Join the developing brain institute at #pas2025

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.
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.
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.