Marissa Lee, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist I
Marissa Lee, Ph.D., joined the Developing Brain Institute (DBI) at Children’s National Hospital as a Staff Scientist I in August 2025. In joining the DBI team, she also returns to a research collaboration with Catherine J. Stoodley, BS, MS, DPhil, in the Cerebellar Cognition and Learning Lab where Dr. Lee will implement non-invasive neuromodulation and neuroimaging tools to study individualized therapies for cerebellar disorders.
Key Studies
| January 2026 | Dust J, Rice LC, Lee MM, Tegiacchi RF, Stoodley CJ. Cerebellar tDCS Modulates Corticocortical Functional Networks in a Regionally Specific Manner. JNeurosci. 2026 Jan 7;46(1):e0499252025. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0499-25.2025. PMID: 41130799; PMCID: PMC12782753 | |
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| September 2024 | Lee MM, Stoodley CJ. Neural Bases of Reading Fluency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neuropsychologia. 2024 Sep 9;202:108947. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108947. Epub 2024 Jul 2. PMID: 38964441 | 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