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Shalini Ojha

Professor of Neonatal Medicine and Deputy Director of Clinical Academic Training Programme, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Professor of Neonatal Medicine

Co-director of the Clinical Academic Training Programme

Honoaray Consultant Neonatologist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust

Children's Lead (North), NIHR Clinical Research Network (East Midlands)

Academic Training Programme Director for Paediatrics (East Midlands)

Expertise Summary

Expertise in neonatal nutrition, enteral feeding, necrotising enterocolitis, growth, and early life development

Clinical trials and large database studies exploring interventions to improve outcomes in babies born preterm or sick

Research Summary

Chief Investigator projects:

  1. DEXmedetomidine Trial of Adjunct Treatment with Morphine (): a masked, randomised placebo-controlled trial to investigate, in ventilated preterm babies who need morphine infusion for analgesia (Population) do 120-hour infusions of dexmedetomidine (0.5microgram/kg/hour) plus morphine?(Intervention 1) OR 120-hour infusions of dexmedetomidine (0.25microgram/kg/hour) plus morphine (Intervention 2) as compared to 120-hour infusions of placebo plus morphine (Comparator) reduce the cumulative dose of morphine given over 120-hours from starting the dexmedetomidine or placebo infusion (Primary Outcome)? (NIHR EME 拢1.96 million research grant)
  2. Fluids Exclusively Enteral from Day 1 () : An RCT of full milk feeds versus intravenous nutrition with gradual feeding for preterm infants (30-33 weeks gestational age). 拢2.06 million NIHR HTA grant
  3. : an evaluation of the East Midlands NEC care bundle exploring the implementation of evidence based practice to reduce the risk of NEC in preterm babies in the East Midlands (funded by the NIHR RfPB programme, 拢242,000).

For full reserach activities see:

