Newborn Brain Development Research Video
Terrie Inder, MD, MBChB, Chair of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Christopher McPherson, PharmD, clinical pharmacist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cynthia Ortinau, MD, and Sarbattama Sen, MD, neonatologists and clinical investigators in the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine present research on neurodevelopment in high risk infants. Areas of research covered including focusing on accurate, early diagnosis of brain injury as well as developing treatments and preventive strategies to reduce subsequent disabilities; the impact of drugs on the developing newborn brain; brain magnetic resonance imaging before and after birth to understand the nature and timing of alterations in brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants born with congenital heart disease; and devising and trialing dietary interventions to improve pregnancy outcomes for obese women and their infants.
