Dr. Samudragupta Bora is the Founding Director of the Health Services Research Center at University Hospitals Research & Education Institute and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. He previously served as the Director of Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and the Group Leader of Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up and Outcomes at Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia
Dr. Bora’s primary area of research expertise is the neurodevelopmental follow-up of high-risk neonates in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries. He is currently Co-Principal Investigator (Neonatal Follow-Up) of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Neonatal Research Network at ǿմý, the African Neonatal Association Neonatal Follow-Up Consortium, and PREBO-6, a federally funded prospective cohort study in Australia to investigate the utility of advanced neuroimaging at 32 and 40 weeks postmenstrual age to predict school-age neurodevelopment in the preterm-born population.
Dr. Bora was one of four investigators who led the first Australian and New Zealand standardization of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-4), the gold standard for diagnosing early neurodevelopmental delay/deficit. He is the immediate-past elected Chair of the Long-Term Outcomes of High-Risk Babies Subcommittee of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand. In addition to research, he is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of clinician-scientists and scientists. He has extensive experience promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic medicine.
“I am deeply committed to improving the quality of life for high-risk children and their families. I am determined to find an appropriate answer to the question that parents often ask me—what is the developmental prognosis for my premature baby? Every day, we take small steps toward being able to answer that question effectively. I am committed to providing parents with an effective plan to help improve their child's life.”