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Overview

Josef Neu is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and nursing, with a focus on nutrition and dietetics, epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to infant nutrition and health, neonatal respiratory health, breastfeeding practices and influences, gut microbiota and health, infant development and preterm care, and clinical nutrition and gastroenterology.

Frequent publication venues for Josef Neu include the American Journal of Perinatology, Journal of Perinatology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Pediatric Research.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Josef Neu are:

  • Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The Future, 2020, Neonatology

Other notable recent papers listed in related research fields include:

  • Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Newborns as a Challenge for an Appropriate Nutrition, 2022, Nutrients
  • Multiomics, artificial intelligence, and precision medicine in perinatology, 2022, Pediatric Research
  • Assessment of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Practices and Preterm Newborn Gut Microbiota and 2-Year Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Antibiotics and the developing intestinal microbiome, metabolome and inflammatory environment in a randomized trial of preterm infants, 2021, Scientific Reports

Josef Neu collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Leslie A. Parker, Diomel de la Cruz, Dominick J. Lemas, Nicole Cacho, and Vivian Valcarce.

Best Publications

  • Enteral nutrient supply for preterm infants: commentary from the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Committee on Nutrition

    C Agostoni;G Buonocore;VP Carnielli;M De Curtis

  • Toward defining the autoimmune microbiome for type 1 diabetes

    Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano;David B. Crabb;Nabanita Mukherjee

  • Gut Microbiome Metagenomics Analysis Suggests a Functional Model for the Development of Autoimmunity for Type 1 Diabetes

    Christopher T. Brown;Austin G. Davis-Richardson;Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano

  • Intestinal dysbiosis in preterm infants preceding necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mohan Pammi;Julia Cope;Phillip I. Tarr;Barbara B. Warner

  • The “Perfect Storm” for Type 1 Diabetes: The Complex Interplay Between Intestinal Microbiota, Gut Permeability, and Mucosal Immunity

    Outi Vaarala;Mark A. Atkinson;Josef Neu

  • Cesarean versus Vaginal Delivery: Long term infant outcomes and the Hygiene Hypothesis

    Josef Neu;Jona Rushing

  • Fecal microbiota in premature infants prior to necrotizing enterocolitis.

    Volker Mai;Christopher Michael Young;Maria Ukhanova;Xiaoyu Wang

  • Meconium microbiome analysis identifies bacteria correlated with premature birth.

    Alexandria N. Ardissone;Diomel M. de la Cruz;Austin G. Davis-Richardson;Kevin T. Rechcigl

  • Intestinal microbial ecology in premature infants assessed with non-culture-based techniques.

    Maka Mshvildadze;Josef Neu;Jonathan Shuster;Douglas Theriaque

  • Necrotizing enterocolitis: the search for a unifying pathogenic theory leading to prevention.

    Josef Neu

  • Alive and Dead Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Decrease Tumor Necrosis Factor-α–Induced Interleukin-8 Production in Caco-2 Cells

    Liyan Zhang;Nan Li;Ricardo Caicedo;Josef Neu

  • Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2 mitigates the development of type 1 diabetes in BB-DP rats.

    Ricardo Valladares;Dhyana Sankar;Nan Li;Emily Williams

  • Gastrointestinal development and meeting the nutritional needs of premature infants

    Josef Neu

  • Enteral glutamine supplementation for very low birth weight infants decreases morbidity.

    Josef Neu;Juan C. Roig;William H. Meetze;Mark Veerman

  • Tight junctions, leaky intestines, and pediatric diseases.

    Z Liu;N Li;J Neu

  • Molecular Modulation of Intestinal Epithelial Barrier: Contribution of Microbiota

    Renu Sharma;Christopher Young;Josef Neu

  • Culture-independent identification of gut bacteria correlated with the onset of diabetes in a rat model.

    Luiz F W Roesch;Graciela L Lorca;George Casella;Adriana Giongo

  • Distortions in Development of Intestinal Microbiota Associated with Late Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants

    Volker Mai;Roberto Murgas Torrazza;Maria Ukhanova;Xiaoyu Wang

  • Effect of intestinal microbial ecology on the developing brain.

    Martha Douglas-Escobar;Elizabeth Elliott;Josef Neu

  • The developing intestinal microbiome and its relationship to health and disease in the neonate.

    Murgas Torrazza R;Neu J

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric W. Triplett
Eric W. Triplett University of Florida
Volker Mai
Volker Mai University of Florida
Mark A. Atkinson
Mark A. Atkinson University of Florida
Clive Wasserfall
Clive Wasserfall University of Florida
Desmond A. Schatz
Desmond A. Schatz University of Florida
Maria B. Grant
Maria B. Grant University of Alabama at Birmingham
George Casella
George Casella University of Florida
Jonathan J. Shuster
Jonathan J. Shuster University of Florida
Heikki Hyöty
Heikki Hyöty Tampere University
Christian Jobin
Christian Jobin University of Florida

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