Kristie McNealy, MD

Mahua Choudhury, a neonatology research fellow at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was recently granted $100,000 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study preeclampsia, a condition that is a major cause of  preterm birth and maternal death.  Choudhury’s project, “A Sensitive Epigenic Tool for Prediction of Preeclampsia” was one of 88 [...]

Life in the neonatal intensive care is intense, and with the relative chaos and frequent pressure to “do anything” to save these tiny lives, many of the medications now in common use are actually poorly tested.  A new study by Pediatrix Medical Group researchers has found that the use of educational programs and automated feedback [...]

As the mom of two preemies, and a March of Dimes Mom, the March of Dimes is a charity which holds a special place in my heart.  Without research funded by the March of Dimes, my younger daughter and many kids like her probably wouldn’t be alive today. Research and NICU support services take money [...]