About the Authors

Beverly A. Schaefer

beverly.schaefer@cchmc.org

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Jonathan M. Flanagan

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Ofelia A. Alvarez

Affiliation University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America

Stephen C. Nelson

Affiliation Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Banu Aygun

Affiliation Cohen Children’s Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, United States of America

Kerri A. Nottage

Affiliation St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States of America

Alex George

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Carla W. Roberts

Affiliation University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States of America

Connie M. Piccone

Affiliation Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

Thad A. Howard

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Barry R. Davis

Affiliation University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America

Russell E. Ware

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Competing Interests

KN is now employed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; RW is a consultant for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Nova Laboratories and Global Blood Therapeutics; receives research support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Addmedica, and Biomedomics Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RW JF BD. Data curation: BS JF TH BD RW. Formal analysis: JF BD. Funding acquisition: RW BD. Investigation: BS JF OA SN BA KN AG CR CP TH BD RW. Methodology: BS JF TH RW. Project administration: BD RW. Supervision: TH RW. Writing – original draft: BS JF RW. Writing – review & editing: TH OA SN BA KN AG CR CP BD.