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Aloka Patel

Research Director for Neonatology · Rush University Medical Center

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History

Rush University Medical Center
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Neonatology Division · Rush University Medical Center
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Rush University Medical Center
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Washington University School of Medicine
2002–2003
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
St Louis Children's Hospital
1999–2002
Pediatrics
St Louis Children's Hospital
1996–1999
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
1992–1996

Research

An exclusively human milk-based diet is associated with a lower rate of necrotizing enterocolitis than a diet of human milk and bovine milk-based products
The Journal of Pediatrics · 2010 · 673 citations
Impact of early human milk on sepsis and health-care costs in very low birth weight infants
Journal of Perinatology · 2013 · First of 7 authors · Corresponding · 233 citations
Accuracy of methods for calculating postnatal growth velocity for extremely low birth weight infants
PEDIATRICS · 2005 · First of 4 authors · Corresponding · 207 citations

Rebecca Hoban
13 papers
HB
Harold Bigger
11 papers
Kousiki Patra
8 papers
JG
Jeffery Garland
4 papers
Rakhee Bowker
4 papers
Venkatesh Sampath
4 papers
Cynthia Blanco
3 papers
Jae Kim
3 papers
Jennifer Wicks
3 papers
Matthew Hamilton
3 papers · 3 as a fellow
YC
Yimin Chen
3 papers
Andy Jakubowicz
2 papers · 1 as a resident

Grants

Neurodevelopmental, Health, and Economic Outcomes at Preschool Age in Former Very Preterm Infants Randomized to An Economic Intervention to Support Mother's Own Milk
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R01
Contact PI · $1.2M · Rush University Medical Center
2025–2030
Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental, Economic and Nutritional Outcomes Among Former Very Low Birth Weight Infants from the Reducing Disparity in Mother's Own Milk (ReDiMOM) Trial
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R01
Contact PI · $2.7M · Rush University Medical Center
2022–2027
Reducing Disparity in Receipt of Mother’s Own Milk in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: An Economic Intervention to Improve Adherence to Sustained Maternal Breast Pump Use
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · R01
Contact PI · $3.4M · Rush University Medical Center
2020–2025
Barriers to Continued Provision of Human Milk for Black Mothers of VLBW Infants
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R03
Contact PI · $153.1K · Rush University Medical Center
2014–2016

Clinical trials

Preschool Outcomes of a Previous RCT - ReDiMOM (NCT04540575)
Principal investigator · Enrolling by invitation
Rush University Medical Center
2026–2030
Early Childhood (2-year) Outcomes Among Former VLBW From the ReDiMOM Trial
Principal investigator · Enrolling by invitation
Rush University Medical Center
2022–2027
Reducing Disparity in Receipt of Mother's Own Milk in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Principal investigator · Completed
Rush University Medical Center
2020–2025
Intravenous Fish Oils in the Treatment of Parenteral Nutrition Liver Injury
Principal investigator · Approved for marketing
Rush University Medical Center