About Our Neonatology Research

While Children’s is raising the standard of pediatric care for children today, we are pushing the boundaries of what is possible tomorrow through research. Our team conducts research both on our own and in collaboration with our academic partners, including the Emory University School of Medicine, which has ranked in the top five for research funding to a department of pediatrics from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for nine consecutive years.

Our research areas of focus include:

• Quality improvement
• Infection prevention
• Peri-operative care
• Human milk
• Epidemiology
• Bioethics
• Neonatal clinical trials
• Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and intestinal rehabilitation
• Surgical techniques and advances

National collaborations

To align with our commitment to quality care, our team participates in the following national organizations:

• Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC): Children’s is an active participant in the CHNC, which improves care for medically complex and high-risk infants by providing a platform to compare quality and outcomes measures from Level 4 NICUs across the U.S. and Canada. Children’s Neonatologist Anthony Piazza, MD, serves on the CHNC executive board and is a leader for their quality improvement initiatives.
• NICHD Neonatal Research Network: We are one of four sites to have maintained more than 30 years of continuous funding from the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. This network is a collaboration among NICUs across the country and has led studies to improve the treatment and health outcomes of critically ill babies.