Pediatric Critical Care Research Team | Research | Department of Pediatrics | UC Davis Health

Dr. Aghamohammadi’s research interest includes long-term outcomes and standardizing care with the use of treatment protocols as related to pediatric critical care medicine. Her involvement with the Society of Critical Care Medicines PICU Liberation program has led to the development of quality improvement measures and standardization of ICU practices, such as pediatric early mobility, nursing-driven sedation protocol, and best practices for use of high-flow nasal cannula, at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Aghamohammadi was appointed Chief Wellness Officer in July 2022 and is passionate about advocating for and supporting clinician wellbeing efforts throughout UC Davis Health. Her academic interest in medical humanities led to the integration of improv and medical education through med improv workshops and curriculum development that she hopes to expand through the health system.

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Dr. Goudy's academic and research interests are in pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension (PH). PH is a severe disease marked by increased pressure in the blood vessels within the lungs. Particularly common in premature infants and those with congenital heart disease, longstanding untreated pulmonary hypertension leads to respiratory and heart failure. As director of the pediatric pulmonary hypertension program at UC Davis, Dr. Goudy helps evaluate and manage children with this debilitating illness. The multidisciplinary pulmonary hypertension team includes members from pediatric cardiology, pulmonology, neonatology, critical care, cardiothoracic surgery, and pharmacy.

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Dr. Han’s research interests are in pediatric sepsis, which is a medical emergency caused by the body’s dysregulated immune response to an infection. Dr. Han collaborates with other pediatric critical care medicine researchers on multi-center trials.

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Dr. Haynes is an epidemiologist whose research focuses on developing and evaluating telehealth interventions for chronic disease management. Her research has included work on remote patient monitoring for heart failure and telemedicine use for pediatric asthma and diabetes care, among many other topics. She uses both quantitative and qualitative research methods and employs dissemination and implementation science approaches in her work.

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Dr. Lim's research is focused on the study of pathophysiological mechanisms of pediatric multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS). She is currently studying the role of the RAGE-axis in critical illness.

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Dr. Marcin conducts research in pediatric telemedicine and quality of care, particularly as it relates to acutely ill and injured children in the Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Unit. He leads research in telemedicine, and how telemedicine can improve quality of care and reduce medication errors among children with a variety of diseases. Dr. Marcin also conducts research in quality of care using large patient databases.

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Dr. Murdock-Vlautin's research interests are in advancing medical school education in regards to clinical skills teaching and assessment throughout the four year curriculum. In addition, bridging and advancing knowledge and resources in pediatric palliative care in Northern California.

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Dr. Natale conducts research aimed on improving quality of care, including optimizing processes of care and health equity for critically ill and injured children. In addition,  she and collaborators at UC Davis, are participating in a multicenter collaboration to elucidate the relationship between Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.

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Dr. Plant's academic focus is medical education, specifically curriculum development and assessment in the student clerkship and post-clerkship years as well as research related to self-assessment, reflection, and the appreciative inquiry approach.

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Dr. Siefkes’ primary research interests include machine learning in healthcare, critical congenital heart disease screening and pulse oximetry accuracy. She collaborates with engineers at UC Davis and other institutions for this research and her work has led to patent applications for UC Davis.

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