WUNDER Lab

THE WUNDER LAB IS HIRING!! If you are interested in structural and functional connectivity (#fMRI and #dMRI), machine learning, and child development, please apply for our new postdoc position! See details below. RTs much appreciated.

How does the brain's surface expand in the first ten years of life? How does being born very preterm impact this process? We answer these questions in our new paper in @braincomms. Check it out below! doi.org/10.1093/brainc…

#JAACAP study found that high #neighborhoodcrime and weaker newborn brain connectivity was related to higher #externalizing symptoms in toddlers. @wunder_lab @rebeccagbradyb jaacap.org/article/S0890-…

Crime negatively affects teens, but what about toddlers? In a new paper out in @JAACAP, we found that toddlers living in high crime neighborhoods had more externalizing symptoms at 1 & 2yrs, especially aggression. @wunder_lab But how does crime influence toddlers?! 🧵 1/

#JAACAP New Research from @wunder_lab at @WUSTLMed finds long-term associations of maternal #NICU distress on children at age 5. #mentalhealth jaacap.org/article/S0890-…

New preprint! Are early environments associated with the pace of cortical network development? In my first postdoc preprint with the @wunder_lab, @BarchDbarch, @rogers_ce, and Chris Smyser, we addressed this question. 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… \1

Congratulations to our (former) graduate student @rebeccagbrady! It was a pleasure to have you in lab. We cannot wait to see what else you accomplish!

✔️PhD I successfully defended my PhD thanks to my incredible team of mentors! My PIs: Chris Smyser & @rogers_ce, and bonus mentors: @BarchDbarch, Joan Luby, @upennedenlab & @shimonyjs, have always supported me and my work. I feel truly fortunate to be in the @wunder_lab!

I am excited to announce that I will be defending my PhD one week from today! Please let me know if you’d like a zoom link to attend virtually.

Have been looking forward to this - next speaker today is @rogers_ce talking about social determinants of health on infant brain development. #SOBP2023

Belated announcement that as of a few months ago, I'm a postdoc at the @WUSTLmed @wunder_lab! It's been a rollercoaster year (hence the twitter absence), but I'm delighted to have settled into a great research home with @rogers_ce, Chris Smyser, and @BarchDbarch 😌.

I’m lucky to have such WUNDERful mentors!! It’s been an honor to work with the @wunder_lab studying the downstream effects of premature birth!

Also, a huge shoutout to all the staff who are involved with this study! Longitudinal studies are a tremendous undertaking and we appreciate their hard work. Finally, we want to thank our wonderful families for participating in our research!We are so fortunate to work with them!

Congratulations to our talented leaders Drs. @rogers_ce and Christopher Smyser!! This award is so well deserved!!

Drs. Cynthia Rogers and Christopher Smyser received a MERIT award from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health for their research focused on preterm babies' brains as the children age. @rogers_ce @WUSTLPeds source.wustl.edu/2023/03/rogers…

Thank you to everyone who came to my flashtalk at #SRCD2023 ! So great to chat about neonatal brain connectivity and emerging executive function in early childhood!

Join us for some exciting science this morning #SRCD23! Assistant Professor @RachelEmmaLean is sharing her latest findings in the Perinatal Experiences and Brain Development session @SRCDtweets!

Getting excited for #SRCD23! If you’re interested in neighborhood crime exposure, early externalizing behaviors, neonatal fMRI, or observed parenting behaviors, consider stopping by my poster to hear some NEW findings! @SRCDtweets

Congratulations to Regina Triplett, MD, MS (@RLTriplett), and Osvaldo Laurido-Soto, MD, on their recent @WUICTS 2023-2024 Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program awards!

Congrats to @CyrPeppar for her article about how early brain activity can help us predict motor development at age two in premature infants. @eic_nic #cerebralpalsy #prematurity #fmri sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to @RachelEmmaLean on her appointment to Assistant Professor at @WUSTLmed Psychiatry!! We’re excited to see all the great work you do!