Lori A. Devlin-Phinney, DO, MHA

Dr. Lori Devlin is a Professor of Pediatrics and practicing neonatologist at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children’s Hospital. Her research focuses on neonatal exposures, specifically Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS). She designs and conducts clinical research aimed to inform and improve the care for, and outcomes of, infants with antenatal opioid exposure. She also participates in translational research focused on understanding the effects of antenatal opioid exposure on myelination of the newborn brain.

She currently serves as a primary investigator for the NIH HEAL Evaluation of Limited Pharmacotherapies for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (HELP for NOWS) Consortium and a multiple principal investigator for the University of Louisville NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) IDeA States Pediatrics Clinical Trial Network (ISPCTN) award.

She has expertise in leading multicenter clinical studies and randomized controlled trials which she now uses to develop the next generation of clinician scientists through her roles in local and national research leadership.