Slaughter Lab
The Slaughter Lab aims to improve outcomes important to neonatal patients and their families through large patient-focused cohort investigations and randomized trials. The patient-centered research program focuses on neonatal pharmacoepidemiology and comparative effectiveness research to determine which treatments work best for neonatal patients given specific clinical circumstances and patient characteristics.
Inside Slaughter Lab
Publications
- Large, Ongoing NIH-funded Investigations Include: Environmental Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) and Pregnancy in Ohio
- Early Prediction of Spontaneous Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Closure and PDA-Associated Outcomes
- The PIVOTAL Trial: A Randomized Trial of Catheter Closure Versus Responsive Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in Preterm Infants
Slaughter Lab Staff
Lab Staff

Jonathan Slaughter, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Jonathan.Slaughter@NationwideChildrens.org
Jonathan Slaughter, MD, MPH, is a neonatologist and principal investigator in the Center for Perinatal Research at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is also a professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University.