Overview
Sharla Rent is a neonatologist and an affiliate of the Duke Global Health Institute. Her research focuses on perinatal bereavement, stigma surrounding stillbirth or neonatal death, neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings, and database analysis of perinatal outcomes.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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2025 - Present
Pediatrics, Neonatology,
Pediatrics
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
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2023 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Improving Rates of Delayed Cord Clamping in Ethiopian Hospitals: A Virtual Quality Collaborative.
Journal Article Pediatrics · January 1, 2026 OBJECTIVE: Although curricula to teach quality improvement (QI) methodology exist for global settings, ongoing mentorship and support to implement QI practices have not been well established. Leveraging the ECHO methodology, we taught a basic QI curriculum ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteArtificial Womb Technology for Extremely Premature Neonates: Preclinical Neurodevelopmental Outcomes.
Journal Article Children (Basel) · December 30, 2025 In this narrative review, we examine current neurological and neurodevelopmental outcomes associated with extreme prematurity, specifically in infants born between 22 and 24 weeks of gestational age. In addition, we explore the scientific and clinical rati ... Full text Link to item CiteA model for global health education through the Ethiopian newborn quality improvement ECHO initiative.
Journal Article J Perinatol · December 9, 2025 OBJECTIVE: The Ethiopian Newborn Quality Improvement (EN-QI) Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) promoted the implementation of Helping Babies Survive training in eight Ethiopian health facilities. The initiative incorporated U.S based Neona ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Supporting Families after Perinatal Loss in Tanzania
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center · 2022 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine ·
2013
M.D.