Kevin M. Cook, Ph.D.
Research Faculty (Assistant Professor)
Kevin M. Cook, Ph.D., is Research Faculty (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Tenure Track) at the Developing Brain Institute where he focuses on the impact of early perturbations to the developing brain on later neurodevelopment. Kevin’s work explores how early changes to the brain influence neurodevelopmental trajectories with an emphasis on risk for neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Key Studies
| March 2026 | Cook KM, De Asis-Cruz J, Kapse K, Christoffel K, McDermott C, Andescavage N, Limperopoulos C. Prenatal Experience of Greater Neighborhood Disadvantage Is Associated With Altered Fetal Volumetric Brain Growth in Utero. Cerebral Cortex. 2026 Mar 3;36(3):bhag017. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhag017. PMID: 41772840 | view |
| November 2023 | Cook KM, De Asis-Cruz J, Kim JH, Basu SK, Andescavage N, Murnick J, Spoehr E, Liggett M, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Experience of Early-Life Pain in Premature Infants Is Associated With Atypical Cerebellar Development and Later Neurodevelopmental Deficits. BMC Medicine. 2023 Nov 14;21(1):435. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03141-w. PMID: 37957651 | view |
| September 2023 | Cook KM, De Asis-Cruz J, Basu SK, Andescavage N, Murnick J, Spoehr E, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Ex-Utero Third Trimester Developmental Changes in Functional Brain Network Organization in Infants Born Very and Extremely Preterm. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2023 Sep 1;17:1214080. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1214080. PMID: 37719160; PMCID: PMC10502339 | view |
| March 2023 | Cook KM, De Asis-Cruz J, Lopez C, Quistorff J, Kapse K, Andersen N, Vezina G, Limperopoulos C. Robust Sex Differences in Functional Brain Connectivity Are Present in Utero. Cerebral Cortex. 2023 Mar 10;33(6):2441-2454. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac218. PMID: 35641152; PMCID: PMC10016060 | 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