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mpact Report, FDA Approval, PRESERVE Town Hall, ‘Immature Neurons,’ Lung Disease

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Aug 5, 2022

This week’s In the News highlights PolicyLab’s second annual Impact Report, an FDA approval based on CHOP research, and a link between daycare and chronic lung disease effects in premature infants.

Rare Lung Diseases Center

Transforming how rare lung diseases are diagnosed and treated in children by expanding the use of genetic and pathologic testing, enabling the clinical team to provide a more accurate diagnosis and a personalized, specific care plan for each child.

Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MBA, MD

Dr. McGrath-Morrow is associate chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine and leader of the Post-preemie Lung Disease Clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research seeks to link early life events with adult lung health and biomarker discovery for future trials.

E-mail:

mcgrathmos [at] chop.edu

Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease

Advancing evidence-based treatments for infants with chronic lung disease, with a focus on translational research to establish a therapeutic approach called liquid ventilation.

BPD STAR Pilot Trial

This study will test whether supplemental oxygen therapy, a common post-discharge treatment for BPD, improves outcomes.

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Tetralogy of Fallot Strategies, Pediatric Stroke and SARS-CoV-2, Oxygen Therapy Timing

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Mar 5, 2021

This week’s In the News features tetralogy of Fallot, CPR, stroke after SARS-CoV-2 infection, and a link between oxygen therapy and influenza.

Sara B. DeMauro, MD, MSCE

Dr. DeMauro has special expertise in rigorous assessment of early childhood outcomes of high-risk neonates. Her research focuses on improving outcomes of children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and school-age assessment of functional outcomes in preterm-born children.

E-mail:

demauro [at] chop.edu

Erik A. Jensen, MD, MSCE

Erik Jensen, MD, MSCE, is an attending neonatologist in the Division of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

E-mail:

jensene [at] chop.edu

Shaon Sengupta, MBBS, MPH

Dr. Sengupta is a neonatologist and physician scientist with a long-standing interest in lung health. She studies the mechanisms of circadian regulation of lung inflammation, injury, and repair; and the effect of early life exposures on development and function of pulmonary circadian networks in adulthood.

E-mail:

senguptas [at] chop.edu

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Genes Causing Osteoporosis, Residents’ Longer Work Shifts, Pediatric Spinal Deformity, Ventilation Strategy for Preterm Infants, Pediatric Cell Atlas

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Apr 5, 2019

Knowing the causative genes for osteoporosis may later open the door to more effective treatments. Research by Struan Grant, PhD, and Andrew Wells, PhD.