Dr. Camilia R. Martin is a neonatologist, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and the Associate Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Director for Cross-Disciplinary Research Partnerships in the Division of Translational Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).

Her research interests are focused on neonatal nutrition and its impact on health and disease in the preterm infant. She has participated in multi-site clinical trials serving as the Principal Investigator at BIDMC, resulting in publications evaluating growth and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in the extremely preterm infant.

Her current research focus is on fat digestion and fatty acid metabolism, postnatal intestinal adaptation, development of local and systemic immune defenses, and regulation of the inflammatory response.

Recent Publications

1. Yakah W, Singh P, Brown J, Stoll B, Burrin DG, Premkumar MH, Otu HH, Gu X, Dillon ST, Liberman TA, Freedman SD, Martin CR. "Parenteral lipid emulsions induce unique ileal fatty acid and metabolomic profiles but do not increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs." Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2020 Nov 25. Read More
2. Singh P, Sanchez-Fernandez LL, Ramiro-Cortijo D, Ochoa-Allemant P, Perides G, Liu Y, Medina-Morales E, Yakah W, Freedman SD, Martin CR. "Maltodextrin-induced intestinal injury in a neonatal mouse model." Dis Model Mech. 2020 08 27; 13(8). Read More
3. Enstad S, Cheema S, Thomas R, Fichorova RN, Martin CR, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Wagner CL, Sen S. "The impact of maternal obesity and breast milk inflammation on developmental programming of infant growth." Eur J Clin Nutr. 2020 Aug 19. Read More
4. Ramiro-Cortijo D, Singh P, Liu Y, Medina-Morales E, Yakah W, Freedman SD, Martin CR. "Breast Milk Lipids and Fatty Acids in Regulating Neonatal Intestinal Development and Protecting against Intestinal Injury." Nutrients. 2020 Feb 19; 12(2). Read More
5. Yang J, Zaman MM, Vlasakov I, Roy R, Huang L, Martin CR, Freedman SD, Serhan CN, Moses MA. "Adipocytes promote ovarian cancer chemoresistance." Sci Rep. 2019 09 16; 9(1):13316. Read More
6. Akinsulire O, Perides G, Anez-Bustillos L, Cluette-Brown J, Nedder A, Pollack E, Singh P, Liu Y, Sanchez-Fernandez LL, Obregon E, Bicak E, Kiefer S, Yakah W, Gutierrez HV, Dao DT, Vurma M, Ehling S, Gordon D, DeMichele S, Freedman SD, Martin CR. "Early Enteral Administration of a Complex Lipid Emulsion Supplement Prevents Postnatal Deficits in Docosahexaenoic and Arachidonic Acids and Increases Tissue Accretion of Lipophilic Nutrients in Preterm Piglets." JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2020 01; 44(1):69-79. Read More
7. Martin CR. "Breast Milk Lipidomics: Insights to Infant Health Requirements and Targeted Strategies for the Vulnerable." Breastfeed Med. 2019 04; 14(S1):S13-S14. Read More
8. Singh P, Ochoa-Allemant P, Brown J, Perides G, Freedman SD, Martin CR. "Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on postnatal ileum development using the fat-1 transgenic mouse model." Pediatr Res. 2019 03; 85(4):556-565. Read More
9. Cabrera Lafuente M, Montes Bueno MT, Pastrana N, Segovia C, Madero Jarabo R, Martin CR, Omeñaca Teres F, Sáenz de Pipaón Marcos M. "A prospective analysis of intake and composition of mother's own milk in preterm newborns less than 32 weeks' gestational age." J Perinat Med. 2018 Dec 19; 47(1):106-113. Read More
10. Obregon E, Martin CR, Frantz Iii ID, Patel P, Smith VC. "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit discharge preparedness among families with limited english proficiency." J Perinatol. 2019 01; 39(1):135-142. Read More