Harbor-UCLA
Harbor-UCLA

Division of Neonatology

LocationLiu Research Center
1124 W Carson Street
RB-3, 2nd Floor, Suite 204
Torrance, CA 90502
ContactNeonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Inquiries Linda Morrison
(323) 457-1902
lmorrison@lundquist.org
Paola Gomez (after 8/23/24)
(424) 571-7769
pgomez@dhs.lacounty.gov

General Inquiries Connie Madrigal
(310) 222-1969
cmadrigal@lundquist.org

The Division of Neonatology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the associated Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation are committed to the academic missions of high-quality education, patient care, and research. Our faculty and staff participate in clinical care, teaching, and research.

The Division has a strong reputation for clinical excellence, providing highly specialized and evidence-based care to our community’s most vulnerable and critically ill newborns. In our 27-bed Regional NICU, we offer our patients advanced technologies, comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services, and access to 24/7 consultation from all pediatric subspecialties. Neonates who experience a difficult clinical course qualify for our High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Program (HRIF), which is dedicated to assessing growth and development, providing family support, and coordinating access to community services all under one roof. We also have a highly skilled transport team available for ground transport.

Our education program includes a Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program with Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s as the affiliated center. The division is responsible for didactic and bedside training of Pediatric and Family Medicine residents, Neonatal-Perinatal fellows, UCLA medical students, Nurse Practitioners, and Respiratory Therapists. The full-time faculty have appointments in the Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

All basic biomedical and patient-based research is conducted at the state-of-the-art laboratories of The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The Division’s research interests include feto-neonatal lung maturity and injury repair, the role of stem cells and growth factors in lung development, specifically in airway branching and pulmonary alveolarization, novel therapies to enhance lung maturation, transgenerational inheritance of acquired traits, and developmental outcomes of preterm infants born at high risk. The Institute for Women’s and Children’s Health (IWCH) at Lundquist, established in 2020, brings together renowned experts focused on the most significant health concerns facing women and children. The divisional research program is supported by grants and contracts from a variety of agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences), Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Department of Defense, American Heart Association, and various industry sources.

Leadership

Virender Rehan, MD, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Toxicology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Co-Director, Institute of Women’s and Children’s HealthThe Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation Chief, Division of Neonatology Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training ProgramHarbor-UCLA Medical Center The Lundquist Institute Profile

Dr. Virender Rehan has been caring for the most vulnerable patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center since 2000. He is committed not only to providing his patients the highest quality of care, mentoring the next generation of clinicians and scientists, but also to developing new knowledge in the field and rapidly bringing these developments to his patients.

Dr. Rehan is a Principal Investigator at The Lundquist Institute, one of the leading research institutions in the country. Studies from his lab have provided novel insights into the pathogenesis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD), Childhood Asthma, and Chronic Lung Disease and have led to the creation of innovative strategies to prevent/treat these conditions. His research interests include lung development and injury-repair, with a special emphasis on lung injury-repair following perinatal exposure to insults such as hyperoxia, infection, volutrauma, and nicotine. He also studies the potentially serious impact of perinatal exposure to 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-hand smoke on fetal lung development of, not only the exposed pregnant mother’s offspring, but that of the progeny of many subsequent generations. These studies have vastly expanded our current understanding of the impact of perinatal smoke exposure on the epidemiology of chronic lung disease worldwide.

Dr. Rehan is a frequent guest speaker at numerous national and international meetings and is also a frequent Visiting Professor at several medical universities and hospitals in China. In addition to several seminal contributions to the field, Dr. Rehan has co-authored three books on evolutionary biology and has contributed to several book chapters. He has served on several NIH study section panels and is on the editorial boards of a number of peer-reviewed journals in addition to serving as the Associate Editor for Experimental Lung Biology and Frontiers in Pediatrics.

When he is not in the NICU or his laboratory, Dr. Rehan enjoys spending time with his family.

