Deepika Sankaran is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis. She received her M.B.B.S. from Madras Medical College, India in 2009 and obtained a Diploma in Child Health (DCH) from Madras Medical College/Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, India in 2013, completed her Internship at Madras Medical College, India (2009–2010), Residency in Pediatrics at Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Queens NY (2013–2016), Residency in Pediatrics at the Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Madras Medical College, India (2011–2013), and Fellowship in Neonatology at the University of Buffalo/John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital, Buffalo NY (2016–2019). Her laboratory research focuses on neonatal resuscitation including chest compressions, epinephrine and use of oxygen during and after resuscitation in an ovine model. Her goal is to improve outcomes in all newborn infants, and especially the preterm and term infants who require resuscitation at birth. Her clinical research interests include evaluation of cardiovascular effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure in newborns. Additionally, she is attempting to estimate the prevalence of perinatal syphilis in the community with an emphasis on evaluation of short-term neonatal outcomes and prevention of congenital syphilis.