Josef Neu, M.D.

Dr. Neu is Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology; he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1971, at Wisconsin State University, Whitewater, WI. In 1975 he received his Medical Doctorate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Dr. Neu completed his Pediatrics Residency at John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD from 1975-1978, 1978-1980 Postdoctoral Fellow in Neonatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. In 1987 he completed his Sabbatical, Inselspital, at the University of Bern, Switzerland. 

 Dr. Neu has received during his career several honors and awards. He has chaired National and International Committees. Dr. Neu is active on several Society Membership, Editorial boards, journal reviewer, Service to the Community, Service to schools. He is well known for his lectures here and aboard.

His current research interests include developing an updated taxonomy of intestinal injuries frequently termed necrotizing enterocolitis, precision nutrition using artificial intelligence and multiomics, and is the principal investigator of the Connection Trial, an international prospective randomized trial designed to decrease major morbidities and mortality in preterm infants. He is also the Chairman of the Board of the IPOKRaTES Foundation, involved in global educational activities.

Nutrition and the GI environment in the neonate have major effects not only during infancy, but for the entire lifetime of the individual, and this can even span generations due to epigenetic effects. Our lab has several ongoing projects that involve the requirements for certain amino acids such as glutamine and arginine in very low birthweight infants, the effect of various nutrients on subsequent development of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, the effect of the intestinal commensal microflora and probiotics on intestinal development, and the effects of novel nutritional agents on retinal diseases such as retinopathy of prematurity. Our work spans from evaluation of basic mechanisms of nutrients in cell cultures, studies in animal models and translation of these to and from studies in human infants.

Most recent research interests include developing an updated taxonomy of intestinal injuries frequently termed necrotizing enterocolitis, precision nutrition using artificial intelligence and multiomics, and is the principal investigator of the Connection Trial, an international prospective randomized trial designed to decrease major morbidities and mortality in preterm infants.