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Linda L. Wright is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with notable specialization in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Wright include Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies, Global Health and Epidemiology, and Health Disparities and Outcomes.

Wright has contributed to multiple publications, frequently appearing in venues such as UNC Libraries, PEDIATRICS, and Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. Their publication record includes the following papers:

  • Setting research priorities to improve global newborn health and prevent stillbirths by 2025 (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Helping Babies Breathe Global Development Alliance and the Power of Partnerships (2020, PEDIATRICS)
  • Stillbirth and early neonatal mortality in rural Central Africa (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Effects of Essential Newborn Care Training on Fresh Stillbirths and Early Neonatal Deaths by Maternal Education (2020, UNC Libraries)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Wright's scientific activity. Frequent coauthors include Elizabeth M. McClure, Antoinette Tshefu, Waldemar A. Carlo, Carl Bose, and Robert L. Goldenberg.

Best Publications

  • Whole-body hypothermia for neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

    Seetha Shankaran;Abbot R. Laptook;Richard A. Ehrenkranz;Jon E. Tyson

  • Late-Onset Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates: The Experience of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network

    Barbara J. Stoll;Nellie Hansen;Avroy A. Fanaroff;Linda L. Wright

  • Very low birth weight outcomes of the National Institute of Child health and human development neonatal research network, January 1995 through December 1996. NICHD Neonatal Research Network.

    James A. Lemons;Charles R. Bauer;William Oh;Sheldon B. Korones

  • Effect of Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes: NIH Consensus Development Panel on the Effect of Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes

    Larry C. Gilstrap;Robert Christensen;William H. Clewell;Mary E. D'Alton

  • Trends in neonatal morbidity and mortality for very low birthweight infants

    Avroy A. Fanaroff;Barbara J. Stoll;Linda L. Wright;Waldemar A. Carlo

  • Neurodevelopmental and Functional Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, 1993–1994

    Betty R. Vohr;Linda L. Wright;Anna M. Dusick;Lisa Mele

  • Growth in the neonatal intensive care unit influences neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants.

    Richard A. Ehrenkranz;Anna M. Dusick;Betty R. Vohr;Linda L. Wright

  • Early-onset sepsis in very low birth weight neonates : A report from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network

    Barbara J. Stoll;Tavia Gordon;Sheldon B. Korones;Seetha Shankaran

  • Validation of the National Institutes of Health consensus definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

    Richard A. Ehrenkranz;Michele C. Walsh;Betty R. Vohr;Alan H. Jobe

  • Longitudinal Growth of Hospitalized Very Low Birth Weight Infants

    Richard A. Ehrenkranz;Naji Younes;James A. Lemons;Avroy A. Fanaroff

  • Inhaled nitric oxide in full-term and nearly full-term infants with hypoxic respiratory failure

    E Stork;E Gorjanc;J Verter;N Younes

  • Changes in pathogens causing early-onset sepsis in very-low-birth-weight infants

    Barbara J. Stoll;Nellie Hansen;Avroy A. Fanaroff;Linda L. Wright

  • Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Anne W. Rimoin;Prime M. Mulembakani;Sara C. Johnston;James O. Lloyd Smith

  • Very low birth weight outcomes of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Network.

    M. Hack;J. D. Horbar;Michael Malloy;J. E. Tyson

  • Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants After Necrotizing Enterocolitis

    Susan R. Hintz;Douglas E. Kendrick;Barbara J. Stoll;Betty R. Vohr

  • Long-Term Effects of Indomethacin Prophylaxis in Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

    Barbara Schmidt;Peter Davis;Diane Moddemann;Arne Ohlsson

  • Beneficial Effects of Breast Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on the Developmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants at 18 Months of Age

    Betty R Vohr;Brenda B Poindexter;Anna M Dusick;Leslie T McKinley

  • Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn in the era before nitric oxide: practice variation and outcomes.

    Michele C. Walsh-Sukys;Jon E. Tyson;Linda L. Wright;Charles R. Bauer

  • Vitamin A supplementation for extremely-low-birth-weight infants

    J E Tyson;L L Wright;W Oh;K A Kennedy

  • Whole-Body Hypothermia for Neonates With Hypoxic???Ischemic Encephalopathy

    Seetha Shankaran;Abbot R. Laptook;Richard A. Ehrenkranz;Jon E. Tyson

Frequent Co-Authors

Waldemar A. Carlo
Waldemar A. Carlo University of Alabama at Birmingham
Seetha Shankaran
Seetha Shankaran Wayne State University
Elizabeth M. McClure
Elizabeth M. McClure University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard A. Ehrenkranz
Richard A. Ehrenkranz Yale University
William Oh
William Oh Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Barry M. Lester
Barry M. Lester Brown University
Robert L. Goldenberg
Robert L. Goldenberg Columbia University
Avroy A. Fanaroff
Avroy A. Fanaroff Case Western Reserve University
Barbara J. Stoll
Barbara J. Stoll The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Betty R. Vohr
Betty R. Vohr Brown University

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