Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Preterm Infants receiving Caffeine and Less Invasive Surfactant Administration Compared to Caffeine and Early Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CaLI Trial), Role: Investigator, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, (07/2025 - 06/2026) Status: Approved
  • (MAS) Master Agreement for Pediatric Trial Network Opportunities, Role: Subproject PI, Duke University, (01/2019 - 06/2026) Status: Closed
  • Antibiotic safety in infants with complicated intra-abdominal infections (SCAMP Trial), Role: Investigator, Duke University, (01/2018 - 01/2019) Status: Completed

Federal

  • Premature infants receiving milking or delayed cord clamping: Randomized controlled multicenter non-inferiority trial, Role: Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, (11/2025 - 11/2026) Status: Approved
  • Umbilical cord milking in non-vigorous infants (the MINVI trial), Role: Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Completed

For Profit Organization

  • A multicenter, randomized, open-label, controlled trial to assess the safety and tolerability of lucinactant for inhalation in preterm neonates 29 to 34 weeks PMA: dose escalation and study extension, Role: Investigator, Discovery Laboratories, Inc., (12/2015 - 12/2016) Status: Completed

Internal

  • Adaptive dynamic inspiratory nasal apparatus(ADINA): comparison to high flow nasal cannula (HFNC), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (09/2025 - 09/2026) Status: Approved
  • Multicenter Inventory of Neonatal-Perinatal Interventions (MINI) Minimum Dataset, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatrics, (02/2026) Status: Approved
  • The effect of maternal soothing on short-term clinical outcomes in preterm NICU infants at risk for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)., Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (06/2025) Status: Approved

Non-Profit Organization

  • Safety of furosemide in premature infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (NICHD-2014-FUR01), Role: PI, Duke Clinical Research Institute, (07/2021 - 07/2022) Status: Completed