Three faculty members named principal investigators

Congratulations to Charuta Joshi, M.D., Rina Sanghavi, M.D., M.B.A., and Smitha Vidi, M.D., M.S.C.S., on being named the UT Southwestern site principal investigators for national multi-center studies, expanding access to significant clinical trial opportunities for patients at UT Southwestern.

Dr. Joshi will head a first-in-kind NIH UH3-funded trial that will evaluate the responsive neurostimulation technology designed to detect and interrupt seizure activity in real time for children with severe, treatment-resistant epilepsy.

Dr. Sanghavi will serve as the lead of a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) trial examining linaclotide versus PEG-3350 for children with autism and gastrointestinal disorders.

Dr. Vidi will lead a landmark 30-center PCORI-funded study evaluating optimal blood pressure treatment strategies to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease in children.