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Mar Janna Dahl, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Pediatrics

Divisions: Neonatology

Education History

Undergraduate University of Utah
 BS
Graduate Training University of Nevada, Reno
 MS
Doctoral Training University of Western Australia
 PhD
Research Fellow Perth Children's Hospital, Telethon Kids Institute
 Honorary Research Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bahr TM, Albertine KH, Christensen RD, Dahl MJ, Rebentisch A, Dawson E, Major E, Foreman H, Headden D, Vordos Z, Nabi A, Pettet L, Badrov P, Addison C, Christensen DR (2023). Nucleated Red Blood Cell Emergence-Time in Newborn Lambs Following a Dose of Darbepoetin Alfa. Curr Pediatr Rev, 19(4), 425-428.
  2. Dahl MJ, Lavizzari A, Davis JW, Noble PB, Dellacà R, Pillow JJ (2022). Impact of fetal treatments for congenital diaphragmatic hernia on lung development.(Epub ahead of print). Anat Rec (Hoboken).
  3. Albertine KH, Dahl MJ, Rebentisch A, Dawson E, Nabi A, Bowen S, Miers C, Wang Z, Yang H, Yu B, Null DM, Keefe D, Chung JK, Zhou Z, Barton N, Carey G, Ward R (2023). Pilot dose-ranging of rhIGF-1/rhIGFBP-3 in a preterm lamb model of evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Res, 93(6), 1528-1538.
  4. Converse MI, Nye KS, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Monson KL (2021). Stretch-Induced Intimal Failure in Isolated Cerebral Arteries as a Function of Development. Ann Biomed Eng, 49(12), 3540-3549.
  5. Liu M, Iosef C, Rao S, Domingo-Gonzalez R, Fu S, Snider P, Conway SJ, Umbach GS, Heilshorn SC, Dewi RE, Dahl MJ, Null DM, Albertine KH, Alvira C (2021). Transforming Growth Factor-induced Protein Promotes NF-¿B-mediated Angiogenesis during Postnatal Lung Development. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 64(3), 318-330.
  6. Le B, Ferreira P, Merchant S, Zheng G, Sutherland MR, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Black M (2021). Microarchitecture of the hearts in term and former-preterm lambs using diffusion tensor imaging. Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J., 304(4), 803-817.
  7. Dahl MJ, Veneroni C, Lavizzari A, Bowen S, Emerson H, Rebentisch A, Dawson E, Summers K, Pettet L, Wang Z, Null DM, Yoder BA, Dellacà RL, Albertine K (2021). Early extubation to noninvasive respiratory support of former preterm lambs improves long-term respiratory outcomes. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 321(1), L248-L262.
  8. Ke X, Xing B, Dahl MJ, Alvord J, McKnight RA, Lane RH, Albertine K (2021). Hippocampal epigenetic and insulin-like growth factor alterations in noninvasive versus invasive mechanical ventilation in preterm lambs. Pediatric research, 90(5), 998-1008.
  9. Lê B, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Sutherland MR, Black M (2020). Preterm Birth With Neonatal Interventions Accelerates Collagen Deposition in the Left Ventricle of Lambs Without Affecting Cardiomyocyte Development. CJC open, 3(5), 574-584.
  10. Davis JW, Pillow JJ, Cooper MN, Dahl M (2020). Electrostatic Filters to Reduce COVID-19 Spread in Bubble CPAP: An in vitro Study of Safety and Efficacy. Neonatology, 117(6), 736-741.
  11. Nott F, Jane Pillow J, Dahl M, Kelly SB, Melville J, McDonald C, Nitsos I, Lim R, Wallace EM, Jenkin G, Polglase GR, Moss TJ, Galinsky (2020). Brain inflammation and injury at 48¿h is not altered by human amnion epithelial cells in ventilated preterm lambs. Pediatric research, 88(1), 27-37.
  12. Veneroni C, Dahl MJ, Lavizzari A, Dawson E, Rebentisch A, Studstill S, Bowen S, Albertine KH, Dellaca R (2019). Non-invasive measurements of respiratory system mechanical properties by the forced oscillation technique in spontaneously breathing, mixed-breed, normal term lambs from birth to five months of age. Physiological measurement, 40(10), 105007.
  13. Dahl MJ, Bowen S, Aoki T, Rebentisch A, Dawson E, Pettet L, Emerson H, Yu B, Wang Z, Yang H, Zhang C, Presson AP, Joss-Moore L, Null DM, Yoder BA, Albertine K (2018). Former-preterm lambs have persistent alveolar simplification at 2 and 5 months corrected postnatal age. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 315(5), L816-L833.
  14. Song Y, Dahl M, Leavitt W, Alvord J, Bradford CY, Albertine KH, Pillow J (2018). Vitamin A Protects the Preterm Lamb Diaphragm Against Adverse Effects of Mechanical Ventilation. Frontiers in physiology, 9, 1119.
  15. Sowder JC, Dahl MJ, Zuspan KR, Albertine KH, Null DM, Barneck MD, Grimmer J (2018). Effect of Heliox on Respiratory Outcomes during Rigid Bronchoscopy in Term Lambs. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery, 159(1), 35-41.
  16. Staub E, Dahl MJ, Yost C, Bowen S, Aoki T, Blair A, Wang Z, Null DM, Yoder BA, Albertine K (2017). Preterm birth and ventilation decrease surface density of glomerular capillaries in lambs, regardless of postnatal respiratory support mode. Pediatric research, 82(1), 93-100.
