Barbara Ostfeld, PhD

Program Director, SIDS Center of New Jersey, Professor, and Program Director, High Risk Infant Follow-up Program

732-235-6974 ostfelba@rutgers.edu
Areas of Expertise Pediatric Psychology
Department(s) Pediatrics

Bio

Barbara Ostfeld is a professor at the Division of Neonatology. She also serves as the Program Director for the SIDS Center of New Jersey and the High-Risk Infant Follow-up Program.

She received her MS and PhD from Rutgers University and completed her postdoctoral training at CMHC/Children's Psychiatric Center. She is board-certified by the New Jersey Board of Psychological Examiners. 

Her areas of interest include Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, medical epidemiology, developmental processes, assessment of high-risk infants, perinatal mood disorders, and health disparities.