Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Teenager With Acute Agitation and Altered Mental Status

Sharla Rent, MD, MSc-GH, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Global Health, with a faculty associate role in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine. Her work sits at the intersection of neonatal-perinatal medicine, global health, ethics, and palliative care, with a particular focus on improving care for newborns and families in both high-resource and low-resource settings. Her research addresses perinatal bereavement, neonatal resuscitation, donor human milk implementation, maternal mental health, and the ethical dimensions of neonatal and perinatal care. She has developed sustained international collaborations in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Rwanda, where her work spans implementation science, educational training, and qualitative research to strengthen health systems focused on maternal child health emergency care and to support families after perinatal loss. In parallel, she contributes to scholarship and leadership through roles in the American Academy of Pediatrics focused on global perinatal care.