Faculty & Administration

Lynne Smith, MD, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Chair, Department of Pediatrics Harbor-UCLA Medical Center The Lundquist Institute Profile
Katherine Kuniyoshi, MD, FAAP, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAAssociate Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Guadalupe Padilla, MD, FAAP Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Director of Neonatal Quality Improvement Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 
Chie Kurihara, MD, FAAP​ Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Team Leader, NICU Resident EducationHarbor-UCLA Medical Center 
Albert Antonio, DO, FAAP​
Neonatology Attending
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Marlene Beranek, RNC, MN, NNP-BC Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing UCLA Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Coordinator, CPQCC Program Coordinator, VON Program Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Zoila Dancel, RN, MSN, CPNP Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Cary Gross, RN, MSN, CPNP Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Basil Ibe, Ph.D Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics & OB-GYN David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Lundquist Institute Profile
Denise Al Alam, Ph.D. Investigator, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation The Lundquist Institute Profile
Nicholas Jendzjowsky, Ph.D. Investigator, Department of Medicine The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation The Lundquist Institute Profile
Ying Wang, MD, Ph.D.Staff Research AssociateThe Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Jie Liu, MD, Ph.D. Staff Research Associate The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Reiko Sakurai, MD, Ph.D. Staff Research Associate The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation The Lundquist Institute Profile
Soula Danopoulos, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics David Geffen of Medicine at UCLA The Lundquist Institute Profile
Dylan Hatai Doctoral Fellow The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Harvey Perez Doctoral Fellow The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Gourav Chandan, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Suchi Datta, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Connie Madrigal Administrative Manager Harbor-UCLA Medical Center cmadrigal@lundquist.org
Linda Morrison Fellowship Program Coordinator Harbor-UCLA Medical Center lmorrison@lundquist.org
Paola Gomez, BS HRIF Assistant AdministratorHarbor-UCLA Medical Center

Neonatal Support Staff

Janet Landholm, BSN, RN, RNC, RNC-NIC Nurse Manager NICU Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Jacqueline Miller, DNP, MSN, CNS, RN, PHN,CCRN Clinical Nurse Specialist NICU Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Chantele Hoyte, RT Head Respiratory Care Practitioner Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Kelli Armstrong, MSW Clinical Social Worker Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Nancy Martinez, MSW Clinical Social Worker Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Michele Bragger, RN, IBCLC, CLE Lactation Consultant Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Liliane Kim, MA, OTR/L, SWC Occupational Therapist Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Katherine Goebel, MS, RD, CSP Pediatric Dietician Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Recent Publications

