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The research interests of the Division of Newborn Medicine faculty can be grouped into three broad areas:

  • Developmental Biology
  • Clinical Investigation
  • Epidemiology and Health Policy

Current topics of basic 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.

    Latest Research in Newborn Medicine:
    ResearcherFocus Area
    Christou, Helen, MD Vascular responses to acidosis
    Kourembanas, Stella, MD Lung vascular biology
    Mitsialis, S. Alex, PhD Molecular basis of lung injury and repair
    Piao, Xianhua, MD, PhD GPR56 in brain development
    Van Marter, Linda, MD, MPH Neonatal cardiopulmonary disorders
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