Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection, Portrayals of Food and Nutrition in Popular US Picture Books – Episode 312

Dr. David Hains is Byron P. & Frances D. Hollett Professor of Pediatric Nephrology and Division Chief of Pediatric Nephrology at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Hains has been awarded multiple academic and service awards and professional honors throughout many phases of his career including the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) Mid-Career Award. As a thought leader in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract, specifically in the field of innate immunity and urinary tract infections in children with vesicoureteral reflux, he has contributed to national clinical practice guidelines for neonatal hydronephrosis and as Vice Chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics Urinary Tract Infection Clinical Practice Guideline Committee. He was part of the John E. Lewy Foundation Advocacy Scholars Program inaugural class (through ASPN) and ASPN Leadership Development Program inaugural class and currently helps lead both those programs on their Steering Committees.   Dr. Hains directs a translational laboratory with over 17 years of continuous NIH funding studying innate immunity of the kidney and urinary tract infections. He has had continuous R01-equivalent NIH support since 2010 through 2028, 100+ peer reviewed manuscripts with an h-index of 33 and cited over 3800 times including senior authorship in high-impact journals JAMA, Nature Communications, JCI, PNAS, and Clinical Translational Medicine.  His mentorship record includes numerous trainees with former trainees who are now tenure track, R01-funded pediatric nephrologists.  He has participated in numerous study sections for the National Institutes of Health and as a chartered member on KUFD Study Section. 

Dr. Carol Duh-Leong is a primary care pediatrician at Bellevue Hospital Center and an assistant professor of pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her NIH- and PCORI- funded research program examines nutrition security, early childhood obesity prevention, and Medicaid policy. She is the lead author of a Pediatrics study on how food and nutrition are portrayed in popular US picture books, work grounded in her clinical experiences with Reach Out and Read. Outside of work, she enjoys pilates, learning the ukulele and reading books.