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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences News & Announcements
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Published on May 23, 2025 in Cornerstone Blog
How do parents unintentionally transmit risk factors for anxiety to their children, and what can clinicians do to support them?
Published on May 22, 2025 in Cornerstone Blog
Pennsylvania partnership enhances the ability of pediatric primary care providers to identify and manage adolescent depression and suicide risk.
Published on May 8, 2025 in Cornerstone Blog
Over 275 community members participate in the program, working with investigators to ensure research is relevant, ethical, and impactful.
Published on Feb 28, 2025 in Cornerstone Blog
Faculty Spotlight Emily Kuschner, PhD, takes a personalized approach to interventions for children with autism.
Published on Feb 21, 2025 in Cornerstone Blog
In research news, CHOP researchers honored, investigators reveal molecular cause of allergic trigger for eosinophilic esophagitis, and more.
Published on Feb 4, 2025 in Cornerstone Blog
Supported by the NIH, the Down Syndrome Research Group is embarking upon a comprehensive study of Down syndrome, engaging the community along the way.
Published on Aug 19, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
In two new studies, the Gandal Lab has identified thousands of new gene transcripts.
Published on Jul 19, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
News this week highlights recipients of the Foerderer Grants and CHOP’s designation as a Tier 1 Center of Excellence for telomere biology disorders.
Published on Jul 8, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Jerome Taylor and colleagues are studying oxidative stress as a potential treatable biomarker of psychosis in adolescents.
Published on May 14, 2024 in Press Releases
Study is the first to validate allostatic load as measurable in teens.
Published on Nov 29, 2023 in Press Releases
Today, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) marks a major milestone -- 10 years of unified programming and research focused on reducing exposure to and impact of violence on youth and their families.
Published on Nov 24, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
In The News highlights CHOP at the AHA Scientific Sessions, the new AACAP president, a preterm birth study, and new research recognitions.
Published on Nov 13, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Douglas C. Wallace, PhD, investigates the role of adaptive immunity in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias.
Published on Nov 9, 2023 in Press Releases
At this year’s American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Conference, Tami Benton, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Executive Director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), was…
Published on Nov 9, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Aaron Alexander-Bloch seeks to better understand psychosis spectrum disorders through multiscale brain imaging phenotypes.
Published on May 26, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
In this week’s news roundup, CHOP’s Department of Pediatrics ranked No 1. in U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Pediatrics Programs’ for medical schools.
Published on May 9, 2023 in Press Releases
CHOP is excited to announce the launch of the CHOP Tri-County School Mental Health Consortium (SMHC), a collaboration between CHOP researchers from PolicyLab and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (DCAPBS) and the Chester, Delaware and…
Published on Apr 10, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
The Mitchell Lab is creating a mobile health platform for the pediatric care setting to promote longer sleep duration for childhood obesity prevention.
Published on Dec 5, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Wanjikũ Njoroge, MD, studies the joint effects of the pandemic and syndemic conditions like structural racism on a mother’s mental health and their young child’s early development.
Published on Nov 25, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
The work of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers leads to novel findings and recognitions.
Published on Nov 22, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Students from four local high schools got a glimpse of the possibilities and promise of a career in STEM-M.
Published on Nov 18, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
With a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, researchers are investigating racial disparities in children with co-occurring sleep disorders.
Published on Nov 15, 2022 in Press Releases
Financial stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on adolescent mental health and contributed to depressive symptoms.
Published on Jun 27, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP researchers found that adolescents who are cyberbullied are more likely to report suicidal thoughts and attempts.
Published on May 17, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Barzilay studies the factors that drive variability in the development of brain and behavior of youths growing up under stress.
Published on Apr 29, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Read about the latest discoveries and awards at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute.
Published on Apr 11, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
BrainChart aggregates brain imaging data to provide benchmarks for brain growth.
Published on Dec 10, 2021 in Press Releases
CHOP researchers and other healthcare leaders participate in news interviews about COVID-19 to offer science-based facts to families.
Published on Sep 14, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
Ricardo Eiraldi, PhD, leads Project RISE, an initiative to support city schools in evidence-based practices for behavioral health.
Published on Sep 1, 2021 in Press Releases
Study is the largest to date to look at “real world” school conditions and how autistic children control their thoughts and emotions.
Published on Aug 20, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
This week in the news, we share findings on Fontan circulation side effects, pediatric brain tumor survivorship, gene therapy, and more.
Published on Aug 9, 2021 in Press Releases
CHOP Researchers authored an editorial in JAMA Pediatrics on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health.
Published on Jul 26, 2021 in Press Releases
Researchers from the Lifespan Brain Institute find tree-rich greenspace plays a protective role on mental health during COVID-19 pandemic.
Published on Jul 19, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP and Penn researchers find connection between mitochondrial function and mental illness in patients with a rare genetic disorder.
Published on Jul 7, 2021 in Press Releases
The study, a collaboration between CHOP and Penn researchers, was published in Pediatric Obesity.
Published on Jun 25, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s research news features Surgeon-in-Chief, Scott Adzick, MD, and a significant CHOP milestone: the 2,000th fetal surgery birth
Published on Jun 16, 2021 in Press Releases
Dr. Tami Benton, dedicated to childhood mental health, was elected to lead the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Published on Oct 29, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Chemogenetic technology is making it more possible to identify abnormal circuitry, correct it, and change the relevant behaviors.
Published on Oct 1, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Wanjiku Njoroge, MD, seeks to understand the ways in which social determinants of health and systemic racism affect early neurodevelopment.
Published on Sep 8, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP experts bring their unique skills and perspectives to the field of suicide prevention.
Published on Aug 24, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Children who have sleep problems in early and/or middle childhood are at risk for behavioral and emotional problems later in childhood.
Published on Aug 14, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
In the News this week features a Humanitarian Award, along with research on psychosis, antibiotics continuous glucose monitoring and DNA methylation.
Published on Jul 31, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s roundup features projections of the spread of COVID-19 and novel findings on gene therapy to treat the whole brain. This and more In The News.
Published on Jul 16, 2020 in Press Releases
Tami Benton, MD, psychiatrist-in-chief and chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, receives Humanitarian Award.
Published on May 22, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Childhood vaccination coverage declined during COVID-19 pandemic, new study shows. Read more about this research and other headlines In the News.
Published on May 6, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
Researchers at CHOP are studying whether it is possible to integrate enhanced behavior therapy for ADHD into primary care.
Published on Apr 27, 2020 in Press Releases
Dr. Njoroge, medical director of the Young Child Clinic, appeared on CNN this weekend to offer tips on how to talk to kids about COVID-19.
Published on Feb 5, 2020 in Press Releases
Environmental and familial factors like poverty and parental depression contribute to the development of poor sleep behavior in children
Published on Dec 31, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
We peeked into the data to see which research stories captivated our readers the most in 2019: Here are the top five.
Published on Sep 12, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
A new study investigates whether flexible thinking may lead to flexible behavior for adolescents with anorexia and their parents.
Published on Jul 8, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
Take a multimedia look at our HIV researchers' work – from our basic science labs, to our Center for Functional Neuroimaging, to Botswana's neighborhoods.
Published on May 17, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
In this week’s recap, our researchers make headlines with their work in endocrinology, autism research, telehealth, the gut-brain connection, and more.
Published on Nov 30, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
In this week's roundup, CHOP researchers reveal a secret to a soundly sleeping toddler.
Published on May 24, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
A self-proclaimed “geeky student” in high school, Stewart Anderson, MD, a research psychiatrist, always dreamed of being a scientist. He wandered through various fields — anthropology, archeology, geology, astronomy – before becoming fascinated with learning about the brain.