Mar Janna Dahl
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Mar Janna Dahl was a PhD student in the Preclinical Intensive Care Research Unit at UWA. She worked with a group of international clinical neonatologists, basic scientists, bioengineers, biomaterial scientists, biomedical engineers to better understand fetal breathing during lung development and to test several novel refinements to the currently available fetal treatment for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
CDH is the failure of the diaphragm to properly close during fetal development allowing the abdominal contents to enter the chest cavity. The result is the underdevelopment of the lungs. CDH is significant birth defect with a prevalence of 1-3 cases per 5000 live births and survival rates or 52-71% in developed countries. Babies that survive face significant long-term health problems including lung, gastro-intestinal, and neurodevelopment delays.
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