Recent Publications

  • SZATKOWSKI L, FATEH S, ABRAMSON J, KWOK TC, SHARKEY D, BUDGE H and OJHA S, 2023. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 108(5), 505-510
  • SHANMUGAVADIVEL D, LIU JF, GAMBLE A, POLANCO A, VEDHARA K, WALKER D and OJHA S, 2023. BMJ Paediatr Open. 7(1), e001771
  • WALKER S, OJHA S and MITCHELL EJ, 2023. Acta Paediatr. 112(7), 1437-1442
  • PATEL N, EVANS K, BERRINGTON J, SZATKOWSKI L, COSTELOE K, OJHA S, FLEMING P and BATTERSBY C, 2023. BMJ Paediatr Open. 7(1), e002012
  • SZATKOWSKI L, FATEH S, ABRAMSON J, KWOK TC, SHARKEY D, BUDGE H and OJHA S, 2023. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 108(5), 505-510
  • SHANMUGAVADIVEL D, LIU JF, GAMBLE A, POLANCO A, VEDHARA K, WALKER D and OJHA S, 2023. BMJ Paediatr Open. 7(1), e001771
  • WALKER S, OJHA S and MITCHELL EJ, 2023. Acta Paediatr. 112(7), 1437-1442
  • PATEL N, EVANS K, BERRINGTON J, SZATKOWSKI L, COSTELOE K, OJHA S, FLEMING P and BATTERSBY C, 2023. BMJ Paediatr Open. 7(1), e002012
  • SHANMUGAVADIVEL D, LIU JF, BALL-GAMBLE A, POLANCO A, VEDHARA K, NATHAN P, WALKER D and OJHA S, 2023. Br J Gen Pract. 73(733), 377-379
  • AL-TURKAIT, ASMA, SZATKOWSKI, LISA, CHOONARA, IMTI and OJHA, SHALINI, 2022. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 78(4), 669-677
  • MITCHELL, ELEANOR J., MEAKIN, GARRY, ANDERSON, JOSIE, DORLING, JON, GALE, CHRIS, HAINES, RACHEL, KENYAN, CHARLOTTE, JOHNSON, MARK J., MCGUIRE, WILLIAM, MISTRY, HEMA, MONTGOMERY, ALAN, ODDIE, SAM, OGOLLAH, REUBEN, PALLOTTI, PHOEBE, PARTLETT, CHRISTOPHER, WALKER, KATE F. and OJHA, SHALINI, 2022. TRIALS. 23(1),
  • SHANMUGAVADIVEL D, LIU J-F, GAMBLE A, POLANCO A, VEDHARA K, WALKER D and OJHA S, 2022. BMJ Open. 12(2), e058744
  • BOTT E, OJHA S, MINI S, KAMAL KR, CHOUDHARY S, YARON G and SMYTH AR, 2022. Sociological Research Online.
  • PETLEY E, YULE A, ALEXANDER S, OJHA S and WHITEHOUSE WP, 2022. PLoS One. 17(3), e0264177
  • MISTRY A, SHIPLEY L, OJHA S and SHARKEY D, 2022. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 107(6), 597-602
  • AL-TURKAIT A, SZATKOWSKI L, CHOONARA I and OJHA S, 2022. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 6(1), e001424
  • OJHA S, ABRAMSON J and DORLING J, 2022. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 6(1), e001460
  • CHONG L, KALVALA J, CHADBORN N and OJHA S, 2022. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD015243
  • ABDUL HAMID HB, SZATKOWSKI L, BUDGE H and OJHA S, 2022. Pediatr Investig. 6(3), 189-196
  • GALE C, JEYAKUMARAN D, LONGFORD N, BATTERSBY C, OJHA S, OUGHHAM K and DORLING J, 2021. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 106(6), F608-F613
  • SAND L, SZATKOWSKI I, KWOK TC, SHARKEY D, TODD DA, BUDGE H and OJHA S, 2021. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. fetalneonatal-2021-322390
  • MITCHELL EJ, PALLOTTI P, QURESHI ZP, DANIELS JP, OLIVER M, WERE F, OSOTI A, GWAKO G, KIMANI V, OPIRA J and OJHA S, 2021. BMJ Open. 11(6), e043802
  • ABDUL HAMID H, SZATKOWSKI L, BUDGE H, CHEAH FC and OJHA S, 2021. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 5(1), e001153
  • YUE Y, CHEN L, CHOONARA I, XIONG T, OJHA S, TANG J, WANG Y, ZENG L, SHI J, WANG H and MU D, 2020. The Journal of international medical research. 48(5), 300060520914197
  • AL-TURKAIT, ASMA, SZATKOWSKI, LISA, CHOONARA, IMTI and OJHA, SHALINI, 2020. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 17(16), E5669
  • HE Y, TANG J, ZHANG M, XIONG T, OJHA S, CHOONARA I and MU D, 2020. BMJ Paediatr Open. 4(1), e000683
  • GICHURU, WANJIKU, OJHA, SHALINI, SMITH, SHERIE, SMYTH, ALAN ROBERT and SZATKOWSKI, LISA, 2019. BMJ Open. 9(1), e023658
  • ELFZZANI Z, KWOK TC, OJHA S and DORLING J, 2019. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2, CD012240 (In Press.)
  • FUNG THM, OJHA S, ABRAMSON J and HOLDEN R, 2019. Ophthalmology. 126(3), e20-e21
  • ROBINSON LJ, LAW J, ASTLE V, GUTI脡RREZ-GARC脥A M, OJHA S, SYMONDS ME, PITCHFORD N and BUDGE H, 2019. The Journal of pediatrics. (In Press.)
  • OJHA S, MITCHELL E, MONTGOMERY A and DORLING J, 2019. Neonatology. 116(1), 67
  • PETLEY E, PRASAD M, OJHA S and WHITEHOUSE WP, 2019. Archives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition. (In Press.)
  • OJHA S, SZATKOWSKI L, SINHA R, YARON G, FOGARTY A, ALLEN SJ, CHOUDHARY S and SMYTH AR, 2019. Archives of disease in childhood. 105(3), 229-235
  • KWOK TC, OJHA S and DORLING J, 2018. BMJ paediatrics open. 2(1), e000262
