William W. Hay, Jr, MD, is chief medical officer and a member of the clinical and scientific advisory board of Astarte Medical, a leading precision medicine company based in Yardley, Pennsylvania. He was previously a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora.
After receiving his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Hay completed an internship, residency and fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.
Dr. Hay has more than 40 years of clinical neonatology and neonatal research experience. In addition to his professorship, his previous positions include scientific director of the University of Colorado Department of Pediatrics/Section of Neonatology Perinatal Research Center, and director of the Early Life Exposure Program at the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Dr. Hay’s scientific and clinical interests includes perinatal physiology, fetal and neonatal nutrition and metabolism, intrauterine fetal growth and growth restriction, the perinatal pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus, mammalian carbohydrate metabolism, and oxygen transport and oxygen monitoring, as well as child health research advocacy.
Dr. Hay is the principal investigator and program director for an NIH-NICHD T32, a research training grant for postdoctoral trainees in neonatal-perinatal medicine, maternal fetal medicine, and basic science. He also serves as PI, co-investigator or in an advisory capacity for a number of other current research projects supported by the NIH, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and other funding sources.
Dr. Hay is widely published and has authored numerous books, scientific papers, articles, abstracts, and invited editorials. He is the recipient of a number of honors including an award from the American Academy of Pediatrics recognizing his career-long contributions to children’s health.