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Meghan O’Neill,  MD, FAAP
Medical Officer
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Branch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Chicago, IL
oneillme@nih.gov

Biographical Summary

Meghan O’Neill, MD, FAAP, is a Medical Officer who joined the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Branch at The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in late 2023 after five years of clinical work in the Developmental Pediatrics and Child Neurology divisions at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where she also directed a clinical Down syndrome program. She manages a portfolio of grants relevant to individuals with IDD and is a member of the leadership team for the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project, an NIH-wide initiative to enhance research specifically involving individuals with Down syndrome. Dr. O’Neill completed her MD at the Johns Hopkins School University of Medicine, her pediatrics residency at Lurie Children’s Hospital/Northwestern University, and her fellowship in neurodevelopmental disabilities at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is triple board certified in General Pediatrics, Neurology with special qualifications in Child Neurology, and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. She hopes to cultivate diverse research initiatives that will positively impact the DS and IDD populations from both a medical and neurodevelopmental/behavioral standpoint. She also continues to provide clinical care to children with disabilities in the Chicagoland area.