Research
Recovery of function following pediatric brain injury; Neurocognitive function in acquired and genetic brain disease
Appointments
- Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Professor in Residence, Clinical Psychology
- Member, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Biography
There are three major foci of Asarnow’s current research. The first is a family genetic study of children with schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which systematically evaluated alternative ways of measuring the schizophrenia phenotype.
The second focus of Asarnows research is studies examining the neurobehavioral sequelae of traumatic brain injuries in children and adults. These are prospective, epidemiological studies that assess language, cognition and school and adaptive functioning in children and adults who have suffered significant traumatic brain injuries.
The third major theme is studies examining the neurobehavioral outcomes in children who receive resective surgery for “catastrophic” epilepsies. A major focus of that work is an attempt to identify the conditions under which the developing brain demonstrates functional plasticity.
Publications
- Forsyth, JK, Zhu, J, Chavannes, AS, Trevorrow, ZH, Hyat, M, Sievertsen, SA et al.. Fetal Gene Regulatory Gene Deletions are Associated with Poor Cognition and Altered Cortical Morphology in Schizophrenia and Community-Based Samples. medRxiv. 2024; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.08.02.24311302. PubMed PMID:39211869 PubMed Central PMC11361264.
- Kennedy, E, Liebel, SW, Lindsey, HM, Vadlamani, S, Lei, PW, Adamson, MM et al.. Verbal Learning and Memory Deficits across Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Insights from an ENIGMA Mega Analysis. Brain Sci. 2024;14 (7):. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14070669. PubMed PMID:39061410 PubMed Central PMC11274572.
- Keleher, F, Lindsey, HM, Kerestes, R, Amiri, H, Asarnow, RF, Babikian, T et al.. Multimodal Analysis of Secondary Cerebellar Alterations After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6 (11):e2343410. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43410. PubMed PMID:37966838 PubMed Central PMC10652147.
- Smevik, H, Habli, S, Saksvik, SB, Kliem, E, Evensmoen, HR, Conde, V et al.. Poorer sleep health is associated with altered brain activation during cognitive control processing in healthy adults. Cereb Cortex. 2023;33 (11):7100-7119. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhad024. PubMed PMID:36790738 PubMed Central PMC10233256.
- Kennedy, E, Vadlamani, S, Lindsey, HM, Lei, PW, Jo-Pugh, M, Adamson, M et al.. Bridging Big Data: Procedures for Combining Non-equivalent Cognitive Measures from the ENIGMA Consortium. bioRxiv. 2023; :. doi: 10.1101/2023.01.16.524331. PubMed PMID:36712107 PubMed Central PMC9882238.