Articles

  • Shuster CL, Sheinkopf SJ, McGowan EC, et al. Neurobehavioral and Medical Correlates of Autism Screening: 2-Year Outcomes for Infants Born Very Preterm. J Pediatr. 2023 Jun 2;260:113536. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113536. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37271496.
  • Kurihara C, Sakurai R, Chuang TD, Waring AJ, Walther FJ, Rehan VK. Combination of pioglitazone, a PPARγ agonist, and synthetic surfactant B-YL prevents hyperoxia-induced lung injury in adult mice lung explants. Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Jun;80:102209. doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2023.102209. Epub 2023 Mar 11. PMID: 36907545; PMCID: PMC10205668.
  • Camerota M, McGowan EC, Carter BS, et al. Maternal Prenatal Risk Phenotypes and Neurobehavioral Outcomes among Infants Born Very Preterm. J Pediatr. 2023 May 26;260:113521. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113521. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37244578.
  • Hofheimer JA, McGowan EC, Smith LM, et al. Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression and Severe Distress among Mothers of Very Preterm Infants at NICU Discharge. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Apr 18. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768132. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37072014.
  • McGowan EC, McGrath M, Law A, et al; program collaborators for Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO). Health Care Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Individuals Born Preterm. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 3;6(4):e2310696. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.10696. PMID: 37115545; PMCID: PMC10148204.
  • Kurihara C, Kuniyoshi KM, Rehan VK. Preterm Birth, Developmental Smoke/Nicotine Exposure, and Life-Long Pulmonary Sequelae. Children (Basel). 2023 Mar 23;10(4):608. doi: 10.3390/children10040608. PMID: 37189857; PMCID: PMC10136560.
  • Schickedanz A, Perales L, Holguin M, et al. Clinic-Based Financial Coaching and Missed Pediatric Preventive Care: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2023 Mar 1;151(3):e2021054970. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054970. PMID: 36727274; PMCID: PMC10201990.
  • Martin M, Smith L, Hofheimer JA, et al. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and neurobehavioural outcomes at birth and 2 years in infants born before 30 weeks. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2023 Mar;108(2):142-148. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323405. Epub 2022 Aug 23. PMID: 35999044; PMCID: PMC9947192.
  • Camerota M, McGowan EC, Aschner J, et al. Prenatal and perinatal factors associated with neonatal neurobehavioral profiles in the ECHO Program. Pediatr Res. 2023 Feb 25. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02540-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36841884.
  • Manigault AW, Sheinkopf SJ, Carter BS, et al. Acoustic Cry Characteristics in Preterm Infants and Developmental and Behavioral Outcomes at 2 Years of Age. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e2254151. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.54151. PMID: 36723941; PMCID: PMC9892956.
  • Hedderson MM, Bekelman TA, Li M, et al. Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program. Trends in Screen Time Use Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, July 2019 Through August 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e2256157. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.56157. PMID: 36790805; PMCID: PMC9932850.
  • Hendrix CL, Werchan D, Lenniger C, et al. Geotemporal analysis of perinatal care changes and maternal mental health: an example from the COVID-19 pandemic. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2022 Oct;25(5):943-956. doi: 10.1007/s00737-022-01252-6. Epub 2022 Aug 13. PMID: 35962855; PMCID: PMC9375091.
  • McGowan EC, Hofheimer JA, O’Shea TM, et al. Analysis of Neonatal Neurobehavior and Developmental Outcomes Among Preterm Infants. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2222249. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22249. PMID: 35849396; PMCID: PMC9294999.
  • Camerota M, McGowan EC, Hofheimer JA, et al. Neurodevelopmental profiles of infants born <30 weeks gestation at 2 years of age. Pediatr Res. 2022 May;91(6):1579-1586. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01871-2. Epub 2021 Dec 9. PMID: 34880445; PMCID: PMC9177895.
  • Wang H, Liu J, Gao J, Yan W, Rehan VK. Perinatal Exposure to Nicotine Alters Sperm RNA Profiles in Rats. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 May 4;13:893863. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.893863. PMID: 35600600; PMCID: PMC9114732.
  • Helderman J, O’Shea TM, Dansereau L, et al. Association of Abnormal Findings on Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound With Neurobehavior at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge in Infants Born Before 30 Weeks’ Gestation. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e226561. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6561. PMID: 35394511; PMCID: PMC8994127.
