Recent manuscripts and commentary from WashU investigators on interdisciplinary topics of child health and well-being
Adapting a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers: a qualitative study
Merrill KG, Fuentes J, Merrill J, DeCelles J, Silva J, Sedeño A, Salgado S, Vargas S, Cano JK, Nabor V, Rodriguez L, Melgoza V, Mora C, Baumann AA, Guastaferro K, Donenberg GR. (2025) Frontiers in Public Health, 13, art. no. 1501757
Author Keywords
adaptation; adolescence; CBPR; FRAME; intimate partner violence; Latina; mental health; sexual and reproductive health
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
Developing and testing tele-support psychotherapy using mobile phones for depression among youth in Kampala district, Uganda: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Nakimuli-Mpungu E, Kwesiga JM, Bwanika JM, Musinguzi D, Nakanyike C, Iya J, Bakeera Kitaka S, Akimana B, Hawkins C, Cavazos P, Nachega JB, Mills EJ, Seggane M. (2025) Frontiers in Digital Health, 7, art. no. 1515193
Author Keywords
COVID-19; depression; randomized controlled trial; tele-support psychotherapy; Uganda; Uganda tele-support psychotherapy; youth
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
HPV Vaccine Uptake and its Predictors among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Living with HIV-in Central Uganda
Kabarambi A, Kizito S, Hunleth J, Silver M, Niyonzima N, Ssewamala F. (2025) AIDS and Behavior
Author Keywords
Adolescents; HIV; HPV; Uganda; Vaccine Uptake
WashU Schools
School of Social Work
Preparing to implement Floreciendo with Latina teens and their female caregivers: Integrating implementation science and the multiphase optimization strategy framework
Merrill KG, Silva J, Sedeño A, Salgado S, Vargas S, Cano JK, Nabor V, Merrill JC, DeCelles J, Guastaferro K, Baumann AA, Fuentes J, Rodriguez L, Melgoza V, Donenberg GR. (2025) Translational Behavioral Medicine, 15 (1)
Author Keywords
community-based participatory research; EPIS framework; implementation science; Latina teens; MOST framework; sexual and reproductive health
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
Comparison of Race-Neutral versus Race-Specific Spirometry Equations for Evaluation of Child Asthma
Non, A.L.a ag , Li, X.c , Jones, M.R.c , Oken, E.d , Hartert, T…Rivera-Spoljaric, K…Karagas, M.R.af , Jackson, D.J.l , Gern, J.E.l , ECHO Cohort Consortium. (2025) American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 211 (3), pp. 464-476
Author Keywords
asthma; children; race and ethnicity; spirometry
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
Youth Generalized Anxiety and Brain Activation States During Socioemotional Processing
Camacho MC, Schwarzlose RF, Perino MT, Labonte AK, Koirala S, Barch DM, Sylvester CM. (2025) JAMA Psychiatry, 82 (3), pp. 264-273
WashU Schools
College of Arts & Sciences
School of Medicine
Measuring and interpreting individual differences in fetal, infant, and toddler neurodevelopment
Olson HA, Camacho MC, Abdurokhmonova G, Ahmad S, Chen EM, Chung H, Lorenzo RD, Dineen ÁT, Ganz M, Licandro R, Magnain C, Marrus N, McCormick SA, Rutter TM, Wagner L, Woodruff Carr K, Zöllei L, Vaughn KA, Madsen KS. (2025) Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 73, art. no. 101539
Author Keywords
Development; Fetal; Individual differences; Infant; Neuroimaging; Toddler
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
Assessing neurocognitive maturation in early adolescence based on baby and adult functional brain landscapes
Kardan O, Jones N, Wheelock MD, Angstadt M, Michael C, Molloy MF, Tu JC, Cope LM, Martz ME, McCurry KL, Hardee JE, Rosenberg MD, Weigard AS, Hyde LW, Sripada CS, Heitzeg MM. (2025) Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 73, art. no. 101543
Author Keywords
Adolescence; Functional brain connectivity; Neurocognitive development; Resting-state fMRI
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
Perceptions of anti-racism efforts and mental health among students in higher education in the United States
Oh H, Karcher NR, Besecker M, DeVylder JE, Lincoln KD. (2025) Frontiers in Public Health, 13, art. no. 1529835
Author Keywords
anti-racism; anxiety; college; depression; flourishing; psychosis; racism; suicide
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
Using machine learning to predict poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents living with HIV in low resource settings
Najjuuko C, Brathwaite R, Xu Z, Kizito S, Lu C, Ssewamala FM. (2025) AIDS, art. no. 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004163
Author Keywords
adolescents; ART adherence; HIV/AIDS; machine learning algorithms; predictive modelling
WashU Schools
Brown School of Social Work
McKelvey School of Engineering
Investigating the Microbiome in Relation to Mental Distress Across Two Points During Pregnancy: Data From U.S. and Swedish Cohorts
Kimmel M, Ton B, Devall AE, Björvang RD, Schuppe-Koistinen I, Engstrand L, Fransson E, Skalkidou A, Hugerth LW. (2025) Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 5 (3), art. no. 100453
Author Keywords
Cortisol; Mental distress; Microbiome; Pregnancy; Short-chain fatty acids
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
How are pro- and anti-cannabis messaging exposures related to US young adult cannabis use-related factors?
Cui Y, Loparco CR, Romm KF, Cavazos-Rehg PA, Yang YT, Mccready DM, Kasson E, Wang Y, Berg CJ. (2025) Health Education Research, 40 (1), art. no. cyae038
WashU Schools
School of Medicine