Dr. Shuying Lin is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Mississippi Medical Center. She earned her BS in Clinical Medicine and PhD in Biomedical Science from Fudan University in 1994 and 1999, respectively. She completed her DPT in Physical Therapy from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2016. She is also a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and APTA-MS, Nominating Committee.
Dr. Norma Ojeda is a
Professor and the Chair at the School of Medicine, Department of Advanced
Biomedical Education, The University of Mississippi Medical Center. She earned
her medical degree from the National University of Asuncion in Paraguay (South
America) in 1990. Dr. Ojeda joined the Department of Pediatrics at the
University of Mississippi Medical Center in March 2009 as an Assistant
Professor. Her research interest is focused on the field of developmental origins
of diseases, women’s health and gender disparities. She develops basic science,
clinical and translational research protocols to investigate the effects of
adverse events on fetal development and its consequences on an individual’s
health later in life. She applies experimental models to investigate the
mechanisms involved in low birth weight, necrotizing enterocolitis,
prematurity, cardiovascular and renal diseases, and stroke. Also, she utilizes
clinical and translational studies to examine the early detection of biomarkers
for necrotizing enterocolitis; the susceptibility of low birth weight infants
to ischemic injuries; and the composition of human milk and its effects on
infant development.
Dr. Lir-Wan Fan received
her PhD (2002) in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of
Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). She was trained as a postdoctoral research
fellow at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (2002–2003) and the Department of Pediatrics
(Neonatology Division), UMMC (2003–2004). She is currently a Professor in the
Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology Division), UMMC. Her research
investigates the mechanisms involved in the long-term adverse effects of
perinatal brain inflammation on hypoxia-ischemia, intrauterine growth
restriction, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and late-onset neurodegenerative
diseases, such as idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, and provides valuable information for developing
strategies in prevention and therapeutic treatments of neurodegenerative
diseases. More recently, her research investigated optimizing matrix to improve
bone healing and preserve the neural architecture and function in the
underlying brain parenchyma in young animals with traumatic brain injury.
Her work has been published in leading journals in the neuroscience and
pediatric fields. She is a Fellow of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences and
she serves as a Director for the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) Council,
Editorial Review Board Member for several scientific journals, and as a
reviewer of many international journal articles.
Dr. Abhay Bhatt is a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Research in the Division of Newborn Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics at UMMC. He earned his MBBS and MD from Gujarat University in 1989 and 1992, respectively. He completed an MD in Pediatrics from Children’s Medical Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York in 1996 and an MD in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine from the University of Rochester in 1999. His primary research interests are hypoxic-ischemic (HI), oxygen, inflammation, and steroid-induced injury to the developing brain. His long-term research goals are to understand how to target molecular mechanisms causing ongoing brain damage following these insults to develop improved strategies for the prevention and treatment of brain injury in newborn infants and to develop corticosteroids regimens for the treatment of chronic lung disease of prematurity and vasopressor-resistant hypotension without any major toxicity, particularly neurotoxicity. As a neonatologist, Dr. Bhatt supports the mission of the newborn division to achieve the highest standards of performance to provide support for critically ill and preterm newborn infants and their families through compassionate clinical care. He also supervises quality improvement projects in the NICU.
Dr. Yi Pang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (since 2017). He received his MD from Lanzhou Medical College in 1992 and his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998. He has been engaging in research and teaching in the Neuroscience field for more than 20 years. His original research work greatly contributed to neurodevelopmental disorders especially white matter brain injury in premature babies, as evidenced by more than 59 published manuscripts, 54 abstracts, and 3 book chapters in the neuroscience field. His reputation as a leading researcher in the field is also evidenced by extensive citations of his research work by others. He has been an editorial board member and reviewer for numerous scientific journals and grant agencies.