Prior to starting my NICU Fellowship in Pittsburgh, I lived in Indianapolis. While there, I completed my medical training at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and pediatrics residency at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health.
I am currently a fellow in the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Program at UPMC. In addition to pursuing my MMPH, I am working as a post-doctoral research fellow in Dr. Juan Celedon’s lab at Rangos Research Center, studying the effects of environmental exposures on asthma in children in Puerto Rico. My project involves conducting data analyses to study the association of maternal stress, preterm birth and subsequent pulmonary outcomes including asthma. In addition to studying these associations, I will look for epigenetic changes in DNA methylation that mediate these effects. I hope to continue my current research looking at specific birth cohorts to identify infants that are predisposed to outcomes such as interventricular hemorrhage or bronchopulmonary dysplasia as candidates for early intervention.
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