  • BATTERSBY C, LONGFORD N, PATEL M, SELBY E, OJHA S, DORLING J and GALE C, 2018. BMJ open. 8(10), e026739
  • OJHA S, DORLING J, BATTERSBY C, LONGFORD N and GALE C, 2018. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. (In Press.)
  • FUNG THM, ABRAMSON J, OJHA S and HOLDEN R, 2018. Ophthalmology. 125(11), 1829-1832
  • NASUF AWA, OJHA S and DORLING J, 2018. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 9, CD011921
  • OJHA S, SAND L, RATNAVEL N, KEMPLEY ST, SINHA AK, MOHINUDDIN S, BUDGE H and LESLIE A, 2017. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. (In Press.)
  • SHALINI OJHA and HELEN BUDGE, 2017. Early Origins of Obesity and Developmental Regulation of Adiposity. In: MICHAEL E. SYMONDS, ed., Adipose Tissue Biology 2. Springer Science+ Business Media. 427
  • SYMONDS, M.E., BLOOR, I., OJHA, S. and BUDGE, H., 2017. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 70, 232-235
  • T'NG KWOK CHANG, JON DORLING and SHALINI OJHA, 2017. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 1, e000040
  • OJHA S and CHOONARA I, 2017. Arch Dis Child. 313007
  • KWOK TC, OJHA S and DORLING J, 2017. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 12, CD003211 (In Press.)
  • SYMONDS ME, BLOOR I, OJHA S and BUDGE H, 2017. Annals of nutrition & metabolism. 70(3), 232-235
  • ELFAZZANI Z, OJHA S and DORLING J, 2016. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD012240
  • ELFAZZANI Z, OJHA S and DORLING J, 2016. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD012241
  • OJHA, S., FAINBERG, H. P., WILSON, V., PELELLA, G., CASTELLANOS, M., MAY, S. T., LOTTO, A. A., SACKS, H., SYMONDS, M. E. and BUDGE, H., 2016. JCI Insight. 1(13), e87460
  • BUDGE H, OJHA S, FAINBERG HP, WILSON V, PELELLA G, CASTELLANOS M, MAY ST, LOTTO A and SYMONDS M, 2016. Brown adipose tissue characteristics of epicardial fat and its relationship with growth during ageing in early life. The FASEB Journal. 30(1), Supplement 1290
  • OJHA S, FAINBERG HP, WILSON V, PELELLA G, CASTELLANOS M, MAY ST, LOTTO AA, SACKS H, SYMONDS ME and BUDGE H, 2016. JCI insight. 1(13), e87460
  • OJHA, S., FAINBERG, H.P., SEBERT, S., BUDGE, H. and SYMONDS, M.E., 2015. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 21(2), 126-133
  • OJHA, S., SYMONDS, M.E. and BUDGE, H., 2015. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 27(8), 1205-1212
  • OJHA S, FAINBERG HP, SEBERT S, BUDGE H and SYMONDS ME, 2015. Trends in molecular medicine. 21(2), 126-33
  • OJHA S, SZATKOWSKI L, SINHA R, YARON G, FOGARTY A, ALLEN S, CHOUDHARY S and SMYTH AR, 2014. Trials. 15(1), 298
  • ROBINSON L, OJHA S, SYMONDS ME and BUDGE H, 2014. The Journal of Pediatrics. 164(2), 318-22.e1
  • OJHA, S., SZATKOWSKI, L., SINHA, R., YARON, G., FOGARTY, A., ALLEN, S., CHOUDHARY, S. and SMYTH, A.R., 2014. Trials. 15(1),
  • OJHA S, GRIDLEY E and DORLING J, 2013. Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 102(3), 249-53
  • OJHA S, SAROHA V, SYMONDS ME and BUDGE H, 2013. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology. 40(11), 817
  • SHALINI OJHA, MARK BIRTWISTLE, HELEN BUDGE and MICHAEL E SYMONDS, 2013. Brown adipose tissue: a new human organ? Expert Reviews of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 8(2), 123-125
  • SACKS HS, FAIN JN, BAHOUTH SW, OJHA S, FRONTINI A, BUDGE H, CINTI S and SYMONDS ME, 2013. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 98(9), E1448-55
  • OJHA S, ROBINSON L, YAZDANI M, SYMONDS ME and BUDGE H, 2013. Pediatric research. 74(3), 246-51
  • OJHA S, ROBINSON L, SYMONDS ME and BUDGE H, 2013. Early human development. 89(11), 909-13
  • OJHA, S., GRIDLEY, E. and DORLING, J., 2013. Acta Paediatr. 102(3), 249-53
  • OJHA, S., ROBINSON, L., SYMONDS, M. E. and BUDGE, H., 2013. Early Hum Dev. 89(11), 909-13
  • OJHA, S., SAROHA, V., SYMONDS, M. E. and BUDGE, H., 2013. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 40(11), 817-23
  • SACKS, H. S., FAIN, J. N., BAHOUTH, S. W., OJHA, S., FRONTINI, A., BUDGE, H., CINTI, S. and SYMONDS, M. E., 2013. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 98(9), E1448-55
  • SCHOONAKKER B, SARNO SJ, ROWBOTHAM NJ, OJHA S and BUDGE H, 2011. Pediatric Research. 70, 829
  • MERCHANT N, OJHA S, BOLK J and MALLOY EJ, 2011. Pediatric Research. 70, 194
  • OJHA S and CHOONARA I, Archives of disease in childhood. (In Press.)

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