Dr. Riadh Cheddadi is a post-doctoral research associate in the Division of Pediatric Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine (MD) Degree from the Faculty of Medicine, Annaba, Algeria. He was trained as a post-doc at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is interested in understanding the impact of healthcare disparities on maternal health, and the link between maternal background and neonatal intestinal development.