows from across the nation to receive this prestigious award. PSDP provides a training environment in which talented young pediatricians address central problems in child health with the most current scientific tools. Ultimately, these pediatric scientists, dedicated to continuing careers in basic, translational, and clinical research, will translate research advances to improvements in clinical care for children. The PSDP also provides career-development support for pediatricians committed to careers in academic medicine.
Jennifer Muñoz Pareja, MD, was selected for a Neurocritical Care Society Presidential Citation.
Daniel Armstrong, PhD, has been appointed as a member-at-large on the Board of The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade for a three-year term. The Children’s Trust is a tax-supported organization established by a voter referendum in 2002 that provides funding for over $200 million of programs for children in Miami-Dade County. The Mailman Center and Department of Pediatrics have received significant funding since the inception of The Children’s Trust to support children with disabilities, special health care needs, and those facing significant social challenges.
Aditi Dhir, MD, was awarded a $500,000 Batchelor Children’s Cancer Research Seed Grant by the Batchelor Foundation in support of her project, “Studying Gene Patterns and Outcomes for Children and Young Adults with Osteosarcoma.” Congratulations, Dr. Dhir.
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