Hospital Medicine Research Team | Research | Department of Pediatrics | UC Davis Health

Cherie Ginwalla is a pediatric hospitalist who cares for children admitted to the hospital on the general pediatric ward. She has a special interest in the care of children with complex and chronic medical problems, palliative care and bioethics.

Cherie Ginwalla is passionate about inter-professional education, teaching medical students, residents and other healthcare professionals.

Michelle Hamline's research is centered around evaluating processes of care and designing targeted interventions to improve pediatric care in a hospital setting. Her main areas of interest include care transitions, family-centered care, and care pathways. She has expertise in quality improvement, implementation science, and health services research.

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• PubMed

Su-Ting Li’s research interests include medical education and pediatric hospital medicine. Her medical education research includes understanding how to develop self-regulated, lifelong learning in physicians and improving our training of physicians and medical educators.

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• PubMed

Julia Marlow’s research interests focus on high value care in pediatric respiratory illnesses and oxygen supplementation. She is also interested in improving health disparities in newborn medicine and developing more collaborative, multidisciplinary care teams that remain patient and family-centered.

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• PubMed

Heather McKnight is interested in medical student and resident education. She has an interest in quality improvement in the hospital setting including projects on bronchiolitis, asthma, and high flow nasal cannula.

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• PubMed

Haeli Park is an inpatient pediatric hospitalist, caring for newborn infants and hospitalized children with routine and complex medical issues. She has special clinical interest in newborn care and patient safety/quality improvement ideas.

Haeli Park’s scholarly interests focus on quality improvement projects that could benefit patient care and patient safety.

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• PubMed

Jennifer Rosenthal’s research leverages technology, such as telehealth, to improve the quality and safety of pediatric transitions of care. She also studies provider-family communication and ways to improve family-centered care.

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• PubMed

Mina Tahai's scholarly and creative interests include quality improvement in hospital medicine. She also has a strong interest in teaching at all levels, including medical students and residents.

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• PubMed

Alexis Toney is a board certified Pediatric Hospitalist caring for children who are hospitalized with a wide range of disorders and complaints. Alexa Toney's academic time focuses on the education of residents and students in Pediatrics.

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• PubMed

Jessica Witkowski’s research focuses on improving quality of care and patient safety in the pediatric hospital. She strives to ensure that every child receives high-quality, evidence-based care that minimizes the risk of harm.

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• PubMed

Tisha Yeh is board-certified in both general pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine. She specializes in the care of hospitalized infants and children. She focuses on providing direct clinical care to patients.

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• PubMed