Join the developing brain institute at #pas2024
This year, research-scientists affiliated with the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National had two oral poster symposia, eight platforms and four posters accepted for the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2024 meeting (#PAS2024).
Contact us to learn more about PAS 2024:
Developing Brain Institute Presenters and Collaborating Researchers
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024
Time: 3:45-4 p.m.
Room: 206 BD
Title: Maternal psychopathology and SSRI use during pregnancy are associated with altered fetal hippocampal connectivity in utero
Presenter: Josepheen De Asis-Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.
Time: 5:15-7:15 p.m.
Room: Hall E
Title: Prenatal SSRI exposure is associated with reduced regional fetal brain growth and cortical folding
First author: Yao Wu, Ph.D. (Presenter: Nickie Andescavage, M.D.)
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024
Time: 8:45-9 a.m.
Room: 206 BD
Title: Type of intravenous lipid emulsion affects very preterm brain development
Presenter: Katherine M. Ottolini, M.D.
Time: 9-9:15 a.m.
Room: 206 BD
Title: Timing of growth failure in very premature infants and implications for brain development
Presenter: Tameka T. Watson, M.D.
Time: 11:15-11:30 a.m.
Room: 202
Title: Associations between antenatal opioid exposure and newborn functional brain connectivity
Presenter: Josepheen De Asis-Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Hall E
Title: Intrauterine programming: prenatal COVID exposure and offspring outcomes
Presenter: Nickie Andescavage, M.D.
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Hall E
Title: Therapeutic opioid exposure for premature infants in the NICU is associated with altered thalamic connectivity at term
Presenter: Kevin M. Cook, Ph.D.
Time: 3:30-6 p.m.
Room: Hall E
Title: Brain metabolite concentrations in neonates of diabetic mothers
First Author: Steve C.N. Hui, Ph.D. (Presenter: Nickie Andescavage, M.D.)
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2024
Time: 11:05-11:15 a.m.
Room: 718 B
Title: SPR Presidential Plenary – Best of SPR Featured Science: SPR 2023 Bridging to Success Award: GABA-editing spectroscopy for understanding the developing brain in preterm infants
Presenter: Sudeepta K. Basu, M.D.
Time: 2-2:15 p.m.
Room: 201 F
Title: In utero SSRI exposure alters fetal cerebral cortical development and structural brain connectivity
First author: Josepheen De Asis-Cruz, M.D., Ph.D. (Presenter: Kevin M. Cook, Ph.D.)
Time: 2:45-3 p.m.
Room: 201 F
Title: Cerebellar GABA and glutamate concentrations at term-equivalent age predicts 18-month cognitive deficits in preterm infants
Presenter: Sudeepta K. Basu, M.D.
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024
Time: 8-8:15 a.m.
Room: 204
Title: Antenatal opioid exposure is associated with reduced global and regional brain volumes in newborns
Co-first authors: Stephanie L. Merhar, M.D., MS, and Yao Wu, Ph.D. (Presenter: Stephanie L. Merhar, M.D., MS)
Time: 1-2:30 p.m.
Room: 203
Title: Improved prediction of fetal neurobiological features by censoring high-motion frames in fetal functional MRI
Presenter: Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
PAS 2024 Presenters
Nickie Andescavage, M.D.
Sudeepta K. Basu, M.D.
Kevin M. Cook, Ph.D.
Josepheen De Asis-Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.
Steve C.N. Hui, Ph.D.
Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Katherine M. Ottolini, M.D.
Tameka T. Watson, M.D.
