Dr. Roberto Romero, chief of the Perinatology Research Branch of the Division of Intramural Research of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was awarded the 2011 John Dingell Hero for Babies Award by the March of Dimes Michigan Chapter. Romero was honored for his work in preterm birth at the Perinatology Research Branch (PRB) including the PREGNANT study, which was conducted collaboratively under a Clinical Trials Agreement between Columbia and the PRB/NICHD/NIH and of which Dr. Romero was the NIH Principal Investigator.

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