Abigail Sorensen, MD
Clinical Fellow
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Awards

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• T32 Institutional Training Grant, National Institute of Health, 2026-2027
• Fogarty UCGHI GloCal Fellow, National Institute of Health, 2025-2026

Education & Training

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• Pediatrics Residency Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 05/2023
• MD Medicine East Carolina University 05/2020
• BS Exercise Science Lenoir-Rhyne University 05/2016

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Task Performance and AnalysisPoint-of-Care SystemsBilirubinTanzaniaSepsisDeglutitionRectumTabletsOrgan Dysfunction ScoresFerritinsNeonatal ScreeningThermometryHyperbilirubinemiaAxillaHospital Mortality

• Context-specific predictors of mortality and the performance of paediatric sepsis scores in Tanzanian children: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study.
  BMJ paediatrics open 2026 Sorensen A, Mussa R, Sunzula E, Mlele V, Oltman S, Msemwa C, Mathias L, Baez-Maidana J, Sun K, Mfinanga J, Chu V, Hooft A, Mkopi N, Kissoon N, Manyahi J, Sawe H, Kortz T
• Predicting Mortality in Tanzanian Children With Sepsis Using Point-of-Care Biomarkers.
  Pediatrics 2026 Sorensen AM, Mussa RY, Oltman SP, Sunzula EM, Mlele VM, Msemwa CL, Mathias LK, Sun KS, Maidana JMB, Mkopi NP, Hooft AM, Mfinanga JA, Manyahi JP, Sawe HR, Kortz TB
• Preclinical usability evaluation of the Liveborn app: A mobile health application that provides feedback for neonatal resuscitation.
  PLOS digital health 2025 Ishoso D, Mafuta E, Bettinger K, Bose C, Chi BH, Haug I, Gomez P, Eilevstjønn J, McRea A, Myklebust H, Tshefu A, Patterson JK
• Axillary Thermometry Demonstrates Greater Reliability Compared With Rectal Thermometry in Healthy Neonates.
  Clinical pediatrics 2021 Nadkarni KP, Mayo Z, Laux JP, McRea A, Angelillo D, Meitzen R, Dechtiar AD, Baquero C, Crabtree K, Carr L, Lohr JA
• Human papillomavirus vaccine series follow-through: comparison of four clinics in an academic medical center.
  International journal of adolescent medicine and health 2020 Sorensen A, Moore B, Morris H, Cortright L, Buckman C, Tumin D, Baker KD
• Prospective Assessment of Pill-Swallowing Ability in Pediatric Patients.
  Clinical pediatrics 2017 Jones DF, McRea AR, Jairath MK, Jones MS, Bradford KK, Jhaveri R
• A Prospective Comparison of Transcutaneous and Serum Bilirubin Within Brief Time Intervals.
  Clinical pediatrics 2017 Jones DF, McRea AR, Knowles JD, Lin FC, Burnette E, Reller LA, Lohr JA