Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
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2021 - Present
Anesthesiology, Women's,
Anesthesiology
Recent Scholarly Works
Differential methylation at novel putative imprinting control regions on chromosome 20 associated with childhood obesity.
Journal article Epigenetics · December 2026 DNA methylation may link early-life exposures to later obesity risk; however, most studies examine individual CpG sites using commercial arrays that cover < 5% of the genome and often overlook biologically relevant regulatory regions. Imprinting control re ... Full text Link to item CiteEnvironmental exposures and epigenetic alterations in common chronic diseases: insights and challenges.
Journal article Environ Epigenet · 2026 Exposure to environmental factors including contaminants and social conditions is implicated in a substantial proportion of common non-communicable diseases, and data from model systems repeatedly demonstrate that the process from environmental contributio ... Full text Link to item CiteCT-001, a novel fast-clearing factor VIIa, enhanced the hemostatic activity in postpartum samples.
Journal article Blood Adv · January 23, 2024 The hemostatic system is upregulated to protect pregnant mothers from hemorrhage during childbirth. Studies of the details just before and after delivery, however, are lacking. Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) has recently been granted approval by the Euro ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
2/3 CTSA K12 Program at Duke University
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · 2025 - 2030Large-scale Implementation of Community Co-led Maternal Sepsis Care Practices to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Maternal Infection
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2027Pilot Study Evaluating the Clinical Performance of the Quantra with the QStat Cartridge at the Point-of-Care in Obstetric Patients
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HemoSonics, LLC · 2023 - 2024View All Grants
Education
Faculty of Medical Sciences ·
1998
M.B.B.S.