| José R Romero, MD |
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Horace C. Cabe Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Arkansas Children's Hospital/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Director, Clinical Trials Research, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute |
| Phone: (501) 364-1416 |
Research Overview
Prior to joining ACHRI in July of 2008, Dr. Romero was the Section Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. His research interests include the molecular pathogenesis, molecular diagnostics, molecular epidemiology and therapy of enteroviral infections; the diagnosis, prevention and therapy of respiratory syncytial virus infections; and vaccine clinical trials. At ACHRI, Dr. Romero is currently conducting several vaccine trials for prevention of meningococcal and respiratory syncytial virus infections. As Director of Clinical Trials Research at ACHRI, Dr. Romero assists in the development of clinical trials policies, operating procedures, and new programs to facilitate and promote clinical trials on the ACHRI and ACH campuses.
Recent Publications
Kimberlin DW, Shalabi M, Abzug MJ, Lang D, Jacobs RF, Storch G, Bradley JS, Wade K, Ramilo O, Romero JR, Shelton M, Leach C, Guzamn-Cottrill J, Robinson J, Abughali N, Englund J, Griffin J, Jester P, Cloud GA, Whitley RJ. Safety of oseltamivir vs. adamantanes in children under 12 months of age: A retrospective chart review. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2010 29:195-198.
Carbonell-Estrany X, Simoes EAF, Dagan R , Hall CB, Harris B, Hultquist M, Connor EM, Losonsky GA, Romero JR. Motavizumab for Prophylaxis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in High-Risk Children: A Noninferiority Trial. Pediatrics 2010 125:e35-e51.
Ginocchio CC, Swierkosz E, McAdam AJ, Marcon M, Storch GA, Valsamakis A, Juretschko S, Romero JR, Yen-Liberman B. Multicenter study of clinical performance of the 3M rapid detection RSV test.. J Clin Micro 2010 48:2337-2343.
Stewart D, Romero JR, Busyman E, Fernandes AW, Mahadevia PJ. Healthcare costs of preterm infants due to medically attended respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory infection in the first year of life. Curr Med Res Opin 2009 25:2795-80.
Current Research Funding
Medical Technologist Support, ACHRI, 11/1/2010-6/30/2015
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