  • Nosavan NP, Smith LM, Dansereau LM, et al. Associations between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and neonatal neurobehavior in infants born before 30 weeks gestation. J Perinatol. 2022 Apr;42(4):483-490. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01308-y. Epub 2022 Feb 7. PMID: 35132152; PMCID: PMC9007858.
  • Sakurai R, Singh H, Wang Y, Harb A, Gornes C, Liu J, Rehan VK. Effect of Perinatal Vitamin D Deficiency on Lung Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation and Injury Repair Potential. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2021 Nov;65(5):521-531. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2020-0183OC. PMID: 34126864; PMCID: PMC8641851.
  • Graw S, Camerota M, Carter BS, et al. NEOage clocks – epigenetic clocks to estimate post-menstrual and postnatal age in preterm infants. Aging (Albany NY). 2021 Oct 16;13(20):23527-23544. doi: 10.18632/aging.203637. Epub 2021 Oct 16. PMID: 34655469; PMCID: PMC8580352.
  • Camerota M, Graw S, Everson TM, et al. Prenatal risk factors and neonatal DNA methylation in very preterm infants. Clin Epigenetics. 2021 Sep 10;13(1):171. doi: 10.1186/s13148-021-01164-9. PMID: 34507616; PMCID: PMC8434712.
  • Saoud R, Locke D, Fry JT, et al. Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC). Withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration: a survey of level IV neonatal intensive care units. J Perinatol. 2021 Sep;41(9):2372-2374. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01011-y. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID: 33758396.
  • Mou Q, Ji B, Zhao G, et al. Effect of electro-acupuncture at ST 36 on maternal food restriction-induced lung phenotype in rat offspring. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Aug;56(8):2537-2545. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25466. Epub 2021 May 25. PMID: 34033703; PMCID: PMC9231565.
  • Altıntaş A, Liu J, Fabre O, Cet al. Perinatal exposure to nicotine alters spermatozoal DNA methylation near genes controlling nicotine action. FASEB J. 2021 Jul;35(7):e21702. doi: 10.1096/fj.202100215R. PMID: 34153130; PMCID: PMC9231556.
  • Luo S, Guo X, Xu Y, Dong Y, Rehan VK, Sun B. Comparison of survival of preterm newborn rabbits at 25-28 days of gestation with perinatal therapies at birth transition. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 Jul 1;131(1):220-228. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00027.2021. Epub 2021 May 6. PMID: 33955256; PMCID: PMC9847336.
  • Aghagoli G, Sheinkopf SJ, Everson TM, et al. Epigenome-wide analysis identifies genes and pathways linked to acoustic cry variation in preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2021 May;89(7):1848-1854. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01172-0. Epub 2020 Sep 23. PMID: 32967004; PMCID: PMC7985041.
  • Sakai-Bizmark R, Webber EJ, Estevez D, et al. Health Care Utilization Due to Substance Abuse Among Homeless and Nonhomeless Children and Young Adults in New York. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Apr 1;72(4):421-428. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000010. PMID: 33789461; PMCID: PMC8106548.
  • Sandoval VS, Jackson A, Saleeby E, Smith L, Schickedanz A. Associations Between Prenatal Food Insecurity and Prematurity, Pediatric Health Care Utilization, and Postnatal Social Needs. Acad Pediatr. 2021 Apr;21(3):455-461. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.11.020. Epub 2020 Nov 27. PMID: 33253934; PMCID: PMC8026536.
  • Oni-Orisan OO, Dansereau LM, Marsit CJ, et al. DNA methylation in children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure and environmental adversity. Pediatr Res. 2021 Apr;89(5):1152-1156. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-1058-4. Epub 2020 Jul 14. PMID: 32663835; PMCID: PMC7855315.
  • Liu PY, Bell O, Wu O, et al. Interest in Clinic-Based Financial Services among Low-Income Prenatal Patients and its Association with Health-Related Social Risk Factors. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec;12:21501327211024425. doi: 10.1177/21501327211024425. PMID: 34130543; PMCID: PMC8212363.
  • Chu EK, Smith LM, Derauf C, et al. Behavior Problems During Early Childhood in Children With Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure. Pediatrics. 2020 Dec;146(6):e20190270. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-0270. Epub 2020 Nov 10. PMID: 33172920; PMCID: PMC7706113.
  • Wang Q, Sundar IK, Blum JL, et al. Prenatal Exposure to Electronic-Cigarette Aerosols Leads to Sex-Dependent Pulmonary Extracellular-Matrix Remodeling and Myogenesis in Offspring Mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2020 Dec;63(6):794-805. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2020-0036OC. PMID: 32853043; PMCID: PMC7790147.
