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CRTC alumni win $7 million MERIT grant for preterm babies research

Cynthia Rogers, MD, visits a premature baby in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Cynthia Rogers, MD, visits a premature baby in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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The School of Medicine’s Cynthia Rogers, MD, and co-investigator Christopher Smyser, MD, have received a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support their research focused on preterm babies’ brains as the children age. Dr. Rogers is a MPTCI, KL2, and DDFRCS alum. Dr. Smyser is also an MTPCI alum. Congratulations doctors!