The Placental Origins of Positive Child Health Outcomes Presented by: Hudson Santos, PhD, RN Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar & Associate Professor Director, UNC Biobehavioral Laboratory Please contact childrensresearch@med.unc.edu for Zoom details.

Innovative Strategies to Improve Intrapartum-Related Mortality in Low- and Lower Middle-Income Countries Jackie Patterson is a neonatologist and implementation scientist with expertise in technology-based interventions to improve perinatal mortality in low and lower-middle income countries. Her particular research emphasis is on newborn resuscitation and is based in the Democratic Republic...

Natalie Shaw, MD, MMSc The Master Epigenetic Repressor SMCHD1 and Human Congenital Arhinia Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 985 6644 6544 Password: 097476 Dr. Shaw is a Lasker Clinical Research Scholar and PI of the Pediatric Neuroendocrinology Group in the Clinical Research Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health...

Dr. Kappelman is a pediatric gastroenterologist whose research interests focus on using real-world data to define the burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), elucidate the risk factors for developing IBD, study the safety, effectiveness, and comparative effectiveness of different treatment options, and to measure and improve the quality of care...

Katherine Chan, MD, MPH Engaging stakeholders in decisions about hypospadias November 9, 2021 12:15 pm-1:30 pm Dr. Chan is a pediatric urologist and has been principal investigator for multiple NIH-funded research projects over the past 4 years. Her latest research focus is developing a decision-making tool for parents whose children...

Food allergy prevention: The rubber hits the road Dr. Keet conducts clinical, epidemiologic and translational research aimed at better understanding and treating pediatric allergic diseases, particularly food allergies. Dr. Keet’s NIH funded research focuses on the epidemiology and treatment of food allergy and other pediatric allergic diseases. She focuses on...

Metabolic Mechanisms in Nutritional Immunology Dr. MacIver is a pediatric endocrinologist with a research interest in immunometabolism and a strong focus on basic science. Her laboratory is broadly interested in how large changes in nutritional status (e.g. undernutrition or obesity) and nutritionally regulated hormones (leptin, insulin, IGF-1, IL-6) alter T...