  • Chuang TD, Ansari A, Yu C, Sakurai R, Harb A, Liu J, Khorram O, Rehan VK. Mechanism underlying increased cardiac extracellular matrix deposition in perinatal nicotine-exposed offspring. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 Sep 1;319(3):H651-H660. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00021.2020. Epub 2020 Aug 14. PMID: 32795172; PMCID: PMC7509277.
  • Gelfand CA, Sakurai R, Wang Y, Liu Y, Segal R, Rehan VK. Inhaled vitamin A is more effective than intramuscular dosing in mitigating hyperoxia-induced lung injury in a neonatal rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Sep 1;319(3):L576-L584. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00266.2020. Epub 2020 Aug 5. PMID: 32755324; PMCID: PMC7642870.
  • Lee C, Sakurai R, Shin E, Wang Y, Liu J, Rehan VK. Antenatal PPAR-γ agonist pioglitazone stimulates fetal lung maturation equally in males and females. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Sep 1;319(3):L435-L443. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00376.2018. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32579381; PMCID: PMC7518055.
  • Liu J, Yu C, Doherty TM, Akbari O, Allard P, Rehan VK. Perinatal nicotine exposure-induced transgenerational asthma: Effects of reexposure in F1 gestation. FASEB J. 2020 Sep;34(9):11444-11459. doi: 10.1096/fj.201902386R. Epub 2020 Jul 12. PMID: 32654256; PMCID: PMC7839813.
  • Chen YC, Navarrete MS, Wang Y, et al. N-myristoyltransferase-1 is necessary for lysosomal degradation and mTORC1 activation in cancer cells. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 20;10(1):11952. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68615-w. PMID: 32686708; PMCID: PMC7371688.
  • McGowan EC, Hofheimer JA, O’Shea TM, et al. Sociodemographic and medical influences on neurobehavioral patterns in preterm infants: A multi-center study. Early Hum Dev. 2020 Mar;142:104954. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.104954. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PMID: 32007912; PMCID: PMC7115752.
  • Hofheimer JA, Smith LM, McGowan EC, et al. Psychosocial and medical adversity associated with neonatal neurobehavior in infants born before 30 weeks gestation. Pediatr Res. 2020 Mar;87(4):721-729. doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0607-1. Epub 2019 Oct 10. PMID: 31600769; PMCID: PMC7082182.
  • Dai J, Ji B, Zhao G, et al. Developmental Timing Determines the Protective Effect of Maternal Electroacupuncture on Perinatal Nicotine Exposure-Induced Offspring Lung Phenotype. Biomed Res Int. 2020 Feb 27;2020:8030972. doi: 10.1155/2020/8030972. PMID: 32190681; PMCID: PMC7064824.
  • Lu Y, Ji B, Zhao G, et al. Comparison of Protective Effects of Electroacupuncture at ST 36 and LU 5 on Pulmonary and Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis Changes in Perinatal Nicotine-Exposed Rats. Biomed Res Int. 2020 Jan 19;2020:3901528. doi: 10.1155/2020/3901528. PMID: 32090085; PMCID: PMC6996710.
  • Everson TM, O’Shea TM, Burt A, et al. Serious neonatal morbidities are associated with differences in DNA methylation among very preterm infants. Clin Epigenetics. 2020 Oct 19;12(1):151. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00942-1. PMID: 33076993; PMCID: PMC7574188.
  • Wang Q, Khan NA, Muthumalage T, et al. Dysregulated repair and inflammatory responses by e‐cigarette‐derived inhaled nicotine and humectant propylene glycol in a sex‐dependent manner in mouse lung. FASEB AdvBio, 2019 Oct;1 (10):609-623.
  • Lewis G, Wang B, Jahani PS, et al. Dietary fiber-induced microbial short chain fatty acids suppress ILC2-dependent airway inflammation. Front Immunol. 2019 Sept 18;10:2051.
  • McGowan EC, Hofheimer JA, O’Shea TM, et al. Sociodemographic and medical influences on neurobehavioral patterns in preterm infants: A multi-center study. Early Hum Dev. 2020 Mar;142:104954. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.104954. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PMID: 32007912; PMCID: PMC7115752. In Press.
  • Dai J, Ji B, Zhao GZ. Developmental Timing Determines the Protective Effect of Maternal Electroacupuncture on Perinatal Nicotine Exposure-induced Offspring Lung Phenotype. Biomed Res Int. 2020 Feb 27; 2020:8030972.
  • Wang Q, Khan NA, Muthumalage T, et al. Dysregulated repair and inflammatory responses by e-cigarette-derived inhaled nicotine and humectant propylene glycol in a sex-dependent manner in mouse lung. FASEB Bioadv. 2019 Oct;1(10):609-623. doi: 10.1096/fba.2019-00048. Epub 2019 Aug 23. PMID: 31825014; PMCID: PMC6902908.
  • Kuniyoshi KM & Rehan VK. The impact of perinatal nicotine exposure on fetal lung development and subsequent respiratory morbidity. Birth Defects Res. 2019 Oct 15; 111(17):1270-1283.
  • Hofheimer JA, Smith LM, McGowan EC, et al. Psychosocial and medical adversity associated with neonatal neurobehavior in infants born before 30 weeks gestation. Pediatr Res. 2019 Oct 10; doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0607-1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31600769.
