Dr. Emily Miller is an attending neonatologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati. In addition to caring for infants in the NICU (Newborn Intensive Care Unit), Dr. Miller cares for families at the Cincinnati fetal care center, specializing in fetal surgery and complex/high-risk deliveries.  

Dr. Miller’s research focuses on the effects of local, state, and national policy on infant and maternal health outcomes. During her pediatric residency and neonatal fellowship at the University of Louisville, Dr. Miller realized her passion for advocacy, and now partners with community organizations to promote economic, educational, and political changes that will reduce threats to neonatal health and well-being. Dr. Miller has a particular focus on eliminating racial disparities in infant and maternal health through research and evidence-based healthcare policy, such as the equitable provision of donor human milk to high-risk infants, stable housing during pregnancy, and Medicaid reform, and she is a current Health Policy Scholar through the Academic Pediatric Association.  

As part of her advocacy work, Dr. Miller serves as a co-director for the 2021-2022 Section on Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine’s national advocacy campaign, which is focused on mental health in the NICU. Other advocacy activities include mentoring pediatric residents and neonatal fellows interested in a career in advocacy, serving on the SONPM Advocacy Committee Leadership Council and Women in Neonatology advocacy workgroup, and providing expert written and oral legislative testimony on child health topics. Dr. Miller’s expertise in advocacy has led to several invitations to write and publish commentary on neonatal advocacy themes in the Journal of Perinatology and Pediatric Research and present her work at the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Public Health Association national conferences.  

She has also published on physician advocacy, including pediatric subspecialty loan repayment and the effects of COVID on mental health. Her personal account of COVID in the NICU was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics as part of a series of physician experiences and awarded the 2021 APEX (Advancing Pediatric Educator Excellence) Award for Publication Excellence.