Dr. Hedstrom's research focuses on the implementation of neonatal intensive care in resource limited areas and the causes of neonatal death globally. She investigates ways to provide safe, ethically sound and scientifically supported continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for newborns. She has also designed and implemented a novel data collection process in a rural Ugandan NICU with which she is able to assess clinical course and outcomes real-time. Lastly she is a mobile WACh investigator- using two-way SMS messaging to improve pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in Kenya.

Dr. Hedstrom is a neonatologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and the Associate Medical Director of the neonatal unit at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Her teaching includes medical students, residents, neonatology fellows, nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital as well as instructing providers in the community and abroad in neonatal care and resuscitation.