William J. Steinbach, MD
Co-Director
Arkansas Children's Hospital,
Arkansas Children's Research Institute,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
William J. Steinbach, MD is the Robert H. Fiser, Jr. MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatrics; Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Associate Dean for Child Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Pediatrician-in-Chief at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the Co-Director of the Pediatric Fungal Network. His molecular, translational, and clinical research focuses on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of invasive fungal infections and spans broader efforts with all infections in immunocompromised patients.
Brian T. Fisher, DO, MSCE, MPH
Co-Director
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Brian Fisher, DO, MPH, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Senior Scholar within the UPENN Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Associate Chair of Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He serves as the Chair of the Infectious Disease Sub-Committee within the Children’s Oncology Group and the Co-Director of the Pediatric Fungal Network. His specific area of research focus is the prevention and management of infections in children with malignancy and recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Sarah K. Johnson, PhD
Research Program Leader, Principal Staff Scientist
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Arkansas Children's Research Institute
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Sarah K. Johnson, PhD is the Research Program Leader and Principal Staff Scientist for the International Pediatric Fungal Network. She has a PhD in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and completed her postdoctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina. Prior to working with the IPFN, Sarah performed translational research investigating minimal residual disease, tumor immunology, and chemoresistance of multiple myeloma.
Morgan Zalot Hammershaimb, MPH
Clinical Research Project Manager
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Morgan Zalot Hammershaimb is a Clinical Research Project Manager in CHOP’s Pediatric Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship (IDEAS) research group. She contributes to International Pediatric Fungal Network studies as well as other research related to healthcare-associated infections and vaccine-preventable diseases in children. She earned an MPH in epidemiology at Temple University.
Sydney Shuster, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Sydney Shuster is a Clinical Research Coordinator for the International Pediatric Fungal Network as well as for the Pediatric Infectious Disease, Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship Group with the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Sydney has an MPH, focusing on socioecological determinants of health, from Thomas Jefferson University. Areas of research Sydney has contributed to include evaluation of patient outcomes in prospective and retrospective observational cohort studies focused on a range of infectious diseases and disease management methods.
Craig Boge, MPH
Clinical Research Associate
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Craig Boge is a Clinical Research Associate for the International Pediatric Fungal Network. He is located within the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship research group of Clinical Futures at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In addition to working with the IPFN, he has also contributed towards studies of viral and bacterial infections in immunocompromised pediatric populations with Dr. Fisher. Craig received his MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington. Prior to joining the IPFN, Craig worked at the Texas Department of State Health Services in HIV surveillance, including coordinating the HIV Incidence Surveillance project in the state.
