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Office
800 Washington Street
TMC 44
Boston, MA 02111Phone+1 617-636-4188Fax+1 617-636-1456
Summary
- Dr. Elizabeth Yen is a neonatologist-scientist in Boston, MA. She completed her medical education, Pediatric residency, and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Since 2016, she has been practicing at Tufts Medical Center. Her laboratory at the Mother Infant Research Institute studies the sex-specific impact of maternal opioid use on the developing brain and infant feeding regulation to optimize nutrition, growth, and developmental outcomes. She is passionate about learning, mentoring, and collaborating with others to advance pediatric research and family-centered care.
Education & Training
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2013 - 2016- Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2016 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2013 - 2017
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Differential Effects of Prenatal Buprenorphine and Methadone on Postnatal Growth and Gene Expression in the Nucleus Accumbens.Kelsea R Gildawie, Kerri E Budge, Fair M Vassoler, Elizabeth Yen, Elizabeth M Byrnes
Developmental Psychobiology. 2025-01-01 - Understanding vision outcomes in children with history of prenatal opioid exposure: a single-center pilot study.Cade Herman, Natalie Finton, Sylvia Yoo, Elizabeth Yen
Journal of Perinatology. 2024-08-01 - Segmenting hypothalamic subunits in human newborn magnetic resonance imaging data.Jerod M Rasmussen, Yun Wang, Alice M Graham, Damien A Fair, Jonathan Posner
Human Brain Mapping. 2024-02-01
Grant Support
- Sex-specific Impact of Prenatal Opioids on Brain Reward Signaling and Neonatal Feeding RegulationNIH National Institute on Drug AbusePresent
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Perinatal Research SocietyAssociate Member
- Eastern Society for Pediatric ResearchCouncilor
- Society for Pediatric ResearchMember
- AAP Section on Neonatal Perinatal Medicine (SONPM)Member
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