  • Torday JS, Blackstone NW, Rehan VK. Response to Jaeggi’s J.S. Torday, N.W. Blackstone and V.K. Rehan, a cell-centered alternative to mainstream evolutionary medicine?: Review of ‘Evidence-Based Evolutionary Medicine‘. Evol Med Public Health. 2019 Sep 28;2019(1):181-182. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoz027. PMID: 31620285; PMCID: PMC6788215.
  • Lewis G, Wang B, Shafiei Jahani P, et al. Dietary Fiber-Induced Microbial Short Chain Fatty Acids Suppress ILC2-Dependent Airway Inflammation. Front Immunol. 2019 Sep 18;10:2051. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02051. PMID: 31620118; PMCID: PMC6760365.
  • Xu B, Chen X, Mao Z, et al. Correction: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Disturbs Nanog Expression through miR-490-3p in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. PLoS One. 2019 Aug 16;14(8):e0221486. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221486. Erratum for: PLoS One. 2013 Oct 01;8(10):e74968. PMID: 31419249; PMCID: PMC6697313.
  • Su H, Ji B, Zhao GZ, et al. [Effect of electroacupuncture at “Zusanli” (ST 36) and “Yanglingquan” (GB 34) on perinatal nicotine-exposure-induced lung function and morphology of neonatal rats]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2019 Jun 12;39(6):632-6. Chinese. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.06.017. PMID: 31190501.
  • Hwang JS, Friedlander S, Rehan VK, Zangwill KM. Diagnosis of congenital/perinatal infections by neonatologists: a national survey. J Perinatol. 2019 May;39(5):690-696.
  • Everson TM, Marsit CJ, O’Shea M, et al. Epigenome-wide Analysis Identifies Genes and Pathways Linked to Neurobehavioral Variation in Preterm Infants. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 19;9(1):6322. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42654-4. PMCID:PMC6474865
  • Hwang JS, Friedlander S, Rehan VK, Zangwill KM. Diagnosis of congenital/perinatal infections by neonatologists: a national survey. J Perinatol. 2019 May;39(5):690-696. doi: 10.1038/s41372-019-0364-3. Epub 2019 Mar 26. PMID: 30914779.
  • Lin HJ, Lan YT, Silka MJ, et al. Home use of a compact, 12‑lead ECG recording system for newborns. J Electrocardiol. 2019 Mar-Apr;53:89-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2019.01.086. Epub 2019 Jan 25. PMID: 30716528; PMCID: PMC6458066.
  • Fein EH, Friedlander S, Lu Y, et al. Phototherapy for Neonatal Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia: Examining Outcomes by Level of Care. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 Feb;9(2):115-120. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2018-0136. Epub 2019 Jan 3. PMID: 30606776; PMCID: PMC6350264.
  • Ge YP, Ji B, Zhao GZ, et al. [Electroacupuncture at “Zusanli” (ST36) and “Chize” (LU5) of mother rats exposed to nicotine during pregnancy and lactation has a protective effect on development of lung function and morphology in neonatal rats]. Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2019 Feb 25;44(2):85-9. Chinese. doi: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.180438. PMID: 30945482.
  • Galle-Treger L, Sankaranarayanan I, Hurrell BP, et al. Costimulation of type-2 innate lymphoid cells by GITR promotes effector function and ameliorates type 2 diabetes. Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 12;10(1):713. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08449-x. PMID: 30755607; PMCID: PMC6372786.
  • J Galle-Treger L, Sankaranarayanan I, Hurrell BP, et al. Costimulation of type-2 innate lymphoid cells by GITR promotes effector function and ameliorates type 2 diabetes. Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 12;10(1):713.
  • Lu Y, Ji B, Zhao G, et al. Comparison of Protective Effects of Electroacupuncture at ST 36 and LU 5 on Pulmonary and Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis Changes in Perinatal Nicotine-Exposed Rats. Biomed Res Int. 2020 Jan 19; 2020:3901528.

Books

  • Torday JS, Blackstone NW, Rehan VK. Evidence-based Evolutionary Medicine (Publisher Wiley Blackwell); 2018.
  • Torday JS, Rehan VK. Evolution, the Logic of Biology, Wiley, Blackwell; 2017
  • John S. Torday, Virender K. Rehan. Evolution Biology: Cell-Cell Communication, and Complex Disease. February 2012, Wiley-Blackwell.

Book Chapters

  • Dargan S, Smith LM. Caring for Twins and Higher Order Multiples. In Berkowitz CD (ED.). Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach. 6th Edition. American Academy of Pediatrics. In Press.
  • Hwang JS, Smith LM. Circumcision. In Berkowitz CD (ED.). Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach. 6th Edition. American Academy of Pediatrics. In Press.
  • Dargan S, Smith LM. Well Child Care for Preterm Infants. In Berkowitz CD (ED.). Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach. 6th Edition. American Academy of Pediatrics. In Press.
  • Hwang JS, Smith LM. Toilet Training. In Berkowitz CD (ED.). Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach. 6th Edition American Academy of Pediatrics. In Press.
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