Dr. Batra is Associate Director of the pediatric residency program and is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health. Dr. Batra's research focuses on epidemiology and newborn outcomes in developed and developing country settings. He has been involved with a series of studies involving the Washington State Birth Events Records Database (BERD) including: environmental risk factors for ventricular septal defects, pregnancy outcomes among Somali women, risk factors for recurrent shoulder dystocia, and effects of mode of delivery on pregnancy and newborn outcomes. Dr. Batra’s primary interests revolve around improving newborn care in resource-poor settings. He has been involved with developing guidelines of care in a special care nursery in central Uganda for the last 7 years, and more recently is participating in a collaborative study aimed at assessing neurodevelopmental outcomes among high risk infants in a community setting in Bangladesh. Dr. Batra is also a core investigator for the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), and is involved with the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (WHO/UNICEF). These groups are involved with global maternal, neonatal, and child health policy.

1. Batra M, Heike CL, Phillips RC, Weiss NS. “Geographic and Occupational Risk Factors for Ventricular Septal Defects, Washington State 1987-2003.” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Jan 2007; 161(1):89-95.
2. Wylie BJ, Davidson LL, Batra M, Reed SD. “Method of Delivery and Neonatal Outcome in Very Low Birth Weight Vertex-Presenting Infants.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Jun 2008; 198(6): 713-714.
3. Darmstadt GL, Miller-Bell M, Batra M, Law P, Law K. “Extended-Interval Gentamicin Dosing for Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis in Developing Countries.” Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. Jun 2008; 26(2): 163-182.
4. Darmstadt GL, Batra M, Zaidi AKM. “Oral Antibiotics in the Management of Serious Neonatal Bacterial Infections in Developing Country Communities.” Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Jan 2009; 28(1): S31-S36.
5. Darmstadt GL, Batra M, Zaidi AKM. “Parenteral Antibiotics for the Treatment of Serious Neonatal Bacterial Infections in Developing Country Settings.” Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Jan 2009; 28(1): S37-S42.