FNNDSC Newsletter: February 28th
Upcoming events:
March Lecture Series Calendar
Speaker: Henry Feldman, PhD
Principal Biostatistician, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Biostatistics and Research Design (BARD) Center
Title: The Fuss About P-Values: Are they Obligatory, Onerous, or Obsolete?
Date: Wednesday 3/5 10-11 am
Speaker: Xue-Jun (June) Kong, M.D.
AP-Scientist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Title: Autism Biomarkers: the Value in Early Diagnosis and Subtyping
Date: Wednesday 3/12 10-11 am
St. Patty’s Day Celebration (TBD): 3/17
March Coffee Social: Wednesday 3/19 10-11 am
FNNDSC Seminar-NIH K Applications Session 2: Wednesday 3/19 2-3 pm
Upcoming Conferences:
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference | April 24-28, 2025 | Honolulu, HI
ISMRM Annual Meeting | May 10-15, 2025 | Honolulu, HI
American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Annual Meeting | May 17-21 | Philadelphia, PA
Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Conference | June 24-28 | Brisbane, Australia
Helpful Links:
Research Announcements & News▴ Office of Sponsored Programs Updates▴ Funding Opportunities and Links ▴ PeopleSoft/ERP ▴ Flu/COVID Vaccine Central ▴eHelp
Studies Recruiting:
The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study at Boston Children’s Hospital (https://hbcdstudy.org/) are in need of parents and their infants to volunteer in two play-based neurodevelopmental tasks with their 9- to 15-month-old infants/toddlers (details below) as part of training/piloting.
In addition to the compensation described below, transportation costs and childcare for siblings are provided as needed. These activities take place at 2 Brookline Place.
Please contact the HBCD Study (hbcd@childrens.harvard.edu) with any questions or interest in participating.
Bayley Assessment of Infant and Toddler Development (up to 2 hrs)
-A play-based activity that assesses various domains of children's development, including motor, visual, and language abilities
-Compensation: $50 + diapers, an Uber meal voucher, and small gifts for parent and infant
NIH Baby Tool Box (45 minutes)
-This activity primarily uses an iPad, along with some play-based tasks, to assess cognition, executive functioning, language, numeracy/early mathematics, self-regulation, social functioning, and motor skills.
-Compensation: $20 + diapers, an Uber meal voucher, and small gifts for parent and infant
Recent Publications from Our Team:
Falsitta LV, Cross H, Lindan C, George E, Grant PE, Sudhakar S, Alves C, Sullivan J, Pujar S, D'Arco F. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in SCN1A-related epilepsies and Dravet syndrome: A systematic review. Epilepsia. 2025 Feb 28. doi: 10.1111/epi.18344. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40019774.
Ahtam B, Meadows J, Berto LF, Lildharrie C, Solti M, Doo JM, Feldman HA, Vyas R, Zhang F, O'Donnell LJ, Rathi Y, Stout J, Smith ER, Orbach DB, See AP, Grant PE, Lehman LL. Symptoms Do Not Predict White Matter Injury in the Watershed Regions in Children with Moyamoya. J Pediatr. 2025 Jan;276:114372. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114372. Epub 2024 Oct 18. PMID: 39428090.
Sambatur EV, Qaderi S, Soldatelli MD, Castillo J, Castillo H, Northam WT, Warf BC, Chmait RH, Krispin E, Grant PE, Shamshirsaz AA. Management and Outcomes in Isolated Congenital Aqueductal Stenosis: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Prenat Diagn. 2025 Feb 20. doi: 10.1002/pd.6764. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39978788.
Yun HJ, Lee HJ, You S, Lee JY, Aguirre-Chavez J, Vasung L, Lee HJ, Tarui T, Feldman HA, Grant PE, Im K. Deep Learning-based Brain Age Prediction Using MRI to Identify Fetuses with Cerebral Ventriculomegaly. Radiol Artif Intell. 2025 Feb 19:e240115. doi: 10.1148/ryai.240115. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39969279.
Bao R, Song Y, Bates SV, Weiss RJ, Foster AN, Jaimes C, Sotardi S, Zhang Y, Hirschtick RL, Grant PE, Ou Y. BOston Neonatal Brain Injury Data for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (BONBID-HIE): I. MRI and Lesion Labeling. Sci Data. 2025 Jan 11;12(1):53. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03986-7. PMID: 39799120; PMCID: PMC11724925.
Dmytriw AA, Hadjinicolaou A, Ntolkeras G, Tamilia E, Pesce M, Berto LF, Grant PE, Pang E, Ahtam B. Magnetoencephalography for the pediatric population, indications, acquisition and interpretation for the clinician. Neuroradiol J. 2025 Feb;38(1):7-20. doi: 10.1177/19714009241260801. Epub 2024 Jun 12. PMID: 38864180; PMCID: PMC11571317.
Takeoka E, Carlson AA, Madan N, Azimirad A, Mahmoud T, Kitano R, Akiyama S, Yun HJ, Tucker R, Im K, O'Tierney-Ginn P, Tarui T. Impact of high maternal body mass index on fetal cerebral cortical and cerebellar volumes. J Perinat Med. 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2024-0222. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39754513.
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