A. James McAdams Short-Term Study Stipend

Deadline: Monday, May 11th, 2026

Background: The Society for Pediatric Pathology and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have established the Short-Term Study Stipend to honor A. James McAdams, M.D. The stipend will be awarded to either a pediatric pathologist to offset expenses of gaining expertise in a specialized area of pediatric pathology that is not available at their home institution, or to a pathology resident with interest in pediatric pathology who is at an institution without an accredited pediatric pathology fellowship program to rotate at a children's hospital with a strong pediatric pathology experience. The stipend cannot be used for research support.

Goals:

1. To honor the memory of A. James McAdams, M.D.
2. To facilitate training and expertise of pediatric pathologists in a specialized area of pediatric pathology only available at another institution.
3. To allow a pathology resident with interest in pediatric pathology who is at an institution without pediatric pathology expertise to rotate at a children's hospital.

Use of Funds: The funds may be used to partially offset travel and living expenses incurred by either a pediatric pathologist or a pathology resident who visits another institution.

Eligibility Criteria for Pediatric Pathologist:

1. Hold the degree of MD or DO;
2. Be a full-time faculty/staff member in pediatric pathology;
3. Be a member of the SPP.

Eligibility Criteria for Pathology Resident Trainee:

1. Hold the degree of MD or DO;
2. Be a resident in an accredited pathology residency training program at an institution that is without an accredited pediatric pathology fellowship program;
3. Be sponsored by a SPP member

Amount of Award: One annual award of up to $5,000 will be made to partially support travel and living expenses for up to one month granted to either a pediatric pathologist or a pathology resident trainee.

Selection Process: Complete applications must be received by the SPP Research and Awards Committee no later than 11:59 PM PT on Monday, May 11, 2026. The SPP Research and Awards Committee will review all applications and announce the award by email, and at the 2026 SPP Fall Meeting in Columbus, OH. The award will be funded on July 1, 2026.

Application Instructions: 

General Instructions: All portions of the form must be completed. Incomplete forms will not be considered.  A complete application includes ALL of the following:

  1. Cover Sheet
  2. Brief description of proposed training experience (limited to 2 pages, excluding references). Should include:
    • Type of training;
    • How training will be pursued;
    • How training will promote the applicant's career in pediatric pathology.
  3. Itemized budget for travel and lodging expenses only (limit to 1 page; research support will not be funded)
  4. Letter of support from chief or laboratory director at institution that the applicant intends to visit, indicating approval of the proposed training experience
  5. Letter of support from the applicant's chief of staff for a pediatric pathologist or letter of support from pathology residency director for a pathology resident.

Applications and inquiries should be directed to Rachel Mariani at [email protected].

A. James McAdams Stipend Recipients

Year Name Host Institution
1997 Raja Rabah Children’s Hospital of Michigan; Louisville / FNA
1998 N/A N/A
1999 Grace Kim Children’s Hospital of Dallas
2000 Laura Finn  
2001 Not Awarded
2002 N/A N/A
2003 Margaret Collins N/A
2004 Not Awarded
2005 David Witte Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
2006 Not Awarded
2007 Sarangarajan Ranganathan Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
2008

David Barrett

Dustin Gandy

Mayo

University of Mississippi
2009 Csaba Galambos University of Pittsburgh
2010

Sanda Alexandrescu, MD

Anna Lee, MD, PhD

UT Houston

UBC Vancouver
2011 N/A N/A
2012 Not Awarded
2013 M. Kamran Mizra U Chicago
2014 Chrystalle Katte Carreon, MD Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell, NY
2015 Juan Putra, MD Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre, Lebanon, NH
2016 Julianna Weiel, MD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
2017 Bonnie Cole, MD Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
2018 Mary Mathew, MD Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
2019 Michelle Smith, MD University of Kentucky
2020 Daniel “Chad” Butler, MD Four week perinatal/developmental pathology rotation at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
2021 Brett Kurpiel, MD, UVA Health System One month rotation at CHOP
2022 Isabel Colmenero, Hospital Nino Jesus, Madrid, Spain One month rotation at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 
2023 Esra Karakus One month rotation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2024 Christina Hansen One month rotation at Children's Hospital of Colorado
2025

Morgan Jones, MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

 One month rotation, University of Utah / Primary Children’s Hospital