Neonatology Research
The division faculty have contributed to a variety of major advances in basic and clinical research related to the care of newborn infants.
The Neonatal-Perinatal Division faculty in UT-Houston's Department of Pediatrics have contributed to a variety of major advances in the care of newborn infants. The faculty are actively involved in basic and clinical research endeavors spanning a wide range of interests, including:
- placental growth factors and function
- surfactant biochemistry and surfactant replacement therapy
- genetic regulation of fetal cardiac development
- mechanisms of lung injury in meconium aspiration
- management of hyperbilirubinemia
- role of nutrition and steroids in chronic lung disease
- prevention of retinopathy of prematurity
- neonatal brain injury and brain imaging
- development of auditory function
- follow-up of high-risk infants
Current NIH Grant Support:
NICHD Cooperative Multicenter Neonatal Intensive Care Network (Kathleen Kennedy, PI)
Hormonal Regulation of Surfactant Protein mRNA Stability (NHLBI, Joe Alcorn, PI)
The Role of PLAC1 in Placental Growth (NICHD, Mike Fant, PI)
Effects of Noise on Newborns <1000g Birth Weight (NICHD, Bob Lasky, PI)
Neurological Diseases Research in High Risk Populations (NINDS, Nehal Parikh, PI)
Location & Contact
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
University of Texas Houston Medical School
6431 Fannin, Suite 3.242
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713.500.5727
Administrative Assistant: Kim Self
Email: Kimberly.A.Self@ uth.tmc.edu
Other Locations
Other locations of the Department of Pediatrics include the following:
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
