Neonatal Research Center

The UCLA Neonatology & Developmental Biology research teams specialize in the areas of:

• Perinatal/neonatal metabolism and its influence upon hypoxic/ischemic brain injury, and on the long-term effects of perinatal/neonatal interventions
• Molecular mechanisms by which glucocorticoid attenuated genes play a role in hyperoxic lung injury
• Stem cell research with an emphasis on the ECMO program
• Clinical trials in neonatal metabolism using stable isotope technology and neuroimaging in neonatal diagnosis
• Molecular mechanisms linking perinatal infections with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
• Molecular pathogenesis of neonatal infections
• Mechanisms of innate immunity to infectious agents in neonates, with particular emphasis on the role of vitamin D in host defense
• Fetal glucose metabolism and insulin signaling, fetal and neonatal growth, and neonatal nutrition
• Cellular and molecular basis of vascular remodeling during initial blood vessel formation in early embryonic development
• Endocrinology and congenital adrenal insufficiency and aplasia

Funding from the National Institute of Health and other agencies supports these projects.