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Emanuela Ferretti

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Associate ProfessorPediatricsUniversity of Ottawa

Emanuela Ferretti

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2): mesenchymal stromal cells in extreme preterm infants at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia - a study protocol of a phase 2 multicentre double blind randomised controlled trial in Canada.
BMJ open · 2026
Pain management guidelines reduce opioids in post-operative and mechanically ventilated neonates.
Pain · 2026 · senior author
Human milk extracellular vesicles modulate inflammation and cell survival in intestinal and immune cells.
Pediatric research · 2025 · senior author

All 29 publications

Latest funding

Does bovine lactoferrin (bLF) improve morbidity-free survival and severe retinopathy in very low birthweight infants? The Lactoferrin Infant Feeding Trial (LIFT).
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$1,185,750

All 1 grants and awards

29 publications.

Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2): mesenchymal stromal cells in extreme preterm infants at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia - a study protocol of a phase 2 multicentre double blind randomised controlled trial in Canada.

Renesme L, Ferretti E, Horth C, Grimwood R, Da Sylva L, Olson V, Cyr-Depauw C, Freund D, Rüdiger M, Möbius MA, Hodgins S, Khan S, Courtman D, Fergusson DA, Thebaud B

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112385 PMID: 42409407

Pain management guidelines reduce opioids in post-operative and mechanically ventilated neonates.

Do J, Kutcher SA, McGregor E, Sucha E, Webster RJ, Joly C, Blazevic A, van Zanten SV, Ferretti E

Pain2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003875 PMID: 41380089

Human milk extracellular vesicles modulate inflammation and cell survival in intestinal and immune cells.

Vahkal B, Altosaar I, Ariana A, Jabbour J, Pantieras F, Daniel R, Tremblay É, Sad S, Beaulieu JF, Côté M, Ferretti E

Pediatric research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03757-5 PMID: 39609615

Cell-based therapies in preclinical models of necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Maltais-Bilodeau C, Henckel E, Deguise MO, Lesage F, Cobey KD, Ahmadzai N, Skidmore B, Ferretti E, Thébaud B

Stem cells translational medicine2025

DOI: 10.1093/stcltm/szae102 PMID: 40036304

Use of NSAIDs and acetaminophen and risk of spontaneous intestinal perforations in premature infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hudson JBJ, Shabbir W, Hayawi LM, Chan MLM, Barrowman N, Sikora L, Ferretti E

Frontiers in pediatrics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1450121 PMID: 39649405

Gestational age at birth influences protein and RNA content in human milk extracellular vesicles.

Vahkal B, Altosaar I, Tremblay E, Gagné D, Hüttman N, Minic Z, Côté M, Blais A, Beaulieu JF, Ferretti E

Journal of extracellular biology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jex2.128 PMID: 38938674

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type IV in the genetic era: A rare neonatal case report of rapid identification with a review of the literature.

Deguise MO, Blain S, Simpson E, Liebman M, Ferretti E

Pediatric blood & cancer2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30245 PMID: 36798023

Vulnerabilities in clinician-parent exchanges and the cascade of communication traps: a review.

Ferretti E, Schoenherr JR, Mattiola A, Daboval T

Archives of disease in childhood2023First author

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323451 PMID: 35383036

Proteomics Profiling of Stool Samples from Preterm Neonates with SWATH/DIA Mass Spectrometry for Predicting Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

Gagné D, Shajari E, Thibault MP, Noël JF, Boisvert FM, Babakissa C, Levy E, Gagnon H, Brunet MA, Grynspan D, Ferretti E, Bertelle V, Beaulieu JF

International journal of molecular sciences2022

DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911601 PMID: 36232903

Lipocalin-2 and calprotectin as stool biomarkers for predicting necrotizing enterocolitis in premature neonates.

Thibault MP, Tremblay É, Horth C, Fournier-Morin A, Grynspan D, Babakissa C, Levy E, Ferretti E, Bertelle V, Beaulieu JF

Pediatric research2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01680-7 PMID: 34465872

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Emanuela Ferretti

Research

Latest papers

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Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2): mesenchymal stromal cells in extreme preterm infants at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia - a study protocol of a phase 2 multicentre double blind randomised controlled trial in Canada.

Pain management guidelines reduce opioids in post-operative and mechanically ventilated neonates.

Human milk extracellular vesicles modulate inflammation and cell survival in intestinal and immune cells.

Cell-based therapies in preclinical models of necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Use of NSAIDs and acetaminophen and risk of spontaneous intestinal perforations in premature infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gestational age at birth influences protein and RNA content in human milk extracellular vesicles.

Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type IV in the genetic era: A rare neonatal case report of rapid identification with a review of the literature.

Vulnerabilities in clinician-parent exchanges and the cascade of communication traps: a review.

Proteomics Profiling of Stool Samples from Preterm Neonates with SWATH/DIA Mass Spectrometry for Predicting Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

Lipocalin-2 and calprotectin as stool biomarkers for predicting necrotizing enterocolitis in premature neonates.

Does bovine lactoferrin (bLF) improve morbidity-free survival and severe retinopathy in very low birthweight infants? The Lactoferrin Infant Feeding Trial (LIFT).

Frequent collaborators

Thierry Daboval

David Grynspan

Illimar Altosaar

Nadya Ben Fadel

Nicholas Barrowman

Brian Hutton

Po-Yin Cheung

Subash Sad

Bernard Thébaud

Mark Walker

David Courtman

Alexandre Blais

Jacek Majewski

Kednapa Thavorn

Étienne Fortin-Pellerin

Kednapa Thavorn

Anie Lapointe

Kheira Jolin-Dahel

Franco Momoli

Dina El Demellawy