Youssef A. Kousa, MS, DO, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Prenatal Infection and Neurodevelopmental Genetics (PING) Consortium
Youssef A. Kousa, MS, DO, Ph.D., is Founding Director of the Prenatal Infection and Neurodevelopmental Genetics (PING) Consortium at Children’s National Hospital and is an Instructor in Neurology, Pediatrics & Genomics, and Precision Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Dr. Kousa’s accomplishments include creation of an adenovirus-based malaria vaccine, discovery of a conserved gene regulatory network in craniofacial and neural tube development, 30 peer-reviewed publications, and multiple national and international invited research presentations.
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| December 2025 | Marques FJP, Ruan J, Razal RB, Leyser M, Kousa YA. A Scoping Review of Genetic Risk Factors Possibly Impacting Virally Induced Brain Injury After Zika Infection. Pediatric Research. 2025 Dec;98(7):2530-2535. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04252-1. Epub 2025 Jul 1. Erratum in: Pediatric Research. 2025 Nov;98(5):1972. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04315-3. PMID: 40593187 | view |
| August 2025 | Kukulka NA, Singh S, Whitehead MT, Dobyns WB, Chang T, Kousa YA. Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia: A Review From 1912 to 2022. Brain Communications. 2025 Aug 17;7(5):fcaf298. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf298. PMID: 40936650; PMCID: PMC12422213 | view |
Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677
Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908
Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579
Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403