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Editorial Board

Michael E. Speer, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Editor

Marlane J. Kayfes
Managing Editor

James M. Adams, MD
Gerardo Cabrera-Meza, MD
Phillip Caudill
Kenneth Due
Karen E. Johnson, MD
Heidi E. Karpen, MD
Leonard E. Weisman, MD

Research Highlights


Grants / Funding

Haney, P. Lactose synthesis regulation: Role of glucose transport; National Institute of Children’s Health Dept., renewed $350,000.

Weisman, LE. Staphylococcus epidermis infection in suckling rats exposed to intralipid and/or immunoglobulin, Biosynexus, Inc., renewed $253,968.


Publications

Reiss BB, Hall RT, Schanler RJ, Berseth CL, et al. Enhanced growth of preterm infants fed a new powdered human milk fortifier: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics 2000;106:581-588.

Weisman, LE, Groothuis J (eds). Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. Newton, PA: Handbooks in Health Care, 2000.

O’Donovan D, Fernandes CJ. Mitochrondrial glutathione and oxidative stress: implications for pulmonary oxygen toxicity in premature infants. Mol Genet Metab 2000;71:352-358.

Schanler RJ. Overview: the clinical perspective. J Nutr 2000;130:417S-419S. Presented at symposium “Bioactivity in human milk and bacterial interactions in the developing immature intestine,” Experimental Biology 99 meeting, April 17-21, Washington, DC.

Griffin IJ, King JG, Abrams SA. Body weight-specific zinc compartmental masses in girls significantly exceed those reported in adults: a stable isotope study and an expanded kinetic model. J Nutr 2000;130:2607-2612.

Ramsay PL, DeMayo FJ, Hegemeier SE, Wearden ME, Smith CV, Welty SE. Clara cell protein oxidation is increased while protein expression is diminished in premature infants that develop chronic lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000. In Press.

Lau C. The effect of stress on lactation-Its significance for the preterm infant. In: Integrating population outcomes, biological mechanisms, and research methods in the study of human milk and lactation. Davis MD, Isaacs CE (Eds.). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers. In Press. O’Brien KO, Zavaleta N, Caulfield LE, Wen J,

Abrams SA. Prenatal iron supplements impair zinc absorption in pregnant Peruvian women. J Nutr 2000;130:2251-2255.


Events

Michael E. Speer, MD, elected Vice-Chair of the Perinatal Section of the Academy of Pediatrics.

Richard J. Schanler, MD, completed his tenure as President of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

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