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Tina Slusher

Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine · University of Minnesota

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History

University of Minnesota
Present

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
1983–1986
Pediatrics
1980–1983
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
1976–1980

Research

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and Rhesus disease of the newborn: incidence and impairment estimates for 2010 at regional and global levels
Systematic review or meta-analysis · Pediatric Research · 2013 · 291 citations
Burden of severe neonatal jaundice: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Paediatrics Open · 2017 · First of 10 authors · 133 citations
Why is kernicterus still a major cause of death and disability in low-income and middle-income countries?
Review · Archives of Disease in Childhood · 2014 · Last of 3 authors · 120 citations

Ashley Bjorklund
13 papers · 1 as a fellow
Troy Lund
10 papers
AK
Andrew Kiragu
7 papers
David Stevenson
7 papers
Katie Satrom
7 papers
YV
Yvonne Vaucher
6 papers
CH
Cynthia Howard
5 papers
Stephen John
5 papers · 5 as a fellow
Gwenyth Fischer
4 papers
IO
Ifelayo Ojo
4 papers · 1 as a resident
Michael Pitt
4 papers
Vinod Bhutani
4 papers

Grants

Development of a Neonatal Jaundice Treatment Accelerator by Circumferential Redirection of Unused Phototherapy Light onto the Infants Untreated Skin Surface
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R41
Contact PI · $229.2K · Arbor Grace, Inc.
2019–2021
Determining Prevalence of Acute Bilirubin Encephalopathy in Developing Countries
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R21
Contact PI · $223.3K · Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
2012–2015

Clinical trials

Testing A Visual Thermometer in Newborns and Young Infants
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Minnesota
2022–2023
Filtered Sunlight Phototherapy to Treat Significant Jaundice: Safety and Efficacy in Neonates
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Minnesota
2012–2013
Treatment of Neonatal Jaundice With Filtered Sunlight Phototherapy: Safety and Efficacy in African Neonates
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Minnesota
2011–2013
Determining Prevalence of Acute Bilirubin Encephalopathy in Developing Countries
Study chair · Completed
University of Minnesota
2012–2015