Research

Some of the current research interests of the program’s faculty include:

Basic Science Projects:

• Nitrite physiology and kinetics
• Therapeutic role for nitrite and necrotizing enterocolitis
• Evaluating opioids in asphyxiated infants
• Mechanisms of Surfactant delivery
• Substances that cause inactivation of surfactant
  
  Clinical Projects:
• Mechanical ventilation: measuring effectiveness of different devices
• Non-invasive monitoring techniques: expanding use of pulse oximetry to measurement of other substances like glucose, Hgb, etc.
• Evaluating teaching tools for Prenatal Diagnosis Consults
• Evaluation of the use of video laryngoscopy in teaching residents to intubate
• Evaluation of strategies to improve nursing compliance with pulse oximetry guidelines
• Measurement of oral nitrite and nitrate intake of newborns and effect on GI physiology in infants at high risk for NEC
• Oral feeding and patent ductus arteriosus
• Use of accelerator mass spectrometry to determine pharmacokinetics
  
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