Elizabeth Yen, MD, MA (2023)

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Title(s)

Neonatologist; Outgoing-Chair, Women in Medicine and Science (WiMS); Principal Investigator, Mother Infant Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Department + Services

Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine

Clinical Focus Areas

Newborn medicine, neonatal abstinence syndrome, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, early intervention follow up, neurodevelopmental outcomes

Research Focus Areas

Salivary gene expression, feeding dysregulation, sex differences, impact of the opioid epidemic on the hypothalamic and brain reward signaling, non-invasive diagnostics

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Boston, 617-636-5322
Lawrence, 978-683-4000
Lowell, 978-937-6032
Melrose, 781-979-6400

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Programs + Specialties	Newborn Medicine Mother Infant Research Institute
Training + Education	Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Board Certifications	Pediatrics
NPI #	1275972762
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Chinese, Indonesian
Accepted Insurances	View Accepted Insurances at Tufts Medical Center

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2022, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Council member
2022, Tufts University School of Medicine Standing Academic Research Awards Committee
2022, Leadership Development Program for Physicians in partnership with Boston University Questrom School of Business
2021, International Behavioural & Neural Genetics Society: 2022 Genes, Brain, & Behavior Meeting Planning Committee
2021, WiMS Mentorship Seed Award 2021 Recipient
2021, International Behavioural & Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) Outstanding Young Investigator Awardee
2021, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) Mead Johnson Young Investigator Awardee
2020, Sydney Gellis Young Physician Award - awarded to an early career faculty who seeks to improve treatments, outcomes, and the quality of life of sick children.
2020, Member, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Planning Committee.
2020, Abstract reviewer, 2020 annual Pediatric Academic Society and Eastern Society for Pediatric Research meetings.
2020, Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, Clinical Therapeutics, Respiratory Research
2018-2020, Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Young Investigator Coaching Program
2020, Selected participant, American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research at the 2020 PAS Meeting
2019, Selected participant at the NICHD/NIH-funded 50th Anniversary of the Perinatal Research Society Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop
2019, Newborn Medicine Excellent in Teaching Award
2018, Saltonstall Travel Award to attend Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference
2018, National Institute of Drug Abuse scholarship to attend “Short Course on the Genetics of Addiction” at JAX (Jackson Laboratory).
2017, Selected participant at the 29th Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Young Investigator Conference on Maternal-Fetal-Neonatal-Reproductive Medicine

For a complete list of Dr.Yen’s publications, click here.

Yen E, Maron JL. Aberrant feeding and growth in neonates with prenatal opioid exposure: evidence of neuromodulation and behavioral changes. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022:9:805763. PMID: 35127598. PMCID: PMC8814597

Dr. Elizabeth Yen awarded Hood Foundation Grant

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Dr. Elizabeth Yen Wins Russo Award

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Tufts Institute for Global Obesity Research Award
2022-2023
Impact of Prenatal Opioid Exposure on Feeding Dysregulation and Early Risk of Metabolic Disease.
Role: PI

Tufts Initiative Substance Use and Addiction Award
2022-2023
Sex-specific Neural Mechanisms Underlying Prenatal Opioid-Induced Feeding Dysregulation and Metabolic Risks
Role: Co-PI (in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Byrnes, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine)

2021-2022
Tufts Physician Organization Women in Medicine and Science
Mentorship Seed Award
Role: PI

Russo Family Charitable Foundation
2021-2022
Revealing Neural Mechanisms Underlying Neonatal Opioid-Induced Hyperphagia. The goal of the project is to reverse translate insights derived from studying translational modifications in the saliva of newborns exposed to opioids to develop a rodent model of exposure that will allow the investigators to understand the neural mechanisms underlying this unique feeding phenotype.
Collaborators: Elizabeth Byrnes, Fair Vassoler, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Role: Co-PI

Charles H. Hood Foundation
Child Health Research Award
2021-2023
Evaluation of the Sex-dependent Impact of Prenatal Opioid Exposure on the Developing Brain
The goal of this grant is to examine how prenatal opioids affect the developing brain in a sex-dependent manner and to identify neonates at risk for more severe opioid withdrawal using non-invasive neonatal salivary gene. expression and brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Role: Principal Investigator

K12 BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health) Grant
2020-2022
Non-Invasive Evaluation of the Sex-Dependent Impact of Prenatal Opioid Exposure on Brain Reward Center Regulating Newborn Feeding
Role: Principal Investigator

2017-2018
Natalie V. Zucker Research Center for Women Scholars Grant
Hypothalamic Dysregulation and Oral Feeding in Neonates with Prenatal Opioid Exposure
Role: Principal Investigator

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Student Traineeship Award #YEN05H0
2005-2006