Elizabeth Yen, M.D. – 2021

Elizabeth Yen

Elizabeth Yen, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Tufts Medical Center Globe Twitter Salivary Transcriptomic Analysis to Understand Sex-Dependent Inflammatory Effects of Prenatal Opioid Exposure on the Brain Reward Signaling Infants born to mothers who use opioid drugs during pregnancy are at risk for withdrawal signs, known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Hospital staff determines the […]

Jonathan M. Davis, M.D. – 2017

Jonathan M. Davis, M.D. Chief of Newborn Medicine Tufts Medical Center Linkedin Globe Twitter Establishing Risk in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome The use of opioids and other psychiatric drugs during pregnancy is a major public health problem, causing drug withdrawal in infants called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). The incidence of NAS has increased 6 fold in […]