FNNDSC Newsletter: March 28th
- FNNDSC
- Mar 28
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 18
April Daily Holidays and Observances:
April 1: April Fools Day
April 1: International Fun at Work Day
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 10: National Siblings Day
April 12: National Only Child Day
April 12: Passover
April 15: Tax Day
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 21: Patriots' Day/Marathon Monday: BCH Hospital Holiday- the FNNDSC will be closed
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: Administrative Professionals Day
April 25: Arbor Day
Upcoming events:
April Lecture Series Calendar
Speaker: Filiz Yetisir, PhD
Research Associate and Faculty at Boston Children's Hospital Department of Newborn Medicine (FNNDSC), Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
Title: MRI Safety in Pregnancy
Date: Wednesday 4/23 10-11 am
April Coffee Social:
Date: Wednesday 4/16 10-11 am
Advancing Autism Awareness Conference
Date: April 5th and 6th
Register through the QR code below
For further event questions, contact: june.kong@childrens.harvard.edu
FNNDSC Spring RA/Intern Research Symposium
Date: Friday 5/2 10-5 pm
In-person 401 Park 2nd Floor Conference Room
Abstract Submission and Registration deadline: Friday 4/18 11:59 pm
Link to Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTEd5fbqgSDKgm0j63oc1QQ8gVOQT30HP9NKPLcpPhV1I0Xg/viewform?usp=sharing
*You must register to attend this event, even if you are not presenting
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
Funding Opportunities for Faculty and Fellows:
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:
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.
Bao R, Weiss RJ, Bates SV, Song Y, He S, Li J, Bjornerud A, Hirschtick RL, Grant PE, Ou Y. PARADISE: Personalized and regional adaptation for HIE disease identification and segmentation. Med Image Anal. 2025 Feb 1;102:103419. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2024.103419. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40147073.
van der Heijden H, Hamoda HM, Ray A, Goldman M, Golden M, Graber K, Duffy FH, D'Angelo E, Gagoski B, Yekedüz MK, Petty CR, Upadhyay J, Gonzalez-Heydrich J. Reduced Cerebellar Volumes Associate with P300 Amplitude Attenuation in Children with Clinical High Risk for Psychosis and Early Onset Psychosis. Cerebellum. 2025 Mar 21;24(3):69. doi: 10.1007/s12311-025-01822-1. PMID: 40117089.
Kwon H, Son S, Morton SU, Wypij D, Cleveland J, Rollins CK, Huang H, Goldmuntz E, Panigrahy A, Thomas NH, Chung WK, Anagnostou E, Norris-Brilliant A, Gelb BD, McQuillen P, Porter GA Jr, Tristani-Firouzi M, Russell MW, Roberts AE, Newburger JW, Grant PE, Lee JM, Im K. Graph-based prototype inverse-projection for identifying cortical sulcal pattern abnormalities in congenital heart disease. Med Image Anal. 2025 Feb 28;102:103538. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2025.103538. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40121807.
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.
Kudos!
FNNDSC HERstory Month Award Nominees!
Congratulations to Stefanie Perrier, PhD, for her nomination in the "Outstanding Leadership" category, and to Rina Bao, PhD, for her nomination in the "Rising Star" category, recognized in the Women's HERstory Month Award Celebration on March 18, 2025.
FNNDSC Fun!
March Coffee Social: St. Patrick's Day Celebration
Most Creative Rainbow: Hyeokjin Kwon, Research Fellow
Rainbow Most Likely to End Up on a Greeting Card: Silvia Gatto, Graduate Student Intern
Most Detailed Rainbow: Giovanna Sabino, Graduate Student Intern
Way to Shine!
Have you seen a teammate or colleague do something exceptional? Have they gone out of their way to exceed someone's expectations? Let them know that you noticed and that you care! To send a Way to Shine, please follow this link: Bravo! Way to Shine - Boston Children's Hospital (harvard.edu)
Brain Games 🧠 📝
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If you have something that you would like to see featured in the next newsletter, please contact Caroline Schutz caroline.schutz@childrens.harvard.edu.
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