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Last published 2026
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Vonita Chawla

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Assistant Professor (Neonatology)

UAMS

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2024); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025)

Faculty Researcher

1 h-index 5 pubs 4 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Brain Diseases
  • Female
  • Neuronal Plasticity
  • Pregnancy
  • Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain
  • Gestational Age
  • Infant, Extremely Premature
  • Umbilical Cord Clamping
  • Infant, Premature
  • Machine Learning
  • Brain
  • Electroencephalography

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Vonita Chawla's research focuses on neurodevelopmental outcomes in newborns, particularly concerning conditions like neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Her work investigates emerging methods for neuroprognostication, including the application of artificial intelligence. Chawla has also examined practice variations in therapeutic hypothermia for neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, specifically in those with congenital heart disease. Her publications also explore the impact of prenatal factors, such as growth factors, on brainstem microglial cell morphology in neonatal rat models of necrotizing enterocolitis. Additionally, she has contributed commentary on clinical trial methodologies and outcomes related to periviable neonates and cord milking practices.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 5
  • Citations: 4

Selected Publications

  • Emerging modalities for neuroprognostication in neonatal encephalopathy: harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence (2025)
    Pediatric Research 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Brainstem microglial cell morphology in neonatal rats with necrotizing enterocolitis and the effects of prenatal heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (2025)
    World Journal of Pediatric Surgery 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Practice variation in therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy among neonates with congenital heart disease in the United States (2024)
    Journal of Perinatology DOI OpenAlex
  • <scp>EBNEO</scp> Commentary: Management and outcomes of periviable neonates born at 22 weeks of gestation: A single‐center experience in Japan (2024)
    Acta Paediatrica 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • <scp>EBNEO</scp> commentary on “umbilical cord milking in nonvigorous infants: A cluster‐randomised crossover trial” (2022)
    Acta Paediatrica DOI OpenAlex

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