I am an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Neonatal Clinical Research at Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. My research interests include neonatal transfusion medicine and I am a principal investigator in the NICHD Neonatal Research Network and an executive committee member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. I am also chair of the International Society for Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO) and past-president of the Southern Society for Pediatric Research. Working with Dr. Cassandra Josephson, I am studying the role of red cell and platelet transfusion in necrotizing enterocolitis and coagulopathy in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. The primary focus of my research is to understand the epidemiology of necrotizing enterocolitis. Current studies are investigating US trends in incidence and the role of red cell and platelet transfusions, anemia, probiotics and cytomegalovirus.