Sandra Juul, MD, PhD
University of Washington
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About the Speaker: Professor Sandra Juul, MD, PhD is Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington. Dr. Juul leads a translational neonatal neuroscience research program and has been continuously NIH funded for over 25 years. The focus of her research is to identify new therapeutic approaches to neonatal brain injury, determine whether they are safe and effective, and if so, bring these new treatments from the laboratory to the bedside. Dr. Juul has been principal investigator on two large phase III trials to evaluate Erythropoietin as a neuroprotective agent and is currently leading a trial to decrease transfusions while maintaining iron sufficiency in preterm infants. She is now Director of the Institute on Human Development and Disability as well as the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), which are dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities.
For Further Information, Contact: Clark Kellogg at kellogg@waisman.wisc.edu
The seminar series is funded by the John D. Wiley Conference Center Fund, the Friends of the Waisman Center and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) grant P50HD105353.
