Faculty Research Interests

Dr. Soume Bhattacharya

  • Neonatal hemodynamics and cardiovascular physiology
  • Application of novel echocardiography techniques in neonates
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Preterm brain injury

Dr. Anita Cheng

  • Medical Education - Difficult conversations with families
  • Medical Education - Reflective practice
  • Competency-Based Medical Education

Dr. Kevin Coughlin

  • Moral distress and ethical dilemmas

Dr. Orlando da Silva

  • Neonatal infections
  • Nutrition of the preterm infant
  • Neurological complications
  • Growth and development
  • Respiratory complications in the preterm infant
  • Breastfeeding of the term and preterm infant, with special interest in the use of technology to support breastfeeding mothers in the NICU and the community at large

Dr. Victor Han

  • Insulin-like growth factors, receptors and binding proteins in embryonic and fetal development
  • Growth factors in placental growth and development
  • Molecular mechanisms of preeclampsia
  • Insulin-like growth factor system in stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

Dr. Renjini Lalitha

  • Neonatal hemodynamics
  • Exploring cardiac markers in prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and its comorbidities
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis

Dr. Henry Roukema

  • Clinical guidelines

Dr. Doris Yuen

  • Empowering women in leadership in academic medicine