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Profile Details
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Clinical Trial Documentation,
Medical Writing,
Non-Medical Regulatory Writing,
Technical Writing,
Newswriting,
Audio Transcription,
General Proofreading & Editing,
Translation
Research
Meta-Research,
Feasibility Study,
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review,
Secondary Data Collection
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting,
Regulatory Consulting
Data & AI
Data Cleaning
Work Experience
MEDICAL REVIEWER AND PROJECT MANAGER
Clinical Research Consulting
September 2023 - Present
Co-Principal Investigator/ Senior Scientist
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
June 2021 - September 2023
Group Leader/ Principal Investigator
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
September 2018 - June 2021
Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
May 2017 - September 2018
Education
MSc in Epidemiology
University of Miami
January 2012 - January 2014
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Balagangadhar Totapally, Parul Jayakar, Magaly Diaz-Barbosa, Jun Sasaki, Anuj Jayakar, Prithvi Sendi, Diana Soler, Michelin Janvier, Paula Espinal, Apeksha Gupta, et al. (2024). Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing in Acutely Ill Children: A Single Pediatric Center Experience . Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care.
Aaron Bodansky, Robert C. Mettelman, Sabatino JJ Jr, Vazquez SE, Chou J, TANYA NOVAK, Moffitt KL, Miller HS, Kung AF, Elze Rackaityte, et al. (2024). Molecular mimicry in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children . Nature.
Courtney Rowan, LaBere B, Young CC, Zambrano LD, Newhams MM, Kucukak S, McNamara ER, Mack EH, Fitzgerald JC, Irby K, et al. (2024). Pre-existing Immunocompromising Conditions and Outcomes of Acute COVID-19 Patients Admitted for Pediatric Intensive Care . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Noah Berlow, Arlet M Acanda de la Rocha, Maggie Eidson Fader, Ebony Coats, Cima Saghira, Paula Espinal, Jeanette Galano, Ziad Khatib, Haneen Abdella, Ossama Maher, et al. (2024). Biomarker development from functional precision medicine datasets via explainable machine learning . Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Arlet Maria Acanda de la Rocha, Noah Berlow, Fader M, Coats ER, Saghira C, Espinal PS, Galano J, Khatib Z, Abdella H, Maher OM, et al. (2024). Feasibility of functional precision medicine for guiding treatment of relapsed or refractory pediatric cancers . Nature medicine.
Joyce C. Chang, Young CC, Muscal E, Sexson Tejtel SK, Newhams MM, Kucukak S, Crandall H, Maddux AB, Rowan CM, Halasa NB, et al. (2023). Variation in Early Anakinra Use and Short-Term Outcomes in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children . Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.).
Joyce C. Chang, Young CC, Muscal E, Sexson Tejtel SK, Newhams MM, Kucukak S, Crandall H, Maddux AB, Rowan CM, Halasa NB, et al. (2023). Variation in Early Anakinra Use and Short-Term Outcomes in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children . Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.).
LaRovere KL, Poussaint TY, Young CC, Newhams MM, Kucukak S, Irby K, Kong M, Schwartz SP, Walker TC, Bembea MM, et al. (2023). Changes in Distribution of Severe Neurologic Involvement in US Pediatric Inpatients With COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in 2021 vs 2020 . JAMA neurology.
Jennifer Anne Byrne, Anastazia Teresa Banaszak, Carpenter JE, Carroll SL, Marta Castelhano, Espinal PS, Henderson MK, Hettiaratchi A, Maseme M, Ng W, et al. (2022). Priorities in Biobanking Research: A Report on the 2021 ISBER Round Table . Biopreservation and biobanking.
Schuster JE, Halasa NB, Nakamura M, Emily R. Levy, Fitzgerald JC, Cameron Young, Newhams MM, Bourgeois F, Staat MA, Charlotte V. Hobbs, MD, et al. (2022). A Description of COVID-19-Directed Therapy in Children Admitted to US Intensive Care Units 2020 . Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
Diaby V, Aram Babcock, YUSHI Huang, Richard K. Moussa, Espinal PS, Janvier M, Soler D, Gupta A, Jayakar P, Diaz-Barbosa M, et al. (2022). Real-world economic evaluation of prospective rapid whole-genome sequencing compared to a matched retrospective cohort of critically ill pediatric patients in the United States . The pharmacogenomics journal.
