Dr. Seetha Shankaran, WSU pediatrics professor and division director of neonatal-perinatal medicine at Children's Hospital of Michigan and Hutzel Women's Hospital, led three years of research on a technique that involves a cooling treatment for new babies suffering from HIE, a condition that occurs when the brain fails to receive sufficient oxygen or sufficient blood before birth. The story reports on a child who was successfully treated at Hutzel Women's Hospital using the technique.