The division of neonatology is actively engaged in basic, clinical and translational research, including participation in the NICHD Neonatal Research Network and the Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium. Our division is also active in efforts to translate available evidence to clinical practice through local quality improvement efforts and collaborative initiatives within the Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium, Vermont Oxford Network and Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative.
Research Areas of Focus
These are selected areas of research focus within the division and associated investigators (please see next tab for more information about our divisional investigators):
- Biomarkers of oxidant stress and in utero ethanol exposure (Gauthier)
- Neonatal nutrition (Poindexter, Karpen)
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (Patel, Denning, Piazza, Rose, Barbian)
- Neonatal transfusion medicine (Patel)
- Brain injury, neuroimaging and long-term outcomes (Hamrick, Sewell, Piazza)
- Severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia and associated pulmonary hypertension (Vyas-Read)
- Redox states and arginine insufficiency in preterm infants (Brown)
- ECMO and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Keene)
- Early detection and intervention for infants with cerebral palsy (Maitre)
In addition, multiple faculty members are invovled in studies with the:
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
- Children's Hospital Neonatal Database