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Research
Highlights
Grants
/ Funding
Moorthy, B. Molecular mechanisms of lung damage by hyperxia;
American Lung Association, $105,000.
Fernandes,
C. Glutamate cysteine ligase and cell defense mechanisms;
Advisory Committee of the Child Health Research Center, $25,000.
Fernandes,
C. Early inhaled nitric oxide therapy in term and near term
infants with respiratory failures; British Columbia’s Children’s
Hospital, $21,600.
Weisman,
LE. Phase I, Open-label, dose ranging, safety and pharmacokinetics
study in adults of a human chimeric antistaphylococcal monoclonal
antibody for the prevention of S. epidermidis infection in low
birth weight infants; Biosynexus, Inc., $301,777.
Whitbourne,
S. Advancing newborn medicine grant program; Forest Pharmaceuticals,
$7,500.
Publications
Abrams
SA. Chronic pulmonary insufficiency in children and its effects
on growth and development. J Nutr 2001;131:938S-941S.
Atkinson
SA, Abrams SA. Introduction. Symposium: Pediatric pulmonary
insufficiency: nutritional strategies for prevention and treatment.
J Nutr 2001;131:933S-934S.
Feillet-Coudray
C, Coudray C, Gueux E, Ducros V, Mazur A, Abrams S, Rayssiguier
Y. Compartmental analysis of magnesium kinetics in Mg-sufficient
and Mg-deficient rats. Metabolism 2000;49:1326-1329.
Griffin
IJ, Abrams SA. Iron and breastfeeding. Pediatr Clin North
Am 2001;48:401-413.
Lau
C, Kusnierczyk I. Quantitative evaluation of infant’s nonnutritive
and nutritive sucking. Dysphagia 2001;16:58-67.
Schanler
RJ (Guest Editor). Pediatric Clinics of North America, Breastfeeding
2001: Part 1, The Evidence for Breastfeeding, 2001:48(1).
Speer
ME (Associate Editor). In: Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation,
Kattwinkel J (Ed), 4th ed., Elk Grove Village IL: American Academy
of Pediatrics/American Heart Association, 2000.
Events
Gerardo
Cabrera-Meza, MD, named Honorary Professor to the Universidad
Franciso Marroquin in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Ian
J. Griffin,
MD,
met with officials from Indonesian Ministry of Health, Indonesian
Food Fortification Commission, and IAE in Jakarta March 12 to
discuss iron and zinc fortification of flour.
Karen
Johnson, MD, presented training on neonatal resuscitation
for local health care professionals in Baku, Azerbarjan, and Tblisi,
Georgia.
Bhagavatula
Moorthy, PhD, co-chaired a continuing education course in
Development and use of transgenic animal models in toxicology
at the Society of Toxicology meeting in San Francisco in March.
Richard
J. Schanler, MD, was guest speaker at the 9th Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Pediatric Society Congress in March, lecturing on Feeding the
Preterm Infant, Use of Human Milk for Preterm Infants, and Post-discharge
Nutrition for High-Risk Infants.
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