My research interest in epidemiology is the etiology of perinatal retina and brain disease. I am particularly interested in a scenario that postulates a major role for intrauterine infection as an initiator of maternal and fetal inflammatory responses that, in turn, contribute to the development of brain white matter damage and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) among preterm newborns. My primary ongoing research project (with colleagues Alan Leviton, Liz Allred, and Mike O'Shea) is the epidemiologic analysis of data from the ELGAN study, a multicenter study of ~1500 preterm infants born at
Moral philosophy; philosophy of mind; philosophy of film; the perspectives of philosophical naturalism; the free-will controversy; theory of action; metaphysics; philosophy and cognitive science; history of Renaissance and early modern philosophy
