Join the developing brain institute at #pas2025
This year, research-scientists affiliated with the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National had nine oral abstracts and 17 posters accepted for the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2025 meeting. That includes two oral abstracts that scored in the Top 5% of all abstracts submitted to #PAS2025: “Disrupted Motor Networks in Neonates With Complex Congenital Heart Disease,” led by Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.; and “Neonatal Hippocampal Volumes Are Associated With Toddler Behavior in Children Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” led by Susan Weiner, Ph.D.
Contact us to learn more about PAS 2025:
Developing Brain Institute Presenters and Collaborating Researchers
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025
Time: 5:30-7:45 p.m.
Location: No. 730
Format: Poster
Title: Social and Environmental Influences on the Cognitive and Social-Emotional Developmental Outcomes of Rural and Urban Colombian Children at Early School Age
First authors: Regan Andringa-Seed, Laura Calderon
Time: 5:30-7:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1981465
Format: Poster
Title: Tensor-Based Morphometry Identifies Impaired Growth of Novel Brain Areas in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease
First author: Srikanth Damera, M.D., Ph.D.
Time: 5:30-7:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1979368
Format: Poster
Title: Disrupted Preoperative White Matter Brain Microstructure in Newborns With Complex Congenital Heart Disease
First author: Josepheen De-Asis Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.
Time: 5:30-7:45 p.m.
Location: No. 744
Format: Poster
Title: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Colombian Children With Antenatal Zika Virus Exposure at School Age During the COVID-19 Pandemic
First author: Sarah B. Mulkey, M.D., Ph.D.
Time: 5:30-7:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1976969
Format: Poster
Title: Altered Maturational Trajectory of Cerebral Metabolites in Preterm Infants
First author: Anola J. Stage, M.D., IBCLC
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025
Time: 7:45-8 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1976339
Format: Oral Abstract
Title: Altered Cerebral Cortical Maturation in Newborns Exposed to Antenatal Opioids
First author: Yao Wu, Ph.D.
Time: 10-10:15 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1969086
Format: Oral Abstract
Title: Experience of Neighborhood Disadvantage Is Associated With Altered Structural Brain Development Even Before Birth
First author: Kevin M. Cook, Ph.D.
Time: 10:15-10:30 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1977048
Format: Oral Abstract
Title: Prenatal Maternal Psychological Distress and Functional Brain Development in Neonates
First author: Caroline Wambach, M.D.
Time: 10:30-10:45 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1975707
Format: Oral Abstract
Title: Disrupted White Matter Microstructure in Newborns With Antenatal Opioid Exposure
First author: María G. Mora Álvarez, Ph.D.
Time: 10:45-11 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1952688
Format: High Scoring Oral Abstract
Title: Disrupted Motor Networks in Neonates With Complex Congenital Heart Disease
First author: Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Time: 2-2:15 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1984944
Location: Rm 327
Format: Oral Abstract
Title: Early Epigenetic Biomarkers of Deaccelerated Aging in Preterm Infants With Extrauterine Growth Failure
First Author: Kristen Kocher, Ph.D. Presenter: Katherine M. Ottolini, M.D.
Time: 2:30-4:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1987204
Format: Poster
Title: Influence of Maternal NICU Visitation on Human Milk Feeding in Preterm Infants
First author: Katherine M. Ottolini, M.D.
Time: 2:30-4:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1980743
Format: Poster
Title: Brain Metabolite Concentrations in Neonates of Mothers With COVID-19 Exposure During Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study
First author: Steve C.N. Hui, Ph.D.
Time: 2:30-4:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1970651
Location: No. 432
Format: Poster
Title: Mommy&Me: Enrolling Black Moms and Babies in Clinical Research
First author: Diedtra Henderson, BA
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025
Time: 8:30-10:45 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1963302
Format: Poster
Title: Pharmacologic Treatment for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) Is Associated With Smaller Neonatal Brain Volumes
Co-first author and presenter: Stephanie L. Merhar, M.D., MS. Co-first author: Yao Wu, Ph.D.
Time: 8:30-10:45 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1951642
Format: Poster
Title: Brain Functional Connectivity Correlates With Neurobehavioral Impairments in Opioid-Exposed Neonates
First author: Josepheen De-Asis Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.
Time: 8:30-10:45 a.m.
Location: No. 742
Format: Poster
Title: Exploring the Relationship Between Child Opportunity Index and Bayley-III Scores in Young Children
First author: Manuela Iglesias
Time: 8:30-10:45 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1979444
Format: Poster
Title: Optimizing Hyperparameters of U-Net-Based Brain Segmentation Algorithms for Late 2nd and Early 3rd Trimester Fetuses
First author: Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Time: 8:30-10:45 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1977311
Location: No. 676
Format: Poster
Title: Disrupted Ventral Striatal Functional Connectivity in Colombian School-Age Children Exposed in Utero to the Zika Virus
First author: Josepheen De-Asis Cruz, M.D., Ph.D. Presenters: Sarah B. Mulkey, M.D., Ph.D.; Regan Andringa-Seed
Time: 8:30-10:45 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1980851
Location: No. 677
Format: Poster
Title: White Matter Microstructural Disruptions in Zika Virus-Exposed Children Without Congenital Zika Syndrome
First author: María G. Mora Álvarez, Ph.D. Presenters: Sarah B. Mulkey, M.D., Ph.D.; Regan Andringa-Seed
Time: 8:30-10:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1965774
Format: Poster
Title: Characteristics of Maternal Opioid Use and Early Brain Changes in Offspring
First author: Elizabeth Yen
Time: 2:30-2:45 p.m.
Abstract ID: 1985049
Format: Oral Abstract
Title: Impaired Third Trimester Placental Function in Pregnant Women Living With HIV
First author: Nickie Andescavage, M.D.
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025
Time: 7-9:15 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1958963
Format: Poster
Title: Relationship Between Sleep Problems and Social-Emotional Development at 12 Months of Age Among Infants With Antenatal Opioid Exposure and Unexposed Controls
First author: Carla M. Bann
Time: 7-9:15 a.m.
Format: Poster
Title: Differences in Early Child Neurodevelopment Following Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy
First author: Daniella McCausland
Time: 9:30-9:45 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1985857
Format: High Scoring Oral Abstract
Title: Neonatal Hippocampal Volumes Are Associated With Toddler Behavior in Children Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic
First author: Susan Weiner, Ph.D. Presenter: Nickie Andescavage, M.D.
Time: 9:45-10 a.m.
Abstract ID: 1976391
Format: Oral Abstract
Title: Reduced Brain Volumes in Normocephalic Children With Prenatal Zika Virus Exposure
First author: Yao Wu, Ph.D.
PAS 2025 First authors
Nickie Andescavage, M.D.
Kevin M. Cook, Ph.D.
Srikanth Damera
M.D., Ph.D.
Josepheen De Asis-Cruz
M.D., Ph.D.
Diedtra Henderson, BA
Steve C.N. Hui, Ph.D.
Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Kristen Kocher, Ph.D.
Catherine Limperopoulos
Ph.D.
María G. Mora Álvarez
Ph.D.
Sarah B. Mulkey
M.D., Ph.D.
Katherine M. Ottolini
M.D.
Anola J. Stage
M.D., IBCLC
Susan Weiner
Ph.D.
