The California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi-CA) is committed to engaging investigators across a variety of disciplines and in partnership with communities to tackle the complex problem of preterm birth. In January 2016, we issued a call for proposals through the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) for innovative research from UCSF researchers and community-based collaborators. We received 25 proposals for 1-year pilot projects or 2-year studies. The proposals received scientific peer review through RAP as well as community review from local women at risk for preterm birth.
We are pleased to announce that PTBi-CA awarded a total of $1,833,733 to 19 new studies beginning July 2016. This research reflects the breadth of our aims and scope. The newly funded projects include basic science studies designed to better understand the role of infection in preterm delivery; human studies to identify risks and protective factors for poor birth outcomes; new technologies to improve care for vulnerable preterm infants; and interventions to enhance the skills of prenatal care providers and community health workers who serve women at risk for preterm birth.
PTBi-CA will convene a fall gathering of the funded investigators, providing an opportunity for them to connect and learn about one another’s work. Additionally, a research symposium is planned for November 2017 for all PTBi-CA investigators to share their results or works in progress.
We expect to issue a more targeted call for proposals with the Fall RAP cycle, scheduled to open for applications on August 22, 2016.
PTBi-CA will fund the following research projects beginning July 2016:
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Discovery Research
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Principal Investigator, UCSF Department or Other Affiliation
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OMX, a novel oxygen carrying protein, for resuscitation in preterm delivery secondary to placental under-perfusion states
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Jeffrey Fineman, MD
Pediatrics
Emin Maltepe, MD, PhD
Pediatrics
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Is preterm birth associated with air pollution from oil and gas power plants in California? A natural experiment
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Joan Casey, PhD, MA
Psychiatry
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Testing exposure to local immigration enforcement as a structural determinant of preterm birth disparities in California counties
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Jaqueline Torres, PhD
School of Medicine
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Exploring the dual burden of severe maternal morbidity and preterm birth in California
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Audrey Lyndon, PhD, RN
Family Health Care Nursing
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San Francisco Preterm Fetal Infant Mortality Review (SF PFIMR)
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Rebecca Jackson, MD
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
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Stress, resilience and coping in Hispanic women in Fresno: The SOLARS study expansion
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Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN
Family Health Care Nursing
Anu Manchikanti Gomez, PhD, MSc
School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
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Persistent human cytomegalovirus infection of the amnion in preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction
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Takako Tabata, PhD
Cell & Tissue Biology
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Visualization of individual and environmental risks and protectors for preterm birth in Fresno county
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Marta Jankowska, PhD
Family Medicine and Public Health, UC San Diego
Christina Chambers, PhD
Pediatrics, UC San Diego
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Cumulative risk for preterm birth by characteristics and biomarkers across pregnancies in African-American women
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Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, PhD
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kelli Ryckman, PhD
Epidemiology, University of Iowa
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Qualifying risk: Exploring how life course stress experiences influence the risk of preterm birth among Black women
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Leslie Dubbin, PhD, MPH, RN
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN
Family Health Care Nursing
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Race/ethnicity and sociodemographic variation in resuscitation and outcomes of extreme prematurity in a population-based cohort in California
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Elizabeth Rogers, MD
Pediatrics
James Anderson, MD
Pediatrics
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Clinical and metabolomic characteristics of pulmonary hypertension and respiratory distress syndrome in infants < 34 weeks of gestation and their predictive effect on chronic lung disease
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Martina Steurer Miller, MD
Pediatrics
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Intervention Research
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Principal Investigator, UCSF Department or Other Affiliation
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Postpartum contraceptive decision support tool
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Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS
Family and Community Medicine
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Using community health workers for preterm birth prevention
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Melanie Thomas, MD, MS
Psychiatry
Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH
Family and Community Medicine
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Periviable GOALS: Formative research to create a decision support tool for periviable decision-making
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Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
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Informing model articulation by eliciting the family experience: A pilot study of the Special Start neonatal follow up program
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Laura Frame, PhD, LCSW
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
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Perceptions and availability of postpartum contraception among women and health care providers following preterm birth
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Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, PhD
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
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Social Determinants of Health, Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) Factors
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Danielle Hessler, PhD
Family and Community Medicine
Dayna Long, MD
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
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Clinical accuracy of a new method to wirelessly monitor skin temperature in preterm neonates using adhesive-imbedded sensors
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Linda Franck, PhD, RN
Department of Family Health Care Nursing
Todd Coleman, PhD
Institute of Engineering and Medicine, UC San Diego
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