Stephanie Wells
Mommy&Me Stakeholder Engagement Core Member
Stephanie Wells, Mommy&Me(opens in new tab) Stakeholder Engagement Core member, is a home healthcare professional and, for more than 20 years has provided customer service through various occupations. Stephanie is also a DC Primary Care Association context expert, mother of five, grandmother of two and a Founding Member of Moms’ Collective Wisdom, focus group members whose comments shaped this study proposal. She brings firsthand experience giving birth in Washington D.C., including not having worked with a patient navigator until her fifth pregnancy. Stephanie has provided motivation across generations – young people, pregnant women and women of the same age who have lacked access to a full range of diverse resources. Each project Stephanie has worked on has continuously motivated her to make a positive impact on the lives of young people, including her four daughters, one son and two grandchildren - in the hopes they do the same for the young people surrounding them and the ones who come after.
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Key Studies
| April 2025 | Le HN, Andescavage N, Keller JM, Bassa MM, Danielson AL, Henderson D, Bond S, Mjenga N, Wells S, Quinn P, Limperopoulos C. Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Mommy&Me Study: A Multi-Modal Approach to Address Social Determinants of Health and Mental Health Among Low-Income Black Perinatal Populations. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2025 Apr 21;45:101489. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101489. PMID: 40336702; PMCID: PMC12056800 | 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