Awards and accreditations
Early career awards
Pediatric Heart Network and Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award
EMILY BUCHOLZ , MD , PHD , MPH
Fetal cardiology and cardiac imaging
Dr . Bucholz received an Early Career Award from the Thrasher Research Fund . This prestigious award is given to applicants who show great potential to impact the field of children ’ s health through medical research and is designed to help researchers in child health gain a foothold in this important area . Her project , titled , “ Improving Risk Prediction of Fontan-Related Outcomes in Children with Single Ventricle Heart Disease ,” will be funded over two years in the amount of $ 26,750 .
Dr . Bucholz also received a Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award from the American Heart Association . This award supports highly promising investigators in areas of critical , emerging priority . Dr . Bucholz ’ s project , “ The Maternal-Fetal Environment and Postnatal Outcomes in Single Ventricle Heart Disease ,” sits at the cross-section of fetal cardiology and single ventricle heart disease and will be funded at $ 300,000 over three years . Her mentors and colleagues in this endeavor are Shelley Miyamoto , MD , Bettina Cuneo , MD , Jane Newburger , MD , MPH , and Henry Galan , MD .
At the close of 2023 , Dr . Bucholz was actively recruiting women with fetal single ventricle heart disease in the Colorado Fetal Care Center . This study will be the most comprehensive assessment of maternal , fetal and placental characteristics to date including social determinants of health , maternal stress and mental health , placental pathology and cord blood biomarkers .
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16 Children ' s Hospital Colorado Heart Institute