Clinical Investigators
Mandy Brown Belfort, MD, MPH
Dr. Belfort’s research focuses on the impact of fetal and neonatal growth and nutrition on later health and development outcomes.
Helen Christou, MD
Dr. Christou studies the mechanisms contributing to long-term cardiopulmonary morbidities among surviving premature infants, including pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and interventions to ameliorate them.
Anne CC (S.) Lee, MD, MPH
Dr. Lee conducts research focused on clinical interventions to Advance Infant and Maternal Health (AIM) in under-resourced global settings. Learn more about Dr. Lee's Global AIM Lab.
Richard Parad, MD, MPH
Dr. Parad’s work focuses on translational research relating to bronchopulmonary dysplasia as well as to newborn screening for heritable disorders.
Sarbattama Sen, MD
Dr. Sen’s research focus is on the impact of maternal health conditions, such as obesity, and the relationship(s) to later childhood health.
Lianne Woodward, PhD
Dr. Woodward’s multidisciplinary research is aimed at understanding the developmental processes that place children at risk of adverse cognitive, educational, motor and mental health outcomes. These processes include the effects of adverse pregnancy and birth exposures, brain injury, parenting and psychosocial factors.
Laboratory Investigators
Sule Cataltepe, MD
Cataltepe Laboratory
The Cataltepe Laboratory focus is on molecular mechanisms that are involved in the development of chronic lung disease (CLD) in premature infants. She is particularly interested in mechanisms that govern vascular growth in the lung in CLD as well as in other pathologies.
Helen Christou, MD
Christou Laboratory
The Christou Laboratory investigates mechanisms contributing to long-term cardiopulmonary morbidities in surviving premature infants and developing interventions to ameliorate them. Dr. Christou’s research is focused on mechanisms regulating pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Sailaja Ghanta, MD
Perrella Laboratory
Dr. Ghanta works in the Perella Laboratory and studies the properties of mesenchymal stem cells and their potential for treating disorders in newborns.
Katherine Gregory, PhD, RN
Gregory Laboratory
The Gregory Laboratory studies mechanisms influencing newborn gastrointestinal health and disease.
Mark Perrella, MD
Perrella Laboratory
The Perrella Laboratory studies the regulation and biology of genes important for the modulation of inflammation and oxidative stress in systemic disease processes, the regulation and biology of genes selectively expressed in muscle cells (smooth or striated), and the commitment and differentiation of progenitor cells during the evolution of disease processes.
