Section of Neonatal Neurology

Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology

Education

Fellowship

Neonatal Neurology

Washington University in St. Louis is proud to offer a one-year clinical fellowship in the evaluation and management of neurologic conditions impacting the fetal and newborn child. We provide comprehensive training in a large inpatient setting at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, including a newly expanded 125-bed NICU, combined with multiple outpatient specialty clinics.

Research

Labs

Dosenbach Lab

Nico U.F. Dosenbach, MD, PhD

Plasticity is one of the hallmark features of the human brain. Use-driven plasticity is critically important for typical development as well as recovering from brain injury. Thus, the overarching goal of our research is to better understand use-driven brain plasticity.

Research profile

Washington University Neonatal Development Research (WUNDER) Lab

Cynthia Rogers, MD
Christopher Smyser, MD

Our team strives to improve the outcomes for infants born at risk for adverse long term brain development.

Recent publications

  • Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to Disadvantage
    Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to DisadvantageLeverett, S. D., Brady, R. G., Tooley, U. A., Lean, R. E., Tillman, R., Wilson, J., Ruscitti, M., Triplett, R. L., Alexopoulos, D., Gerstein, E. D., Smyser, T. A., Warner, B., Luby, J. L., Smyser, C. D., Rogers, C. E. & Barch, D. M., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 276, 114289.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Socioemotional Outcomes of Children Born Very Preterm
    Adverse Childhood Experiences and Socioemotional Outcomes of Children Born Very PretermBishop, C. L., Lean, R. E., Smyser, T. A., Smyser, C. D. & Rogers, C. E., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 276, 114377.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Design tips for reproducible studies linking the brain to behaviour
    Design tips for reproducible studies linking the brain to behaviourChauvin, R. J. & Dosenbach, N. U. F., Dec 19 2024, In: Nature. 636, 8043, p. 581-583 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
  • Prenatal social disadvantage is associated with alterations in functional networks at birth
    Prenatal social disadvantage is associated with alterations in functional networks at birthNielsen, A. N., Triplett, R. L., Bernardez, L. M., Tooley, U. A., Herzberg, M. P., Lean, R. E., Kaplan, S., Meyer, D., Kenley, J. K., Alexopoulos, D., Losielle, D., Latham, A., Smyser, T. A., Agrawal, A., Shimony, J. S., Jackson, J. J., Miller, J. P., Raichle, M. E., Warner, B. B. & Rogers, C. E. & 4 others, Sylvester, C. M., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. L. & Smyser, C. D., Dec 10 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, […]
  • Cannabis Use and Trajectories of Depression and Stress Across the Prenatal Period
    Cannabis Use and Trajectories of Depression and Stress Across the Prenatal PeriodConstantino-Pettit, A., Tillman, R., Wilson, J., Lashley-Simms, N., Vatan, N., Atkinson, A., Leverett, S. D., Lenze, S., Smyser, C. D., Bogdan, R., Rogers, C. & Agrawal, A., Dec 2 2024, In: JAMA Network Open. 7, 12, p. e2451597Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Section’s research profile

Chief

Faculty

Contact Us

Leadership

Chris Smyser, MD
Chief, Section of Neonatal Neurology
Professor of Neurology

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