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Collaborators Dawn P. Misra, MHS, PhD
Collaborators Dawn P. Misra, MHS, PhD
 Dawn P. Misra, MHS, PhDAssociate Professor - Wayne State University, School of Medicine University Profile/Website Dr. Salafia and I have had a successful interdisciplinary collaboration that started several years ago when my interest was piqued in the role of the placenta with regard to preterm birth. Through my work on adverse pregnancy outcomes and pregnancy complications, I am seeking to contribute to a fuller understanding of the pathways which lead to optimal perinatal health. This has included an examination of social, psychosocial, and biomedical factors. In my collaborations with Dr. Salafia, I have gained an appreciation not only for studying the epidemiology of the placenta but also for a wide range of analytic approaches to the study of variables such as size and shape of the placenta. The parameters that describe the placenta cannot be easily measured and analyzed using standard epidemiologic methods. Dr. Salafia's pioneering work in probing the placenta to provide quantifiable and reliable data for epidemiologic research is invaluable in my own work. We recently submitted a grant application to examine how placental size and shape may predict childhood vascular and metabolic function, building on our collaborations around these issues. Research Links Automated and Reliable Analysis of Digitized Placental Histology Slides Acute Intraaamniotic Infection - Background Acute Intraaamniotic Infection - Placental Analytics's Goals MARS Abstract How the Placenta Grows Affects How the Baby Grows Asymmetric Placental and Chorionic Vascular Growth Modifies Birthweight for a Given Placental Weight Umbilical Cord Length Affects Age 7 BMI Independent Of Birth And Placental Weights Placental Proportions Affect Age 7 BMI Independent Of Birth And Placental Weights Downloads (right click and select "save target as") Dawn Misra - CV 2009 Biosketch - Word Document 2009 Biosketch - PDF |