Our Neonatal or Newborn Medicine division at Boston Medical Center conducts a variety of research focused on perinatal health and the neonatal population. Specifically, our faculty conducts health service research, quality improvement initiatives, implementation science projects, clinical trials, translational research, and basic science research. Our areas of focus include substance use disorders in the perinatal period, health equity, and placental biology.
See all of our Pediatric Research programs.
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Research Faculty
Elizabeth Taglauer, MD, PhD, Placental biologist, neonatologist
Gaby Cordova Ramos MD, Heath Services researcher and implementation scientist
Elisha M. Wachman, MD, Clinical and Translational researcher
Vincent C. Smith, MD MPH, Health Services researcher
Genevieve (Gen) Guyol, MD, MAT, Health Services researcher
Neonatal Research Programs
Health Equity Pilot as a mixed-methods program evaluation examining the implementation of social risk screening and navigation by breastfeeding peer counselors in the NICU setting. For more information, please contact: Dr. Gaby Cordova Ramos Gabriela.CordovaRamos@bmc.org
BMC-specific human placental biorepository to study the impact of preeclampsia on fetal development. For sample inquiries, please contact: Dr. Elizabeth Taglauer Elizabeth.Taglauer@bmc.org
Clinical and translational research on the genetics and epigenetics of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnancy, and the use of non-pharmacologic care methods to improve NOWS outcomes. For more information, contact: Dr. Elisha Wachman Elisha.Wachman@bmc.org
Ongoing Projects
- Health Equity pilot “Leveraging trusted peer breastfeeding counselors to address social determinants of health in the neonatal intensive care unit” and the Cash Transfer grant “RCT of Financial Support to Low-Income Mothers of Preterm Infants"
- Understanding the impact of perinatal substance use on placental regulation and infant neurodevelopmental outcomes
- Defining the influence of dysregulated placental signaling on fetal lung and gut development
- Use of mixed methods to investigate perceptions of early relational health among parents of children born preterm