Researchers aim to prevent global prematurity and stillbirths

• Fernando Barros – Investigator, Universidade Católica de Pelotas; Pelotas, Brazil
• Zulfiqar Bhutta. – Investigator, Aga Khan University; Karachi, Pakistan
• Mike Gravett – Investigator, University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle, WA, USA
• Tom Hansen - CEO of Children’s Hospital and Co-PI of the Program; Seattle, WA, USA
• Joy Lawn – Investigator, Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children-US; Cape Town, South Africa
• Craig Rubens - Principle Investigator, Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle, WA, USA
• Cynthia Stanton – Investigator, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Cesar Victora – Investigator, University of Pelotas; Pelotas, Brazil

The objectives of the Office for Prevention of Prematurity and Stillbirth are to; identify mechanisms, causes and risk factors for prematurity and stillbirths that will lead to the development of new diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic interventions around the globe.

For more information please visit: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/prematurity/

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