Faculty

Dr. Auger is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a member of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children's. Dr. Auger’s research focuses on understanding how policy change impacts children. Her research has been funded through grants from multiple agencies including AHRQ, PCORI, NIH, and the FDA. She completed fellowship training in pediatric hospital medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She also completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, which included completing a Master of Science degree in Health and Healthcare Research.

Dr. Jimmy Beck obtained his Master’s degree in Medical Education through the George Washington University School of Medicine during his PHM fellowship. Recently, he served as the Chair of the AAP SOHM Educators Subcommittee. In 2024, he enrolled in PhD program in Health Professions Education through UCSF where he will study the influence of stress/discomfort on learning. He is currently a Pediatric Hospitalist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where he serves as the PHM Fellowship program director.

Jay G. Berry, M.D., M.P.H., is the inaugural Chief of Complex Care in the Division of General Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. A general pediatrician and hospitalist, Berry's clinical, quality improvement initiatives, health services research, and policy work have focused on optimizing health outcomes for children with medical complexity. He is Co-Director of the Children’s Hospital Association Health Services Research Academy and the Executive Director of the Maternal and Child Health’s Children with Special Healthcare Needs Research Network.  Dr. Berry has had 16 years of continuous federal research funding (NICHD, AHRQ, MCHB, NHLBI, and European Commission), which has contributed to over 200 publications, book chapters, and reports.  He serves on the editorial boards of JAMA Pediatrics and Academic Pediatrics. He has testified before U.S. Congress on children with medical complexity and helped write and pass state and federal legislation on Medicaid reform for these children.

Dr. Brady is a Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the Research Director and Interim Co-Division Director for the Division of Hospital Medicine, and an attending physician at Cincinnati Children's. He is a hospital-based pediatrician, improvement scientist, and health services researcher with a focus on improving the safety and value of hospital care. His research seeks to co-produce complex interventions with patients and families and then compare teir effectiveness on difficult or high stakes health systems problems. In his largest portfolio of work, he and his team have developed and implemented interventions to heighten situation awareness to impreve prediction, recognition, and treatment of deteriorating hospitalized patients. His current research is funded by AHRQ, NIH, and PCORI. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Hospital Pediatrics and the Science Officer for the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network of >100 children's hospitals.

Dr. Hall is the Principal Biostatistician at Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) and has expertise not only regarding statistical analysis, but also the conduct of studies using large datasets containing detailed hospitalization data. He provides statistical support to all divisions of CHA with a particular focus on Performance Improvement. Dr. Hall's responsibilities include analysis of CHA’s Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) to provide owner hospitals with prescriptive analytics and to determine ways in which data can be used to benefit our hospitals. In this capacity, he leads multiple collaborative research groups of physician-investigators from hospitals to perform a variety of pediatric hospital clinical epidemiologic and health services research. Additionally, Dr. Hall leads CHA’s Health Services Research Academy (HSR-A).

Dr. Herrmann is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of Education and Career Development for the Division of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati. She received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Virginia and completed her pediatric residency training at Cincinnati Children's. She completed a Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship at Children's National in conjunction with obtaining her Master of Medical Education from the George Washington University in 2017. She is a graduate of the APA's Educational Scholars Program and Cincinnati Children's Educational Research Scholars Program. Currently, Dr. Herrmann co-facilitates the Educational Research Methods course for the University of Cincinnati Master of Medical Education. Her academic work has focused on team collaboration and communication, with an emphasis on scholarly approaches to curriculum development, assessment, and program evaluation.

Dr. Kinnear is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and is Associate Program Director for the Med-Peds and Internal Medicine residency programs. He obtained his Master of Medical Education from University of Cincinnati in 2018 and is currently a PhD student at Maastricht University where he is studying validity argumentation and argumentation theory. His scholarly interests include competency-based medical education, learner assessment, validity and validation, and point-of-care ultrasound. 

Dr. Maiorella is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and the co-CME lead for the Division of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati. In this role she co-leads the division's PHM Board Review Course, as well as Academic Bootcamp. She studied history at Princeton University and received her medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training at Columbia University/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship at Lurie Children's Hospital. She is currently enrolled in the APA Educational Scholars Program. Prior to medicine, Dr. Maiorella worked in healthcare consulting for several years and has a passion for leadership development and communication. 

Dr. Shah is a Professor and Vice Chair at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of care for hospitalized children with emphasis on common serious infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. He has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed research publications and serves as editor or co-editor of 12 books. He has been recognized for his exceptional mentorship and ground-breaking research by many national societies, including the Society of Hospital Medicine, the Academic Pediatric Association, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2019, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Tchou is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus.  He completed a Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and a Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research degree at the University of Cincinnati.  He has also completed training in improvement science as a Quality Scholar through the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence and research training at the Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes and Research and Delivery Science at the University of Colorado-Anschutz and the PEDSnet Learning Health Systems Network. Dr. Tchou's current research is focused on understanding the overuse of medical resources related to diagnostic testing and identifying best practices and conceptual frameworks for value improvement projects. 

Dr. Thomson is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Cincinnati and attending physician within the Division of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. As a hospitalist, her clinical expertise lies in the care of children with medical complexity in the inpatient setting.  Her funded research has focused on the care and outcomes of this population. While a large part of her research focuses on the management of pneumonia in the inpatient setting, she also conducts research examining how family, social determinants, and health systems influence the outcomes of children with medical complexity. As PHM fellowship program co-director, she oversees the scholarly development of the fellows at CCHMC. She additionally has contributed to fellows’ education nationally as research chair for the National Fellowship Directors Council.

Jennifer Treasure MD MSc is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She serves as the Medical Director of the institution’s accountable care organization, HealthVine, as well as the co-medical director of the inpatient hospital medicine unit. Dr. Treasure completed the Quality Scholars Program at the James M. Anderson Center for Health System Excellence, and her content areas of focus are patient safety, access and care efficiency, and diagnostic stewardship.