Tara Lavelle, Feng X, Keisler M, Cohen JT, Neumann PJ, Prichard D, Schroeder BE, Salyakina D, Espinal PS, Weidner SB, et al. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of exome and genome sequencing for children with rare and undiagnosed conditions . Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics.
Price AM, Samantha Olson, Newhams MM, Halasa NB, Boom JA, Sahni LC, Pannaraj PS, Irby K, Bline KE, Maddux AB, et al. (2022). BNT162b2 Protection against the Omicron Variant in Children and Adolescents . The New England journal of medicine.
Charlotte V. Hobbs, MD, Woodworth K, Cameron Young, Jackson AM, Newhams MM, Heda Dapul, Maamari M, Hall MW, Maddux AB, Singh AR, et al. (2022). Frequency, Characteristics and Complications of COVID-19 in Hospitalized Infants . The Pediatric infectious disease journal.
Arlet Maria Acanda de la Rocha, Maggie Eidson Fader, Ebony Coats, Espinal PS, Berrios V, Saghira C, Sotto I, Shakya R, Janvier M, Khatib Z, et al. (2021). Clinical Utility of Functional Precision Medicine in the Management of Recurrent/Relapsed Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma . JCO precision oncology.
Son MBF, Murray N, Friedman K, Young CC, Newhams MM, Leora Feldstein, Loftis LL, Tarquinio KM, Singh AR, Sabrina Heidemann, et al. (2021). Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - Initial Therapy and Outcomes . The New England journal of medicine.
Kerri L. LaRovere, Becky J. Riggs, Tina Y. Poussaint, Cameron C. Young, Margaret M. Newhams, Mia Maamari, Tracie C. Walker, Aalok R. Singh, Heda Dapul, Charlotte V. Hobbs, et al. (2021). Neurologic Involvement in Children and Adolescents Hospitalized in the United States for COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome . JAMA Neurology.
Leora R. Feldstein, Mark W. Tenforde, Kevin G. Friedman, Margaret Newhams, Erica Billig Rose, Heda Dapul, Vijaya L. Soma, Aline B. Maddux, Peter M. Mourani, Cindy Bowens, et al. (2021). Characteristics and Outcomes of US Children and Adolescents With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Compared With Severe Acute COVID-19 . JAMA.
ANA VALLEJO-BENÍTEZ, Rodríguez-Zarco E, Pabón-Carrasco S, Espinal PS (2018). [Small cell bladder carcinoma in age extremes: Report of two cases.]. Archivos espanoles de urologia.
E. Rodríguez-Zarco, A. Vallejo-Benítez, S. Umbría-Jiménez, S. Pereira-Gallardo, S. Pabón-Carrasco, A. Azueta, R. González-Cámpora, P.S. Espinal, A. García-Escudero (2017). Estudio inmunohistoquímico de los factores de trancripción de desarrollo neural (TTF1, ASCL1 y BRN2) en los tumores neuroendocrinos de próstata . Actas Urológicas Españolas.
Viviana E Horigian, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA., Paula S Espinal, Elizabeth Alonso, Rosa E Verdeja, Rui Duan, Ingrid M Usaga, Alejandro Pérez, Rodrigo Marín-Navarrete, Daniel J Feaster, et al. (2016). Readiness and barriers to adopt evidence-based practices for substance abuse treatment in Mexico . Salud mental.
PREPRINT
Diana Azzam, Arlet Acanda de la Rocha, Noah Berlow, Maggie Fader, Ebony Coats, Cima Saghira, Paula Espinal, Jeanette Galano, Ziad Khatib, Haneen Abdella, et al. (2023). Functional Precision Medicine Enhances Clinical Outcomes of Relapsed/Refractory Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Patients .
Aaron Bodansky, Joseph J. Sabatino, Jr., Sara E. Vazquez, Janet Chou, TANYA NOVAK, Kristin Moffitt, Haleigh S. Miller, Andrew F. Kung, Elze Rackaityte, CR Zamecnik, et al. (2023). A distinct cross-reactive autoimmune response in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) .
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