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Dr. Jonas Miller on Unlocking the Connection of Maternal Stress and Child Brain Function Mar 27, 2024

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Former Stanford PRC collaborator Dr. Jonas Miller, now a Psychological Sciences Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut, discusses how the stress a woman experiences before pregnancy is associated with the way her child's brain functions around three to five years old. Those children, Dr. Miller found, have a harder time with impulse control.

Dr. Tim Hand on Breastmilk Antibodies and Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Feb 28, 2024

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Dr. Tim Hand, a March of Dimes researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses the link between breast milk and a life-threatening preterm birth-related condition called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). As it turns out, not all breast milk is protective against NEC.

March of Dimes President Dr. Elizabeth Cherot on the Innovation Fund Jan 31, 2024

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Dr. Elizabeth Cherot, the 6th and current President and CEO of March of Dimes, and the first medical doctor to lead the organization since its founding in 1938, discusses the March of Dimes Innovation Fund.

Dr. Lynne Sykes on Understanding the Links Between Vaginal Microbiome and Preterm Birth Dec 13, 2023

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Dr. Lynne Sykes, a co-director of the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Imperial College London, discusses the immune cascade that triggers vaginal microbiome-driven preterm birth and a new vaginal supplement that could change the makeup of the vaginal microbiome to prevent this type of immune response.

Dr. Jay Greenspan and Dr. Liz Foglia on Hot Topics in Neonatology 2023 Conference Preview Nov 29, 2023

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Philadelphia neonatologists Dr. Jay Greenspan and Dr. Liz Foglia discuss three talks at the upcoming Hot Topics in Neonatology conference in Maryland: one on the lower limits of viability and the other two on racism in the NICU.

Dr. Nima Aghaeepour on Predicting Neonatal Complications with Machine Learning (AI) Oct 25, 2023

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Dr. Nima Aghaeepour, a researcher at March of Dimes' Prematurity Research Center at Stanford, discusses a Machine Learning (ML) model that predicts prematurity-related newborn diseases weeks before they occur, including before a baby is even born.

Prof. David MacIntyre on Microbiome, Inflammation and Targeted Diagnostics for Preterm Birth Risk Sep 27, 2023

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Prof. MacIntyre, one of the directors of the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Imperial College London, discusses his team's new device that can, in under two minutes, identify the type of bacteria in a woman's vaginal microbiome and determine whether it's causing inflammation, and could lead to preterm birth.

Dr. Mira Moufarrej on Predicting Preeclampsia so We Can Prevent It Aug 30, 2023

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Stanford University Science Fellow Dr. Mira Moufarrej on what we know about preeclampsia, why Black women in the U.S. are disproportionately impacted and a new blood test that could identify at-risk women in the first trimester.

Dr. Marina Sirota et al. on Big Data Analysis and Preterm Birth Risk Prediction Jul 17, 2023

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Dr. Marina Sirota, principal investigator at the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues Dr. Tomiko Oskotsky and Dr. Jonathan Golob discuss using big data to launch a DREAM Challenge that succeeded in creating two predictive models for preterm birth risk.

Welcome to MODCAST: Why research matters Jun 13, 2023

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March of Dimes Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Emre Seli discusses the motivations behind the podcast, the research vision at March of Dimes, our belief in open, collaborative science, and our focus on translational research that makes a difference for moms and babies.

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