Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Pediatric Neonatology, Duke University School of Medicine 2012 - 2016
  • M.H.S., Duke University School of Medicine 2015
  • Pediatric Residency, Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Medical School 2008 - 2011
  • M.D., University of Minnesota, Medical School 2008
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Neonatology, Pediatrics 2016 - 2020
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • FEB 16, 2017

    Duke Health News

    More Extremely Preterm Babies Survive, Live Without Neurological Impairment
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • The Microbiome and Metabolism in Postnatal Growth Failure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2023
  • Very Low Birthweight (VLBW) Preterm Infant Skin Health with Bundled Care in the NICU: A RCT awarded by Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC 2017 - 2019
  • Growth Failure in Extremely Preterm Infants: Microbiomic and Metabolomic Analysis awarded by Gerber Foundation 2014 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • McCann, Jessica R., Nathan A. Bihlmeyer, Kimberly Roche, Cameron Catherine, Jayanth Jawahar, Lydia Coulter Kwee, Noelle E. Younge, et al. “The Pediatric Obesity Microbiome and Metabolism Study (POMMS): Methods, Baseline Data, and Early Insights.” Obesity (Silver Spring) 29, no. 3 (March 2021): 569–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23081.
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    • Younge, Noelle E. “Probiotics in routine clinical care of moderately preterm infants.” Am J Clin Nutr 112, no. 5 (November 11, 2020): 1153–54. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa257.
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    • Puia-Dumitrescu, Mihai, Noelle Younge, Daniel K. Benjamin, Katie Lawson, Cordelia Hume, Kennedy Hill, Jonathan Mengistu, et al. “Medications and in-hospital outcomes in infants born at 22-24 weeks of gestation.” J Perinatol 40, no. 5 (May 2020): 781–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-020-0614-4.
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    • Rysavy, Matthew A., Jeffrey D. Horbar, Edward F. Bell, Lei Li, Lucy T. Greenberg, Jon E. Tyson, Ravi M. Patel, et al. “Assessment of an Updated Neonatal Research Network Extremely Preterm Birth Outcome Model in the Vermont Oxford Network.” Jama Pediatr 174, no. 5 (May 1, 2020): e196294. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.6294.
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    • Puia-Dumitrescu, Mihai, Rachel G. Greenberg, Noelle Younge, Margarita Bidegain, C Michael Cotten, Martin McCaffrey, Amy Murtha, et al. “Disparities in the use of antenatal corticosteroids among women with hypertension in North Carolina.” J Perinatol 40, no. 3 (March 2020): 456–62. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0555-y.
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    • Younge, Noelle, Jessica R. McCann, Julie Ballard, Catherine Plunkett, Suhail Akhtar, Félix Araújo-Pérez, Amy Murtha, Debra Brandon, and Patrick C. Seed. “Fetal exposure to the maternal microbiota in humans and mice.” Jci Insight 4, no. 19 (October 3, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.127806.
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    • Natarajan, Girija, Seetha Shankaran, Tracy L. Nolen, Amaanti Sridhar, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Susan R. Hintz, Dale L. Phelps, et al. “Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Retinopathy of Prematurity by Treatment.” Pediatrics 144, no. 2 (August 2019). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-3537.
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    • Younge, Noelle E., Christopher B. Newgard, C Michael Cotten, Ronald N. Goldberg, Michael J. Muehlbauer, James R. Bain, Robert D. Stevens, et al. “Disrupted Maturation of the Microbiota and Metabolome among Extremely Preterm Infants with Postnatal Growth Failure.” Sci Rep 9, no. 1 (June 3, 2019): 8167. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44547-y.
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    • Younge, Noelle E., Félix Araújo-Pérez, Debra Brandon, and Patrick C. Seed. “Early-life skin microbiota in hospitalized preterm and full-term infants.” Microbiome 6, no. 1 (May 31, 2018): 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0486-4.
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    • Younge, Noelle, Ricki F. Goldstein, C Michael Cotten, and C Michael Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. “Survival and Neurodevelopment of Periviable Infants.” N Engl J Med 376, no. 19 (May 11, 2017): 1890–91. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1703379.
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    • Louie, Raymond J., Queenie K-G Tan, Jennifer B. Gilner, R Curtis Rogers, Noelle Younge, Stephanie B. Wechsler, Marie T. McDonald, et al. “Novel pathogenic variants in FOXP3 in fetuses with echogenic bowel and skin desquamation identified by ultrasound.” Am J Med Genet A 173, no. 5 (May 2017): 1219–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.38144.
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    • Younge, Noelle, Ricki F. Goldstein, Carla M. Bann, Susan R. Hintz, Ravi M. Patel, P Brian Smith, Edward F. Bell, et al. “Survival and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes among Periviable Infants.” N Engl J Med 376, no. 7 (February 16, 2017): 617–28. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1605566.
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    • Younge, Noelle, Qing Yang, and Patrick C. Seed. “Enteral High Fat-Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Blend Alters the Pathogen Composition of the Intestinal Microbiome in Premature Infants with an Enterostomy.” J Pediatr 181 (February 2017): 93-101.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.053.
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    • Younge, Noelle, P Brian Smith, Kathryn E. Gustafson, William Malcolm, Patricia Ashley, C Michael Cotten, Ronald N. Goldberg, and Ricki F. Goldstein. “Improved survival and neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely premature infants born near the limit of viability.” Early Hum Dev 95 (April 2016): 5–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.01.015.
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    • Bidegain, M., and N. Younge. “Comfort care vs palliative care: Is there a difference in neonates?” Neoreviews 16, no. 6 (June 1, 2015): e333–39. https://doi.org/10.1542/neo.16-6-e333.
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    • Younge, N., P. B. Smith, R. N. Goldberg, D. H. Brandon, C. Simmons, C. M. Cotten, and M. Bidegain. “Impact of a palliative care program on end-of-life care in a neonatal intensive care unit.” J Perinatol 35, no. 3 (March 2015): 218–22. https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2014.193.
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    • Ramel, Sara E., Ellen W. Demerath, Heather L. Gray, Noelle Younge, Christopher Boys, and Michael K. Georgieff. “The relationship of poor linear growth velocity with neonatal illness and two-year neurodevelopment in preterm infants.” Neonatology 102, no. 1 (2012): 19–24. https://doi.org/10.1159/000336127.
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    • Ramel, Sara E., Heather L. Gray, Katie L. Ode, Noelle Younge, Michael K. Georgieff, and Ellen W. Demerath. “Body composition changes in preterm infants following hospital discharge: comparison with term infants.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 53, no. 3 (September 2011): 333–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182243aa7.
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