Most members of the Division of Neonatology are actively involved in clinical research. Areas of research include:
- Surfactant, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and ventilation
- Stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine
- Neonatal transport and follow-up
- Medical ethics and trainee education
- Database – health service delivery (using large databases such as those housed in Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN) and Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
- Neonatal pain management
- Neonatal renal function
- Neonatal jaundice
- Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy
- Neonatal sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- The genetics underlying NEC as well as the impact of different molecules and drugs on the premature gut
- Mechanisms of lung development, injury and repair in order to design new treatments for incurable lung diseases
- Vitamin D in neonates
- PDA management in the premature infant and in rational use of antibiotics in the NICU
- Early determinants of long-term outcomes
- Use of point of care ultrasound including targeted neonatal echocardiography (TNEcho)