Nhu Tran

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Part Time)

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Awards

  • UCLA, School of Nursing, Los Angeles: Best Dissertation Award, 2017

Education and Training

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles — BS — 06/2001 — Nursing
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles — MS — 12/2003 — Nursing Leadership and Administration
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles — PhD — 06/2017 — Nursing
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles — MS — 06/2021 — Clinical, Biological, & Translational Investigations

Research Funding

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation (CA) and Associations to Neurodevelopmental Delays in Infants and Toddlers with and without Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
    NIH · K23NR019121 · Aug 27, 2021 – Jun 30, 2024 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Longitudinal Assessment of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation (CA) and Associations with Neurodevelopmental Delays in Infants with and without Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
    NIH/NCATS · UL1TR0001855 · Jun 1, 2018 – May 30, 2021 · Role: Principal Investigator

Research Keywords

  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes
  • Vulnerable neonates
  • Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
  • Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
  • Cerebrovascular Stability Index (CSI)
  • Health equity

Publications

  • Structural network topology correlates of microstructural brain dysmaturation in term infants with congenital heart disease. Hum Brain Mapp. 2018 11; 39(11):4593-4610.. View in PubMed
  • Comparison of calf and brachial blood pressures in infants: is there a difference between calf and brachial blood pressures? J Vasc Nurs. 2014 Dec; 32(4):139-43. Tran N , Hackett H, Cadaver C, Fichera . View in PubMed