Professor
Primary Department
Pediatrics
Affiliation
Children's National Hospital
Research Interests
Research examines how adverse prenatal environment interacts with genetic predisposition, thereby increasing the disease susceptibility after birth. Studies focus on the cerebral cortex.
Keywords
Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Intellectual Disability, Cerebral Cortex, Biomarkers, Organogenesis, Immunologic Tests, Neurology , Pediatrics
Research Level
T0 / T1: Basic Science Discovery and Initial Translation to Humans
Research Method(s)
- drop-PCR
- In vivo gene transfer
- Generation and analysis of transgenic mouse models
- Single-cell RNA sequencing and Copy Number Variation analysis of patient-derived iPS cells and fetal brains
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