diff --git a/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp b/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp
index ee386763fa85601d3873393991f9e07366754a4e..658b59567810933a8d264f244b67b366d5b78a5f 100644
--- a/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class users::cheaha_groups inherits users::virtual_groups
     Group["ophthalmology"],
     Group["pathology"],
     Group["pavgi"],
+    Group["pedid"],
     Group["physics"],
     Group["physiology"],
     Group["ppreddy"],
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
index 83f3c616402a68352b12dc9d392ba22f49cc548e..5d7d19c7caf8da7c89416acba8cdaaaea0c6eb04 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
@@ -429,6 +429,11 @@ class users::virtual_groups
     gid     => "1064",
     ensure  => "present",
   }
+  # Dr. Shannon Ross (Pediatric Infectious Diseases ; CHB 309F): https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/841
+  @group { "pedid":
+    gid     => "1066",
+    ensure  => "present",
+  }
   @group { "roy":
     gid     => "1065",
     ensure  => "present",