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Ariel Salas

Director, Helping Babies Feed Program and NEC/Short Bowel Prevention Program · University of Alabama Hospital

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History

Mother’s Milk Bank of Alabama · University of Alabama Hospital
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Continuing Care Nursery · University of Alabama Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital
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Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of Alabama Hospital
2010–2013
The Children’s Hospital Dr Ovidio Aliaga U
2004–2007
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Master of Science in Public Health
UNIV MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ
2000–2004

Research

Prospective analysis of pulmonary hypertension in extremely low birth weight infants
PEDIATRICS · 2012 · 296 citations
A Comparison of 3 Vitamin D Dosing Regimens in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Journal of Pediatrics · 2016 · 91 citations
Histological characteristics of the fetal inflammatory response associated with neurodevelopmental impairment and death in extremely preterm infants
The Journal of Pediatrics · 2013 · First of 8 authors · 80 citations

Waldemar Carlo
28 papers
Namasivayam Ambalavanan
16 papers
Colm Travers
7 papers · 1 as a fellow
MR
Maria Romero-Lopez
6 papers
RB
Ramachandra Bhat
5 papers · 2 as a fellow
AA
Anisha Attawala
4 papers · 4 as a fellow
Edward Bell
4 papers
Myriam Peralta-Carcelen
4 papers
Samuel Gentle
4 papers
Amy Hair
3 papers
FM
Fernando Moya
3 papers
JR
Jackie Razzaghy
3 papers · 3 as a fellow

Grants

A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Two Human Milk Volumes to Optimize Growth and Gut Health in Infants Born Very Preterm
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R01
Contact PI · $886.8K · University of Alabama at Birmingham
2025–2030
High-Energy Human Milk Diets in the First Two Weeks After Birth to Reduce the Severity of Respiratory Morbidity in Extremely Preterm Infants
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R34
Contact PI · $180.9K · University of Alabama at Birmingham
2026–2029
Early Life Protein-Enriched Human Milk Diets to Increase Lean Body Mass Accretion and Diversity of the Gut Microbiome in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Trial
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · K23
Contact PI · $774.4K · University of Alabama at Birmingham
2020–2025

Clinical trials

High-energy Human Milk Diets in the First Two Weeks After Birth to Reduce BPD in Extremely Preterm Infants
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 1, Phase 2
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2026–2029
Milk And Growth In Children (MAGIC) Born Very Preterm: A Randomized Trial
Principal investigator · Recruiting
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2025–2030
Early Human Milk Fortification After Early, Exclusive, Enteral Nutrition in Very Preterm Infants
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2022–2027
Nutritive Sucking Patterns in Premature Infants
Principal investigator · Withdrawn
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2021–2023