Diana Yanni, MD

Awards and Honors

Way to Shine Award - Boston Children's Hospital, 2018, 2022

Travel Award - Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, 2016

Natalie V. Zucker Award, 2016

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

Women in Neonatology

Selected Publications

Yanni, D., Darendeliler, F., Bas, F., Kucukemre Aydin, B., Coban, A., & Ince, Z. (2013). The role of leptin, soluble leptin receptor, adiponectin and visfatin in insulin sensitivity in preterm born children in prepubertal ages. Cytokine, 64(1), 448-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2013.04.034"

Yanni, D., Korzeniewski, S. J., Allred, E. N., Fichorova, R. N., O'Shea, T. M., Kuban, K., Dammann, O., & Leviton, A. (2017). Both antenatal and postnatal inflammation contribute information about the risk of brain damage in extremely preterm newborns. Pediatric research, 82(4), 691-696. https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2017.128"

Angelidou, A., Sullivan, K., Melvin, P. R., Shui, J. E., Goldfarb, I. T., Bartolome, R., Chaudhary, N., Vaidya, R., Culic, I., Singh, R., Yanni, D., Patrizi, S., Hudak, M. L., Parker, M. G., & Belfort, M. B. (2021). Association of Maternal Perinatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection With Neonatal Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Massachusetts. JAMA network open, 4(4), e217523. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.7523"

Sullivan, K., Belfort, M. B., Melvin, P., Angelidou, A., Peaceman, A., Shui, J. E., Vaidya, R., Singh, R., Bartolome, R., Patrizi, S., Chaudhary, N., Goldfarb, I. T., Culic, I., Yanni, D., Gupta, M., Hudak, M., & Parker, M. G. (2021). Leveraging the Massachusetts perinatal quality collaborative to address the COVID-19 pandemic among diverse populations. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 41(11), 2674-2683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01136-0"

Akyildiz, B., Uzel, N., Yanni, D., Citak, A., Karaböcüoğlu, M., & Uçsel, R. (2009). Immune thrombocytopenic purpura associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. The Turkish journal of pediatrics, 51(3), 271-274."

Rostomian, L., Angelidou, A., Sullivan, K., Melvin, P. R., Shui, J. E., Telefus Goldfarb, I., Bartolome, R., Chaudhary, N., Singh, R., Vaidya, R., Steele, T., Yanni, D., Patrizi, S., Culic, I., Parker, M. G., & Belfort, M. B. (2022). The Effects of COVID-19 Hospital Practices on Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Postdischarge. Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 17(9), 736-744. https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2022.0039"

Eaves, L. A., Enggasser, A. E., Camerota, M., Gogcu, S., Gower, W. A., Hartwell, H., Jackson, W. M., Jensen, E., Joseph, R. M., Marsit, C. J., Roell, K., Santos, H. P., Jr, Shenberger, J. S., Smeester, L., Yanni, D., Kuban, K. C. K., O'Shea, T. M., & Fry, R. C. (2022). CpG methylation patterns in placenta and neonatal blood are differentially associated with neonatal inflammation. Pediatric research, 10.1038/s41390-022-02150-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-022-02150-4