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Nicholas Guerina is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Brown University. His research primarily focuses on global health initiatives aimed at improving neonatal survival in developing countries. He specializes in developing innovative and cost-effective strategies to decrease neonatal mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa by advancing health care systems. His current research efforts include the prevention and management of congenital Toxoplasma gondii infections and perinatally acquired bacterial infections. Guerina has conducted randomized-controlled studies and operational research to assess the efficacy and programmatic impact of interventions designed to reduce neonatal mortality within developing healthcare systems. He played a key role in the Massachusetts State Laboratory's Newborn Screening Program, which was initiated in 1986 to screen newborn infants for congenital toxoplasma infections using detection methods for toxoplasma-specific IgM in dried blood spot specimens. His findings have been published and continue to influence current recommendations regarding the management of infected infants.
Department: Department of Economics