$10 million Ohio project to study causes of premature births

The March of Dimes announced this week plans to invest $10 million over the next five years to help launch a new collaborative research program geared toward finding the causes of premature birth (Source: “Cleveland institutions will contribute to effort to reduce premature births,” Crains Cleveland Business, May 21, 2013).

Hospitals and universities in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, as well as researchers from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, University of Iowa and Washington University in St. Louis are expected to participate in the collaborative. Investigators from various disciplines hope to identify the underlying causes of preterm birth and develop new approaches to prevent the problem.