MSPR Announces Junior Section President-Elect

The Midwest Society for Pediatric Research (MSPR) is pleased to announce Dr. Adrianne Rahde Bischoff (Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology – University of Iowa) as the MSPR Junior Section President-Elect.

Dr. Bischoff graduated from medical school at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in her hometown in South Brazil and completed Pediatrics Residency at the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. Dr. Bischoff pursued her Neonatal-Perinatal training at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children where she grew a special interest in the field of Neonatal Hemodynamics and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography. Her research interests include cardiovascular physiology and acute pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

Dr. Bischoff will work closely with current MSPR Junior Section President Dr. Zubin Shah (Neonatology Fellow – Nationwide Children’s Hospital) this year and serve as President in Nov 2021-Oct 2022. The MSPR Junior Section President and President-Elect work hard to create opportunities for promotion of scholarly work, enable networking and mentoring relationships, and support the needs of MSPR Junior Members.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Marie Hickey for all of her hard work and outstanding service as MSPR Junior Section President.