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Jennifer Faith Check, MD, MS

Research Interests

My research is primarily in early childhood outcomes and long-term outcomes of high-risk infants including growth and development.

Education: BS, University of North Carolina - Wilmington, 2000; MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006; MS, Wake Forest University, 2016
Residency: Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2009
Fellowship: Neonatology, Anne and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago North Western University, 2012
Board Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Memberships: American Academy of Pediatrics; North Carolina Medical Society
Positions: Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology
Departments and Affiliations: Pediatrics - Neonatology

Neurodevelopmental profiles of infants born <30 weeks gestation at 2 years of age. Camerota M, McGowan EC, Hofheimer JA, O'Shea TM, Carter BS, Helderman JB, Check J, Neal CR, Pastyrnak SL, Smith LM, Loncar CM, Sheinkopf SJ, Dansereau LM, DellaGrotta SA, Lester BM. Pediatr Res. 2021 Dec;
Prenatal risk factors and neonatal DNA methylation in very preterm infants. Camerota M, Graw S, Everson TM, McGowan EC, Hofheimer JA, O'Shea TM, Carter BS, Helderman JB, Check J, Neal CR, Pastyrnak SL, Smith LM, Dansereau LM, DellaGrotta SA, Marsit CJ, Lester BM. Clin Epigenetics. 2021 09; 13(1):171.
Neonatal Cranial Ultrasound Findings among Infants Born Extremely Preterm: Associations with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 10 Years of Age. Campbell H, Check J, Kuban KCK, Leviton A, Joseph RM, Frazier JA, Douglass LM, Roell K, Allred EN, Fordham LA, Hooper SR, Jara H, Paneth N, Mokrova I, Ru H, Santos HP, Fry RC, O'Shea TM. J Pediatr. 2021 10; 237:197-205.e4.
Early growth outcomes in very low birth weight infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or fetal growth restriction. Check J, Jensen ET, Skelton JA, Ambrosius WT, O'Shea TM. Pediatr Res. 2020 10; 88(4):601-604.
Improving care collaboration for NICU patients to decrease length of stay and readmission rate. Welch CD, Check J, O'Shea TM. BMJ Open Qual. 2017; 6(2):e000130.

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