Center for Pediatric Clinical Translational Research, Training, Education, Engagement and Mentorship

The Center for Pediatric Clinical/Translational Research Training, Education, Engagement and Mentorship serves as an education and training resource to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital principal investigators, sub-investigators and their study team members on best practices for conducting clinical research. Resources developed by the Center also yield peer-review scholarship, and programs developed by the Center will facilitate or augment training grant applications.

Education and training initiatives led by the Center to date include:

  • Advanced didactic and applied (i.e., practicum-based) training and mentorship in pediatric clinical research through the Clinical and Translational Research Training Track, among others.
  • A unique training module (registered on TransCelerate) on operationalizing clinical and translational research principles into best practices in the context of the pediatric clinical research study lifecycle (start-up through manuscript publication); 
  • A monthly lecture series that includes numerous research-related topics (the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Seminar Series in Academia);
  • A bimonthly Johns Hopkins All Children’s Interdisciplinary Research forum; and
  • Advanced didactic and applied (i.e., practicum-based) training and mentorship in pediatric clinical research through the Clinical and Translational Research Training Track, among others.

The Center aims to increase clinician engagement by providing a detailed understanding of the process for opening a protocol and conducting research at Johns Hopkins All Children’s, an understanding of core services that exist to support research and how and when to engage those services, and by facilitating a connection to a community of peers and mentors also conducting research at Johns Hopkins All Children’s through engagement task forces.


Meet Our Team

Ernest Amankwah, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Epidemiologist, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Health Informatics; Member, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute
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Marisol Betensky, M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute
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J. Atilio Canas, M.D.

Endocrinologist, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Nicole Chandler, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of Pediatric Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
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Robert Dudas, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Chief of Academic pediatrics, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
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Prem Fort, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Neonatologist, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute
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Neil Goldenberg, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
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Laurel McDevitt, M.S.

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital; Program Manager, Institute for Clinical & Translational Research

Anne Murphy, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore-based)
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Megan Singleton, J.D.

Johns Hopkins Medicine Assistant Dean for Human Research Protection (Baltimore-based)

Tony Sochet, M.D., M.S.C.S.

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Critical Care physician, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Department of Pediatric Medicine
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