  17. Nye KS, Converse MI, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Monson K (2017). Development of Mechanical and Failure Properties in Sheep Cerebral Arteries. Annals of biomedical engineering, 45(4), 1101-1110.
  18. Abdullah OM, Seidel T, Dahl M, Gomez AD, Yiep G, Cortino J, Sachse FB, Albertine KH, Hsu E (2016). Diffusion tensor imaging and histology of developing hearts. NMR in biomedicine, 29(10), 1338-49.
  19. Sutherland MR, Ryan D, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Black M (2016). Effects of preterm birth and ventilation on glomerular capillary growth in the neonatal lamb kidney. Journal of hypertension, 34(10), 1988-97.
  20. Joss-Moore LA, Hagen-Lillevik SJ, Yost C, Jewell J, Wilkinson RD, Bowen S, Dahl MJ, Dong L, Wang Z, Presson AP, Zhang C, Null DM, Yoder BA, Albertine K (2016). Alveolar formation is dysregulated by restricted nutrition but not excess sedation in preterm lambs managed by noninvasive support. Pediatric research, 80(5), 719-728.
  21. Roberts JK, Stockmann C, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Egan E, Lin Z, Reilly CA, Ballard PL, Ballard RA, Ward R (2016). Pharmacokinetics of Budesonide Administered with Surfactant in Premature Lambs: Implications for Neonatal Clinical Trials. Current clinical pharmacology, 11(1), 53-61.
  22. Zinkhan EK, Lang BY, Yu B, Wang Y, Jiang C, Fitzhugh M, Dahl M, Campbell MS, Fung C, Malleske D, Albertine KH, Joss-Moore L, Lane R (2014). Maternal tobacco smoke increased visceral adiposity and serum corticosterone levels in adult male rat offspring. Pediatric research, 76(1), 17-23.
  23. Yang Q, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Ramchandran R, Sun M, Raj J (2013). Role of histone deacetylases in regulation of phenotype of ovine newborn pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells. Cell proliferation, 46(6), 654-64.
  24. Null DM, Alvord J, Leavitt W, Wint A, Dahl MJ, Presson AP, Lane RH, DiGeronimo RJ, Yoder BA, Albertine K (2014). High-frequency nasal ventilation for 21 d maintains gas exchange with lower respiratory pressures and promotes alveolarization in preterm lambs. Pediatric research, 75(4), 507-16.
  25. Rehan VK, Fong J, Lee R, Sakurai R, Wang ZM, Dahl MJ, Lane RH, Albertine KH, Torday J (2011). Mechanism of reduced lung injury by high-frequency nasal ventilation in a preterm lamb model of neonatal chronic lung disease. Pediatric research, 70(5), 462-6.
  26. Joss-Moore LA, Wang Y, Yu X, Campbell MS, Callaway CW, McKnight RA, Wint A, Dahl MJ, Dull RO, Albertine KH, Lane R (2011). IUGR decreases elastin mRNA expression in the developing rat lung and alters elastin content and lung compliance in the mature rat lung. Physiological genomics, 43(9), 499-505.
  27. Albertine KH, Dahl MJ, Gonzales LW, Wang ZM, Metcalfe D, Hyde DM, Plopper CG, Starcher BC, Carlton DP, Bland R (2010). Chronic lung disease in preterm lambs: effect of daily vitamin A treatment on alveolarization. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 299(1), L59-72.
  28. Reyburn B, Li M, Metcalfe DB, Kroll NJ, Alvord J, Wint A, Dahl MJ, Sun J, Dong L, Wang ZM, Callaway C, McKnight RA, Moyer-Mileur L, Yoder BA, Null DM, Lane RH, Albertine K (2008). Nasal ventilation alters mesenchymal cell turnover and improves alveolarization in preterm lambs. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 178(4), 407-18.
  29. McCurnin D, Seidner S, Chang LY, Waleh N, Ikegami M, Petershack J, Yoder B, Giavedoni L, Albertine KH, Dahl MJ, Wang ZM, Clyman R (2008). Ibuprofen-induced patent ductus arteriosus closure: physiologic, histologic, and biochemical effects on the premature lung. Pediatrics, 121(5), 945-56.
  30. O'Brien EA, Barnes V, Zhao L, McKnight RA, Yu X, Callaway CW, Wang L, Sun JC, Dahl MJ, Wint A, Wang Z, McIntyre TM, Albertine KH, Lane R (2007). Uteroplacental insufficiency decreases p53 serine-15 phosphorylation in term IUGR rat lungs. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 293(1), R314-22.
  31. Anderson-Berry A, O'Brien EA, Bleyl SB, Lawson A, Gundersen N, Ryssman D, Sweeley J, Dahl MJ, Drake CJ, Schoenwolf GC, Albertine K (2005). Vasculogenesis drives pulmonary vascular growth in the developing chick embryo. Developmental dynamics, 233(1), 145-53.
  32. Bland RD, Ling CY, Albertine KH, Carlton DP, MacRitchie AJ, Day RW, Dahl M (2003). Pulmonary vascular dysfunction in preterm lambs with chronic lung disease. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 285(1), L76-85.
  33. MacRitchie AN, Albertine KH, Sun J, Lei PS, Jensen SC, Freestone AA, Clair PM, Dahl MJ, Godfrey EA, Carlton DP, Bland R (2001). Reduced endothelial nitric oxide synthase in lungs of chronically ventilated preterm lambs. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 281(4), L1011-20.
  34. Bland RD, Albertine KH, Carlton DP, Kullama L, Davis P, Cho SC, Kim BI, Dahl M, Tabatabaei (2000). Chronic lung injury in preterm lambs: abnormalities of the pulmonary circulation and lung fluid balance. Pediatric research, 48(1), 64-74.