Dr. Paris Ekeke has joined the UPMC Newborn Medicine Program as a faculty member. Ekeke earned her medical degree from The Ohio State University, followed by a pediatric residency at Northwestern University and the Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She then traveled to Pittsburgh, where she completed her neonatal-perinatal fellowship at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. While at the University of Pittsburgh, Ekeke also earned a master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Prior to returning to UPMC Children’s, Dr. Ekeke was a practicing neonatologist at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio.
Her research interests are largely devoted to better understanding health care disparities, the social determinants of health, and the effects of prenatal stress on neonatal outcomes. A portion of Ekeke’s research at UPMC Children’s will involve epidemiologic studies to understand determinants and consequences of adverse pregnancy outcomes as part of the Pittsburgh Study.