Academic Contributions
Academic Contributions
Cohort leadership, teaching and mentorship, educational reviews and scientific presentations.
Research leadership
Helped launch the COVID Outcomes in Mother-Infant Pairs (COMP) study at UCLA in 2020 and led its infant neurodevelopmental component.
Mentorship & teaching
Mentors undergraduate students and pediatric residents, and serves as a clinical mentor to neonatology fellows.
Collaborations
International cohort work linking Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro, and multi-site studies with partners in the University of California system, Sweden, India and Austria.
As described in the published studies.
Source: IMPAACT Network — 2026 Early Career Investigators (opens in a new tab)
Peer-reviewed educational articles for clinicians in NeoReviews, the American Academy of Pediatrics' neonatology journal.
2025 · NeoReviews
Enzyme Replacement Therapy & Other Therapeutic Frontiers in Infantile Metabolic Disorders
A review of enzyme replacement therapy and newer treatments for inherited metabolic diseases that appear in newborns and infants.
2020 · NeoReviews
Perinatal Maternal-Fetal/Neonatal Transmission of COVID-19: A Guide to Safe Maternal and Neonatal Care in the Era of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing
An early-pandemic clinical guide to COVID-19 in pregnant women and newborns, including what was known about transmission.
January 8, 2025
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children Exposed to SARS-CoV-2 Infection In-Utero: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Children's Discovery & Innovation Institute (CDII) Research Seminar
How infant neurodevelopment is assessed in these studies
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3–5 months
Video recording of spontaneous movements scored with the Motor Optimality Score-Revised (MOS-R).
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6–8 months
Clinical assessment of developmental milestones.
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Bayley-III
Cognitive, motor and language domains; delay defined as a score below 70.
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ASQ-3
Parent questionnaire across five domains; delay = score below the cut-off.