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Atu Agawu

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

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Awards

  • Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania: Pediatric Research Prize, 2015
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Seymour Warshaw Distinguished First Year Resident Award, 2016
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Senior Resident Humanitarian Award, 2018
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Senior Resident Clinician Award, 2018
  • American Thoracic Society: Minority Trainee Development Scholarship, 2022

Education and Training

  • Yale University, New Haven, CT — BS — 05/2008 — Biomedical Engineering
  • Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA — MD — 05/2015
  • Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA — MPH — 05/2015
  • Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA — MSCE — 08/2022

Publications

  • Respiratory phenotype and health care utilization patterns by adults with sickle cell disease. Blood Adv. 2025 Jan 14; 9(1):143-150.. View in PubMed
  • Pediatric Cholelithiasis in the United States: National Hospitalization Trends, 2006 to 2019. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 12 01; 77(6):741-747.. View in PubMed
  • Patterns of Change in Race Category in the Electronic Medical Record of a Pediatric Population. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 05 01; 177(5):536-539.. View in PubMed
  • Age- and sex-specific rates of gall bladder disease in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 11; 69(11):e29863.. View in PubMed
  • Management of Magnet Ingestions at a Large Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 09 01; 75(3):334-339.. View in PubMed
  • Magnet Entrapment in the Right Lower Quadrant: A Management Dilemma. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2021 06; 60(6-7):321-324.. View in PubMed
  • Ascertainment Bias in a Historic Cohort Study of Residents in an Asbestos Manufacturing Community. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 02 24; 18(5).. View in PubMed
  • Trends in Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization after Institution of Coronavirus Disease-19 Mandatory Social Distancing. J Pediatr. 2020 Nov; 226:274-277.e1.. View in PubMed
  • The Influence of Gender and Underrepresented Minority Status on Medical Student Ranking of Residency Programs. J Natl Med Assoc. 2019 Dec; 111(6):665-673.. View in PubMed
  • A Novel VPS33B Mutation Causing a Mild Phenotype of Arthrogryposis, Renal dysfunction, and Cholestasis Syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 08; 69(2):e55-e56.. View in PubMed
  • Disparities in Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Series Completion by Adolescent Males: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Acad Pediatr. 2020 04; 20(3):364-373.. View in PubMed
  • A case report of a challenging diagnosis of biliary atresia in a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition. BMC Pediatr. 2019 03 08; 19(1):72.. View in PubMed
  • A Review of Tertiary Referrals for Management of Pediatric Esophageal Eosinophilia. Front Pediatr. 2018; 6:173.. View in PubMed
  • Disparities in staging prostate magnetic resonance imaging utilization for nonmetastatic prostate cancer patients undergoing definitive radiation therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2016 Oct-Dec; 1(4):325-332.. View in PubMed
  • Sociodemographic Differences in Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Initiation by Adolescent Males. J Adolesc Health. 2015 Nov; 57(5):506-14.. View in PubMed
  • Screening is not as simple as it may seem. Pediatrics. 2013 Apr; 131(4):e1384-5.. View in PubMed
  • Combination delivery of TGF-β inhibitor and IL-2 by nanoscale liposomal polymeric gels enhances tumour immunotherapy. Nat Mater. 2012 Oct; 11(10):895-905.. View in PubMed
  • An in situ forming collagen-PEG hydrogel for tissue regeneration. Acta Biomater. 2012 Jan; 8(1):124-32.. View in PubMed
  • Enhancement of surface ligand display on PLGA nanoparticles with amphiphilic ligand conjugates. J Control Release. 2011 Nov 30; 156(1):109-15.. View in PubMed

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