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This year, research-scientists affiliated with the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National had eight oral abstracts and 11 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. candidate.

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Developing Brain Institute Presenters and Collaborating Researchers

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025

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

Presenter: 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

Presenter: Josepheen De-Asis Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.

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

Presenter: 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

Presenter: Kevin M. Cook, Ph.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

Presenter: 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

Presenter: Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.

Time: 2-2:15 p.m.

Abstract ID: 1984944

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

Presenter: 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

Presenter: Steve C.N. Hui, Ph.D.

Time: 2:30-4:45 p.m.

Abstract ID: 1970651

Format: Poster

Title: Mommy&Me: Enrolling Black Moms and Babies in Clinical Research

Presenter: 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: 1980851

Format: Poster

Title: White Matter Microstructural Disruptions in Zika Virus-Exposed Children Without Congenital Zika Syndrome

Presenter: María G. Mora Álvarez, 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

Presenter: Josepheen De-Asis Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.

Time: 8:30-10:45 a.m.

Abstract ID: 1977311

Format: Poster

Title: Disrupted Ventral Striatal Functional Connectivity in Colombian School-Age Children Exposed in Utero to the Zika Virus

Presenter: Josepheen De-Asis Cruz, M.D., Ph.D.

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

Presenter: Jung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.

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

Presenter: 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

Author: Carla M. Bann

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 (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

Presenter: Yao Wu, Ph.D.

PAS 2025 Presenters

María G. Mora Álvarez
Ph.D.

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.

Katherine M. Ottolini
M.D.

Catherine Limperopoulos
Ph.D.

Susan Weiner

Yao Wu, Ph.D.