OHSU Neonatal Research

Excited our recent paper shows that Extending the time on CPAP in preterm infants increases lung growth and development, giving tiny lungs a big chance to thrive. 🫁👶

Extended Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Preterm Infants Increases Lung Growth at 6 Months: A Randomized Controlled Trial | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Articles in Press Rationale: Extended continuous positive airway pressure (eCPAP) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for stable preterm infants increases lung volumes. Its effect on lung growth after dischar...

Successful presentation at the Hot Topics in Neonatology conference this week! Wonderful to see so much interest in our study of extending CPAP in preterm infants study! - Dr. Cindy McEvoy

Dr. McEvoy's paper, "The Role of Lung Function in Determining Which Children Develop Asthma" was recently published!

The Role of Lung Function in Determining Which Children Develop Asthma Longitudinal studies have demonstrated that altered indices of airway function, assessed shortly after birth, are a risk factor for the subsequent dev…

Thank you to all of the wonderful families and excellent staff for supporting Dr. McEvoy's eCPAP study! 🫁

Congratulations to Dr. Cindy McEvoy for her nomination for OHSU's School of Medicine Outstanding Research Award! 🎉

Dr. McEvoy is live now talking about the research she is doing. See below to join now.

Better Breathing for a Lifetime Better Breathing for a Lifetime

Please join us on Wednesday, July 28th at noon for a special presentation from the OHSU Foundation featuring our very own Dr. Cindy McEvoy! The webinar is entitled Better Breathing for a Lifetime, and will highlight several of Dr. McEvoys' studies related to this topic. Link below to register, and please feel free to share with anyone interested.

Better Breathing for a Lifetime Better Breathing for a Lifetime

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