JUNG-HOON KIM, PH.D. Research Faculty, (Assistant Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics Tenure Track)

Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D., Research Faculty, (Assistant Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics Tenure Track), joined the Developing Brain Institute (DBI) at Children’s National in March 2021. Jung-Hoon’s primary research topic is characterizing fetal-neonatal brain connectivity using machine learning. Before joining DBI, he obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University where he developed a deep generative model that, without supervision, could learn brain representations of young adults. Currently, Jung-Hoon is working on applying the novel deep generative model to expand our understanding of the developing brain network during the fetal-neonatal period.

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Address: 111 Michigan Ave. NW; Washington, D.C., 20010
Email: [email protected]
Department: MRI Lab

Recent publications & presentations

2025 | April

Kim JH, et al. "Disrupted Motor Networks in Neonates With Complex Congenital Heart Disease." Oral Abstract presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies 2025. Honolulu, Hawaii. April 2025.

Kim JH, et al. "Optimizing Hyperparameters of U-Net-Based Brain Segmentation Algorithms for Late 2nd and Early 3rd Trimester Fetuses." Poster presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies 2025. Honolulu, Hawaii. April 2025.

Kim JH, De Asis-Cruz J, Andescavage NN, du Plessis AJ, McDermott C, Limperopoulos C. “Disrupted Brain Networks in Neonates With Complex Congenital Heart Disease” Poster presentation. Children’s National Hospital 15th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. March-April 2025.

Wambach C, De Asis-Cruz J, Weiner S, Kim JH, Kapse K, Limperopoulos C, Andescavage N. "Prenatal Maternal Psychological Distress and Functional Brain Development in Neonates" Poster presentation. Children’s National Hospital 15th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. March-April 2025.

2025 | January

Tu JC, Kim JH, Luckett P, Adeyemo B, Shimony JS, Elison JT, Eggebrecht AT, Wheelock MD. “Deep-Learning Based Embedding of Functional Connectivity Profiles for Precision Functional Mapping.” bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jan 30:2025.01.29.635570. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.29.635570. PMID: 39975052; PMCID: PMC11838398
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39975052

2024 | October

Kim JH, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. “Separating Group- and Individual-Level Brain Signatures in the Newborn Functional Connectome: A Deep Learning Approach.” NeuroImage. 2024 Oct 1;299:120806. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120806. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PMID: 39179011; PMCID: PMC11457411
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39179011

2024 | May

Kim JH, Kapse K, Limperopoulos C, De Asis-Cruz J. “Cerebellar Volume and Functional Connectivity in Neonates Predicts Social and Emotional Development in Toddlers.” Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2024 May 1;18:1294527. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1294527. PMID: 38756409; PMCID: PMC11097671
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38756409/

2024 | April

Kim JH, De Asis-Cruz J, Andescavage NN, du Plessis A, Limperopoulos C. Disrupted functional brain networks in neonates with congenital heart disease. Children’s National Hospital 14th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2024.

Kim JH, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Improving reliability of fetal brain signatures using censoring high-motion frames in fetal functional MRI. Children’s National Hospital 14th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2024.

Cruz J, Kim JH, Cook KM, Teramoto H, Mastracchio CE, Kapse KJ, Andescavage N, Limperopoulos C. Associations between fetal hippocampal functional connectivity and maternal psychopathology. Children’s National Hospital 14th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2024.

Cruz JD, Cook KM, Kim JH, Kasper ML, Saulino P, Andescavage N, Limperopoulos C. Fetal cortical thickness and structural brain connectivity changes associated with in utero exposure to SSRIs. Children’s National Hospital 14th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2024.

2024 | February

Christoffel K, De Asis-Cruz J, Govindan RB, Kim JH, Cook KM, Kapse K, Andescavage N, Basu S, Spoehr E, Limperopoulos C, du Plessis A. “Central Autonomic Network and Heart Rate Variability in Premature Neonates.” Developmental Neuroscience. 2024;46(6):373-385. doi: 10.1159/000536513. Epub 2024 Feb 6. PMID: 38320522; PMCID: PMC11300706
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38320522

2023 | November

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 Med. 2023 Nov 14;21(1):435. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03141-w. PMID: 37957651
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37957651/

2023 | October

De Asis-Cruz J, Kim JH, Krishnamurthy D, Lopez C, Kapse K, Andescavage N, Vezina G, Limperopoulos C. “Examining the Relationship Between Fetal Cortical Thickness, Gestational Age, and Maternal Psychological Distress.” Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 2023 Oct;63:101282. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101282. Epub 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37515833; PMCID: PMC10407290
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37515833

2023 | May

Kim JH, De Asis-Cruz J, Krishnamurthy D, Limperopoulos C. "Towards a more informative representation of the fetal-neonatal brain connectome using variational autoencoder." Elife. 2023 May 15;12:e80878. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80878. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37184067
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37184067/

2023 | April

Kim JH, De Asis-Cruz J, Kapse K, Limperopoulos C. “Systematic Evaluation of Head Motion on Resting-State Functional Connectivity MRI in the Neonate.” Human Brain Mapping. 2023 Apr 1;44(5):1934-1948. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26183. Epub 2022 Dec 28. PMID: 36576333; PMCID: PMC9980896
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36576333

2023 | February

Kim JH, De Asis-Cruz J, Cook KM, Limperopoulos C. “Gestational Age-Related Changes in the Fetal Functional Connectome: In Utero Evidence for the Global Signal.” Cerebral Cortex. 2023 Feb 20;33(5):2302-2314. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac209. PMID: 35641159; PMCID: PMC9977380
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35641159