Assistant Professor
Neonatology

Dr. Batra is Associate Director of the pediatric residency program and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health. Dr. Batra's research focuses on epidemiology and newborn outcomes in developed and developing country settings. He has been involved with a series of studies involving the Washington State Birth Events Records Database (BERD) including: environmental risk factors for ventricular septal defects, pregnancy outcomes among Somali women, risk factors for recurrent shoulder dystocia, and effects of mode of delivery on pregnancy and newborn outcomes. Dr. Batra’s primary interests revolve around improving newborn care in resource-poor settings. He has been involved with developing guidelines of care in a special care nursery in central Uganda for the last 7 years, and more recently is participating in a collaborative study aimed at assessing neurodevelopmental outcomes among high risk infants in a community setting in Bangladesh. Dr. Batra is also a core investigator for the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), and is involved with the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (WHO/UNICEF). These groups are involved with global maternal, neonatal, and child health policy.