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#351 - 🌍 Improving Neonatal Care in Bamenda Cameroon (Ft Dr. Kate Kan)
Hello friends 👋 In this episode, Mbozu and Shelly-Ann are joined by Dr Kate Kan, Consultant Pediatrician and the director of the...
Sep 10, 2025


#350 - What Happened to You? Dena Hubbard on Curiosity, Compassion, and Changing Neonatology
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna sit down with Dr. Dena Hubbard, neonatologist and Director of Quality at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital’s NICU. Dr. Hubbard is widely recognized for her leadership in trauma-informed care, physician well-being, and advocacy work within the American Academy of Pediatrics. She shares her journey from private practice to becoming a national voice for trauma-informed approaches in neonatal care. Dr. Hubbar
Sep 7, 2025


#349 - 🚀 NeoCarePal – The NICU’s New Digital Swiss Army Knife
Hello friends 👋 In this Tech Tuesday episode, Ben speaks with Jason Beyer, Business Unit Leader for the Care Franchise at Chiesi USA,...
Sep 3, 2025


#348 - 🚀 CPAP with Purpose: Supporting Babies in the Delivery Room and the NICU (Part 3)
Hello Friends 👋 In this Tech Tuesday episode , Ben speaks with Laurence Gulliver, General Manager for Humidification at Fisher & Paykel...
Sep 2, 2025


#347 -CPAP with Purpose: Supporting Babies in the Delivery Room and the NICU (Part 2)
Hello Friends 👋 In this episode of The Incubator Podcast, Dr. Guilherme Sant’Anna, Professor of Pediatrics at McGill University, joins Ben and Daphna to discuss his team’s work on implementing an early bubble CPAP protocol in the delivery room. Although CPAP has long been considered standard practice for preterm infants, Dr. Sant’Anna explains why intubation rates remain high in the most immature babies and how his group sought to change this pattern. The conversation review
Sep 1, 2025


#346 - CPAP with Purpose: Supporting Babies in the Delivery Room and the NICU (Part 1)
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of The Incubator Podcast, we welcome Dr. Cindy McEvoy, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Neonatal Research at OHSU, to discuss her work on the use of extended CPAP in preterm infants. CPAP has long been a cornerstone of neonatal care, but how long should stable infants remain on support? Dr. McEvoy shares findings from two randomized controlled trials that explored whether an additional two weeks of CPAP could promote lung growth and im
Aug 31, 2025


#345 - 🔬Genetics and Neonatal Lung Disease: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Wambach
Hello Friends 👋 In this episode of At-the-Bench, hosts David McCulley and Misty Good interview Dr. Jennifer Wambach, a neonatologist and...
Aug 27, 2025


#344 - Neonatal Nephrology - A Year In Review
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of The Incubator Podcast, we sit down with Dr. David Askenazi, Dr. Heidi Steflik, and Dr. Kimmy Vuong to explore the latest research and practice shifts in neonatal nephrology. The discussion begins with the often-overlooked role of the kidney in the NICU and why kidney health has direct implications for outcomes far beyond discharge. The group reviews three recent high-impact papers. The first, a secondary analysis of the PENUT trial, examin
Aug 24, 2025


#343 - Investigating preterm birth and readmission to the PICU (Dr. Tim Van Hasselt)
Hello friends 👋 In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Tim Van Hasselt, who is now a NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer...
Aug 22, 2025


#342 - 👶 Parenting in the NICU: Lina’s Transformative Experience
Hello friends 👋 In this week’s episode of Beyond the Beeps, Leah and Lina explore the often-overlooked but critical role of...
Aug 20, 2025


#341 - 📑 Journal Club - The Complete Episode from August 17th 2025
Hello friends 👋 This week on Journal Club, we review five important studies with direct implications for your work in the NICU. First,...
Aug 17, 2025


#340 - 🌍 Driving Neonatal Progress in Rural Nigeria (ft. Dr. Olufunke Bolaji)
Hello friends 👋 In this episode, Mbozu interviews Dr. Olufunke Bolaji, consultant pediatrician and neonatologist at the Federal...
Aug 13, 2025


#339 - The Giants of Neonatology: Dr. Edward Bell on Culture, Consistency, and Care at the Limits of Life
Hello friends 👋 Picture this: You’re caring for a 22-week infant, uncertain whether survival is even possible—and yet you remember that someone like Dr. Ed Bell has been quietly tracking cases just like this for decades. In this episode of The Incubator Podcast , we welcome Dr. Edward Bell, Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development in Neonatology at the University of Iowa. A leader in the care of extremely preterm infants, Dr. Bell shares the
Aug 10, 2025


#338 - 🚀 The BiliHut: Rethinking Phototherapy with Portability and Precision
Hello friends 👋 In this Tech Tuesday episode, Dr. Donna Brezinski, founder and CEO of Little Sparrows Technologies, joins the show to...
Aug 7, 2025


#337 - Targeting NEC at the Cellular Level, A New Frontier in Research
Hello friends 👋 In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Garabet Yeretssian, PhD, Senior Program Manager at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), to discuss how collaborative infrastructure and emerging technologies are reshaping research into necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Garabet shares how his background in GI inflammation and rare diseases led him to focus on cross-disciplinary research support, including CZI’s Rare As One Network and its emphasis on patient-led science.
Aug 5, 2025


#336 - Building a World Without NEC – A Conversation with Dr. Mark Underwood
Hello friends 👋 In this special collaboration with the NEC Society, Dr. Mark Underwood joins the podcast to discuss the evolving science and clinical approach to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). A long-time leader in neonatal nutrition and NEC prevention, Dr. Underwood shares his perspective on why prevention remains the most effective lever in tackling this devastating disease — from the irreplaceable role of maternal milk to the complex regulatory barriers around probioti
Aug 3, 2025


#335 - 👶 Siblings Are Also In the NICU
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of Beyond the Beeps, siblings of NICU babies share their personal experiences and insights on...
Jul 30, 2025


#334 - Neonatal Neurology - A Year in a Review (ft the Newborn Brain Society)
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of The Incubator Podcast, Daphna is joined by Dr. Pia Wintermark and Dr. Eleanor Molloy for a deep dive into the most impactful neonatal neurology studies of the past year. The discussion begins with a critical look at therapeutic hypothermia for mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and preterm infants, highlighting recent pilot trials that challenge the practice of expanding cooling beyond established guidelines. They dissect key findi
Jul 27, 2025


#333 - Exploring Healthcare Utilization in Moderate to Late Preterm Infants with Dr. Ambika Bhatnagar
Hello friends 👋 In this episode of Rupa’s Fellows Friday on The Incubator Podcast, host Rupa Srirupa welcomes Dr. Ambika Bhatnagar, a...
Jul 25, 2025


#332 - 🔬 Beyond Dexamethasone: The Future of Immune Therapies in the NICU
Hello Friends 👋 In this episode, David McCulley and Betsy Crouch interview Dr. Benjamin Fensterheim, a neonatology physician scientist,...
Jul 23, 2025
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