Top L to R: Andrew Barbera, Rebekah Proctor, Elad Resnick, Junkai Wen and Kulsajan BhatiaThe Dixon Foundation supports the Dixon Pediatric Fellowship training program for fellows who intend to pursue an academic career with a research emphasis (ranging from basic and translational science to education or QI-centric research) in approved pediatric subspecialties.

As part of this prestigious award, recipients benefit from salary support and an additional $5,000 per year discretionary fund to support research and continuing education activities. The selection committee for the Dixon Fellowship recently met and selected five Dixon scholars on a competitive basis.  

Please join us in congratulating the recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year:

Andrew Barbera, M.D.

Pediatric Nephrology

Mentor: Michael Seifert, M.D.

Project: Clinical And Molecular Features of Acute Kidney Injury without Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (CAMpFIRE)

Rebekah Proctor, M.D.

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Mentor: Julie Wolfson, M.D., MSHS

Project:   Disparities among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Cancer (CAYAC) Sub-study: Neighborhood Measures in Hematologic Malignancies

Elad Resnick, M.D.

Pediatric Nephrology

Mentor: David Askenazi, M.D., MS

Project: Assessing the Performance of the Boppli BP Monitor in Pediatric ICU Patients <10 kg with Invasive Arterial Monitoring

Junkai Wen, MD

Neonatology

Mentor: Colm Travers, M.D.

Project: Diagnostic Utility of Lung Ultrasound for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Single-Center Prospective Observational Study

Kulsajan Bhatia, M.D. 

Neonatology

2nd Year Dixon Fellow

Mentor: Kent Willis, M.D. and Jegen Kandasamy, M.D.

Project: Bioenergetic failure of neonatal lung mesenchymal cells contributes to the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension