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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael R. DeBaun is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in Genetics, Hematology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Iron Metabolism and Disorders, Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Bone and Joint Diseases, Child Nutrition and Water Access, and Reproductive Health and Contraception.

Notable recent papers authored by Michael R. DeBaun include:

  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disease in children and adults (2020, Blood Advances)
  • Defining global strategies to improve outcomes in sickle cell disease: a Lancet Haematology Commission (2023, The Lancet Haematology)
  • Leukemia after gene therapy for sickle cell disease: insertional mutagenesis, busulfan, both, or neither (2021, Blood)
  • Moderate fixed-dose hydroxyurea for primary prevention of strokes in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease: Final results of the SPIN trial (2020, American Journal of Hematology)
  • Epidemiology and treatment of priapism in sickle cell disease (2022, Hematology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael R. DeBaun are:

  • Mark Rodeghier
  • Adetola A. Kassim
  • Lori C. Jordan
  • Shehu U. Abdullahi
  • Safiya Gambo

The scientist's research has been published extensively in several journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Blood
  • Blood Advances
  • Pediatric Research
  • American Journal of Hematology
  • Hematology

Michael R. DeBaun has been recognized with several professional distinctions, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011, a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2009, and a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Association of In Vitro Fertilization with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and Epigenetic Alterations of LIT1 and H19

    Michael R. DeBaun;Emily L. Niemitz;Andrew P. Feinberg

  • Newborn Screening: Toward a Uniform Screening Panel and System—Executive Summary

    Michael S. Watson;Marie Y. Mann;Michele A. Lloyd-Puryear;Piero Rinaldo

  • Controlled trial of transfusions for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia

    Michael R DeBaun;Mae Gordon;Robert C McKinstry;Michael J Noetzel

  • Management of Stroke in Neonates and Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

    Donna M. Ferriero;Heather J. Fullerton;Timothy J. Bernard;Lori Billinghurst

  • Risk of cancer during the first four years of life in children from The Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Registry

    Michael R. DeBaun;Margaret A. Tucker

  • Loss of imprinting of a paternally expressed transcript, with antisense orientation to KVLQT1, occurs frequently in Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome and is independent of insulin-like growth factor II imprinting

    Maxwell P. Lee;Michael R. DeBaun;Kohzoh Mitsuya;Heidi L. Galonek

  • Longitudinal changes in brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in children with sickle cell disease

    Charles H. Pegelow;Eric A. Macklin;Franklin G. Moser;Winfred C. Wang

  • Silent cerebral infarcts: a review on a prevalent and progressive cause of neurologic injury in sickle cell anemia

    Michael R. DeBaun;F. Daniel Armstrong;Robert C. McKinstry;Russell E. Ware

  • Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Sickle Cell Anemia: A Risk Factor Analysis

    Thomas R. Kinney;Lynn A. Sleeper;Winfred C. Wang;Robert A. Zimmerman

  • Epigenetic alterations of H19 and LIT1 distinguish patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome with cancer and birth defects.

    Michael R. DeBaun;Michael R. DeBaun;Emily L. Niemitz;D. Elizabeth McNeil;Sheri A. Brandenburg

  • Poor school and cognitive functioning with silent cerebral infarcts and sickle cell disease

    J. Schatz;R. T. Brown;J. M. Pascual;L. Hsu

  • Silent infarction as a risk factor for overt stroke in children with sickle cell anemia: a report from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease.

    Scott T. Miller;Eric A. Macklin;Charles H. Pegelow;Thomas R. Kinney

  • American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular disease in children and adults

    M. R. DeBaun;L. C. Jordan;A. A. King;J. Schatz

  • Association between Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and assisted reproductive technology: a case series of 19 patients.

    Aimee S. Chang;Kelle H. Moley;Michael Wangler;Andrew P. Feinberg

  • Central nervous system complications and management in sickle cell disease

    Michael R. DeBaun;Fenella J. Kirkham

  • Risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell disease receiving blood transfusion therapy for at least five years after initial stroke.

    Douglas J. Scothorn;Cynthia Price;Daniel Schwartz;Cindy Terrill

  • Asthma is associated with acute chest syndrome and pain in children with sickle cell anemia

    Jessica H. Boyd;Eric A. Macklin;Robert C. Strunk;Michael R. DeBaun

  • Racial disparity in the frequency of recurrence of preterm birth

    Zachary A.-F. Kistka;Lisanne Palomar;Kirstin A. Lee;Sarah E. Boslaugh

  • Silent cerebral infarcts occur despite regular blood transfusion therapy after first strokes in children with sickle cell disease

    Monica L. Hulbert;Robert C. McKinstry;JoAnne L. Lacey;Christopher J. Moran

  • Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in neurofibromatosis 1.

    Allison A. King;Michael R. Debaun;Michael R. Debaun;Vincent M. Riccardi;David H. Gutmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Strunk
Robert C. Strunk Washington University in St. Louis
Fenella J. Kirkham
Fenella J. Kirkham University College London
Desirée A. White
Desirée A. White Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew P. Feinberg
Andrew P. Feinberg Johns Hopkins University
Manus J. Donahue
Manus J. Donahue Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bruce E. Compas
Bruce E. Compas Vanderbilt University
Michael A. Kraut
Michael A. Kraut Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Velma McBride Murry
Velma McBride Murry Vanderbilt University
Elliott Vichinsky
Elliott Vichinsky University of California, San Francisco

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