An experienced certified public accountant, Larry Wittig serves as the managing partner of Wittig CPA’s in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. Also a prominent civic leader in the Tamaqua community and beyond, Larry Wittig served on the Philadelphia University Board of Trustees for 12 years.

Philadelphia University was renamed Thomas Jefferson University (Jefferson) when the two institutions merged in 2017. A prominent private university in Philadelphia, Jefferson is a regional leader in medical education and research. Recently, Jefferson announced it has awarded its pediatric award for clinical research to help researchers in the Jefferson University Hospital Pediatrics Department and the Jefferson University Clinical Research Institute improve care of babies born with a certain infection.

Receiving an award of $50,000 to begin the collaborative study, researchers will examine the relationship between the fetal membrane infection called chorioamnionitis and the associated infant conditions of chronic lung disease, allergies, asthma, developmental delays, or cerebral palsy. More than half a million babies are born each year to mothers carrying the chorioamnionitis infection in the fetal membrane. Jefferson researchers that are learning more about how the infection works can help physicians reduce serious health risks for newborns that are exposed to it.