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F. Sessions Cole
 Park J. White Professor of Pediatrics

F. Sessions Cole, M.D., the Park J. White Professor of Pediatrics, is the Director of the Division of Newborn Medicine, and he oversees the 52-bed neonatal intenstive care unit (NICU) at St. Louis Childern's Hospital. His research focuses inherited infant lung diseases, surfactant protein-B deficiency, ...

Expertise: newborn medicine, genetic lung disease in infants

Media assistance: (314) 286-0119 / leydigk@wustl.edu

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John Constantino
 Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry)

Constantino is an expert on genetic and environmental factors that influence early social development. In particular, he studies the genetic influences that contribute to autism. In other research he also is working with very young children and their parents, hoping to better understand the earliest ...

Expertise: autism, early social development, genetic influences on autistic social impairment, psychiatric disorders in children

Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu

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Michael DeBaun
 Professor of Pediatrics, Biostatistics and Neurology

Dr. DeBaun is a professor of pediatrics, biostatistics and neurology and directs the Sickle Cell Medical Treatment and Education Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology. He received a MPH in epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University ...

Expertise: overgrowth cancer predisposition syndromes, public health issues, sickle cell disease

Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu

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Jonathan Gitlin
 Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics

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Jonathan Gitlin, M.D., the Helene B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics and professor of pathology and immunology, specializes in arthritis, rheumatology and diseases and disorders of the immune system in children.

Expertise: Arthritis, immune system, children, rheumatology, pathology, immunology

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Keith Hruska
 Professor of nephrology

Hruska is a leader in studies of the links between the kidney and the skeleton, which can cause devastating side effects for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Kidneys and bones produce factors that support each other's development and maintenance, and when CKD damages the kidney and reduces ...

Expertise: kidney, chronic kidney disease, bone, bone weakening, adynamic bone disorder, secondary hyparathyroidism, bone morphogenetic protein

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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Diane Merritt
 Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Diane F. Merritt, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology specializes in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. She treats gynecologic disorders of infants, children, and teens. She has an interest in congenital abnormalities of the reproductive tract, genital injuries, and pelvic endometriosis, ...

Expertise: pediatric and adolescent gynecology, hormone therapy, pubertal disorders, menopause

Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu

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Bradley Thach
 Professor of Pediatrics

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Bradley T, Thach, M.D., professor of pediatrics, specializes in SIDS research, neonatal pulmonary disease and sleep apnea in infants. His research on SIDS prevention has helped reduce the number of infants deaths caused by the syndrome worldwide. Recently, he has designed a swaddle to help babies sleep ...

Expertise: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, sleep apnea, newborn medicine, SIDS, neonatal pulmonary disease, swaddling, spontaneous arousals, …

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