Newborn Medicine
The research interests of the Division of Newborn Medicine faculty can be grouped into three broad areas:
- Basic Research
- Translational Research
- Clinical Investigation
Current topics of research include:
- The biology of hypoxia in development and disease
- Mechanisms of inflammation, injury, and repair of the developing lung
- Cell and molecular biology of central nervous system development
- Developmental brain injury of the preterm neonate
- Developmental basis of childhood diseases
- Molecular and cellular basis of pulmonary hypertension.
Featured researchers in the Division of Newborn Medicine hold faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School.
| Researcher | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Pankaj B. Agrawal, MD, MMSC | Orphan/Rare diseases, Congenital myopathies |
| Mandy Brown Belfort, MD, MPH | Long term outcomes of infant growth and nutrition; Developmental origins of health and disease |
| Dara Brodsky, MD | Educational research |
| Heather Burris MD, MPH | Epigenetics of fetal growth and preterm birth disparities |
| Helen Christou, MD | Vascular responses to acidosis |
| Elizabeth G. Doherty, MD | Quality Improvement Initiatives;Medical Education Research |
| Dmitry Dukhovny, MD, MPH | Resource Utilization and Cost-Effectiveness in Perinatal Health |
| Ivan D. Frantz III, MD | Neonatal pulmonary disease including mechanisms of disease and new approaches to treatment |
| P. Ellen Grant, MD | Newborn Medicine, Radiology |
| Mary Lucia Gregory, MD, MMSc | Neonatal infection control; neonatal oxygenation; neonatal clinical trials |
| Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc | Quality Improvement and Patient Safety |
| Anne Hansen, MD, MPH | Neurologic and pulmonary newborn conditions; global health |
| Sunah Susan Hwang, MD, MPH | Racial/Ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health |
| Farhad Imam, MD, PhD | Organogenesis, Cellular and Metabolic Stress, Hypoxia |
| Aimee Knorr, MD | Outcomes/Development |
| Stella Kourembanas, MD | Lung vascular biology |
| Paul H. Lerou, MD | Pluripotent Stem Cell Biology |
| Bernadette M. Levesque, MD | Lung development, mechanical respiratory support, early diagnosis and prevention of complications of prematurity |
| Marie C. McCormick, MD, ScD | Outcomes of high-risk newborns |
| S. Alex Mitsialis, PhD | Molecular basis of lung injury and repair |
| Deirdre O?Reilly, MD, MPH | Neonatal neurology |
| Richard B. Parad, MD, MPH | Neonatal Lung Disorders; Molecular genetics for the screening and diagnosis of diseases in the newborn; Reduction of radiation exposure during imaging of newborns and infants |
| Xianhua Piao, MD, PhD | GPR56 in brain development |
| Karen M. Puopolo, MD, PhD | Neonatal Infection |
| Lawrence Rhein, MD | Determining predictors of long-term respiratory and nutritional outcomes in infants |
| Sadath Sayeed, JD, MD | Medical Ethics and Global Health Delivery |
| Yang Shi, PhD | Epigenetic mechanisms |
| Vincent C. Smith, MD, MPH | NICU family discharge readiness |
| Linda Van Marter, MD, MPH | Neonatal cardiopulmonary disorders |
| John Zupancic, MD, ScD | Economic evaluation and technology assessment in neonatal-perinatal medicine |
