This year, research-scientists affiliated with the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National had two oral poster symposia, eight platforms and 13 posters accepted for the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2023 meeting (#PAS2023).
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Friday, April 28, 2023 |
Time: 5:15-7:15 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Timing of the NeoNatal Neurobehavioral Scale 2nd edition (NNNS-II) in infants with antenatal opioid exposure and controls Presenter: Stephanie L. Merhar, M.D., MS (co-author Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D.) |
Saturday, April 29, 2023 |
Time: 8-9:30 a.m.
Room: 146B Title: Neonatal fetal nutrition & metabolism 1 Moderator: Katherine M. Ottolini, M.D., attending neonatologist |
Time: 9:15-9:30 a.m.
Room: 204C Title: Altered prenatal brain development predicts early signs of autism in congenital heart disease Presenter: Yao Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor |
Time: 3-3:30 p.m.
Room: 204C Title: Disrupted functional brain connectome in the fetus with congenital heart disease Presenter: Josepheen De Asis Cruz, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Relationship between perceived stigma in healthcare settings and psychological distress among individuals who took opioids during pregnancy Presenter: Carla Bann, Ph.D. (co-author Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D.) |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Characterizing the impact of fetal congenital heart disease on the neonatal epigenome Presenter: Kristen Kocher, Ph.D., T32 research postdoctoral fellow |
Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
Time: 11:30-11:45 a.m.
Room: 146C Title: Early parenteral lipid intake improves cerebellar neurometabolism in preterm infants Presenter: Rebecca S. Lundberg, NICU Fellow PYG-6 |
Time: 11:30-11:45 a.m.
Room: 147AB Title: Elevated maternal anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic alters newborn hippocampal and amygdala development Presenter: Susan Lauren Weiner, research trainee |
Time: 11:30-11:45 a.m.
Room: 146C Title: Impaired early brain growth and neurodevelopment in preterm infants receiving donor breast milk compared to mother’s own milk Presenter: Katherine M. Ottolini, M.D., attending neonatologist |
Time: noon-12:15 p.m.
Room: 150A Title: Maternal stress and early neurobehavioral outcomes in preterm infants Presenter: Katherine M. Ottolini, M.D., attending neonatologist |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Latent profile analysis of NNNS-II scores among neonates with antenatal opioid exposure and controls Carla Bann, Ph.D. (co-author Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D.) |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Evolution of the Central Autonomic Network in premature neonates Presenter: Kelsey Christoffel, M.D., fetal-neonatal neurology fellow |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Maternal stress in pregnancy predicts infant neurodevelopmental outcomes Presenter: Madison Myers, MS, clinical research coordinator |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Assessment of CONSENTER: a digital tool to enhance recruitment for a prospective longitudinal cohort study of antenatal opioid exposure Jamie E. Newman (co-author Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D.) |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Extrauterine somatic growth restriction affects volumetric brain growth in preterm infants Presenter: Tameka T. Watson, M.D., neonatal-perinatal medicine fellow |
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Prenatal maternal mental distress is associated with altered motor and social-emotional development in toddlers with congenital heart disease Presenter: Yao Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor |
Monday, May 1, 2023 |
Time: 8:15-8:30 a.m.
Room: 145AB Title: Preterm pain in the NICU is associated with atypical functional brain connectivity and developmental deficits at 18 months Presenter: Kevin Cook, Ph.D., research postdoctoral fellow |
Time: 9:15-9:30 a.m.
Room: 145AB Title:Regional homogeneity as a marker of sensory cortex dysmaturity in premature infants Presenter: Srikanth R. Damera, Ph.D., medical student |
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Maternal mental health conditions affect newborn resilience and neuromotor function Presenter: Merrick Kasper, BA, clinical research coordinator |
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Emerging individual uniqueness in the newborn functional connectome Presenter: Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D., research postdoctoral fellow |
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: Automated in-vivo placental segmentation using multimodal fusion based on deep neural networks Presenter: Dhineshvikram Krishnamurthy, MS |
Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Room: Exhibit Hall Title: T2* weighted placental magnetic resonance imaging in pregnant women exposed to COVID-19 infection Presenter: Morteza Pishghadam, Ph.D., MS, research postdoctoral fellow. |
Time: 1-2:30 p.m.
Room: 145AB Title: Impact of bronchopulmonary dysplasia on brain GABA concentration of preterm infants Presenter: Sudeepta K. Basu, M.D., attending neonatologist |
Time: 1-2:30 p.m.
Room: 145AB Title: Central Autonomic Network connectivity in preterm and term neonates Presenter: Kelsey Christoffel, M.D., fetal-neonatal neurology fellow |