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Stalwart and passionate best defines our commitment to fostering neonatology fellows' research at Women & Infants Hospital.

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Our Research

Stalwart and passionate best defines our commitment to fostering neonatology fellows' research at Women & Infants Hospital.

Individually, our Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellows are actively involved in one or more basic science or clinical research projects. For a closer view, please click here.

Physician faculty currently involved in research activities includes (some present fellows are mentored by the faculty below, as well):

  • Joseph Bliss, MD, PhD
  • Martin Keszler, MD
  • Abbot Laptook, MD
  • Beatrice Lechner, MD
  • Jill Maron, MD, MPH
  • Elisabeth McGowan, MD
  • Betty Vohr, MD

Our senior research faculty includes:

  • Xiaodi Chen, MD, PhD
  • Shibin Cheng, MD, PhD
  • Sukanta Jash, PhD
  • Barry Lester, PhD
  • Cynthia Loncar, PhD
  • Lee Robinson, MD
  • Jessica Schuster, PhD
  • Surendra Sharma, PhD, MD (Hon.)
  • Sunil Shaw, PhD
  • Lori Underhill, PhD
  • Alper Uzun, PhD

The Department of Pediatrics at Women & Infants were recipients of two Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) awards in Perinatal Biology from the NCRR, providing almost $20 million dollars in support of faculty research.

We are a Vanguard site for two National Children’s Study projects, one in Providence County, RI, and the other in Bristol County, MA.

Basic Science + Translational Research at the Kilguss Research Institute

This state-of-the-art laboratory facility was designed for established and newly recruited faculty in molecular, translational, developmental, reproductive and cancer biology, genetics and immunology. The initiative came at a critical time when great strides were being achieved in the field of biomedical research and our faculty was experiencing significant new successes in extramural funding. The research design incorporates laboratory modules without full dividing walls surrounding a central core of shared space for cell culture, shared equipment, imaging and molecular instrumentation. More than $5.2 million was invested along with a $1 million award from the Health Resources Services Administration to support the renovation and construction costs. Institutional support for research programs and dedication to faculty research is unequivocal and ongoing. The combination of a supportive environment and a robust scientific setting allows us to enhance the scientific productivity of our entire faculty. The Institute is located at 200 Chestnut Street in Providence, Rhode Island.

In 2005, the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk was established at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital. The mission of the Center is to stimulate outstanding interdisciplinary research, education and clinical services on the biological and social factors that determine the developmental outcome of at-risk children. 

NICHD Neonatal Research Network

The Department of Pediatrics at Women & Infants Hospital is a long-term contributor  to the  NICHD Neonatal Research Network.

Current NICHD research protocols within our department include:

  • Milrinone in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Home Therapy with Caffeine Citrate in Moderately Preterm Infants with Apnea of Prematurity
  • Cycled Phototherapy (PT): A Safer Effective Method to Control the Serum Bilirubin of Extremely Premature Infants?
  • Management of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Infants Trial (PDA)
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Budesonide/Surfactant versus Surfactant Alone in Extremely Preterm Infants ("The Budesonide in Babies [BiB] Trial")

 

Research at Brown

We are especially fortunate that Brown University  is one of the few universities where undergraduate and graduate education in biology and the preclinical sciences for medical students are taught by a single, integrated faculty.

Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital have closely adjoining research facilities a few miles from the Brown Campus and The Warren Alpert Medical School. The proximity further facilitates collaborations amongst these institutions. There is:

  • Close affiliation of faculty in clinical departments with basic science activities
  • Opportunity to engage in additional academic career development mentorship with the Director of Postgraduate Academic Career Development, Dr. Mark Zonfrillo.
  • Active involvement with faculty in the basic science programs and graduate and postgraduate research education in Interdepartmental Programs at the University including:
    • Molecular Biology
    • Biochemistry
    • Cell Biology
    • Pathobiology
    • Molecular Pharmacology
    • Physiology and Biotechnology
    • Neuroscience
    • Biomedical Engineering

Doing Research at Brown

Our research facilities make significant contributions to the furthering of breakthroughs in medicine.

Doing Research at Brown

$19.9M Grant to Expand Hub for Translational Science, Biomed Research in RI!

With five years of renewed federal funding, Advance-CTR will support researchers in taking their work from bench to bedside to the broader community, ultimately making a direct and positive impact on the people of Rhode Island.

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