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Elizabeth R. Sowell-Crowell, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology

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Elizabeth Sowell, PhD and her team have been dedicated to understanding how the brain changes in structure and function both in typically developing children and adolescent populations, and in populations with neurodevelopmental disorders such as fetal alcohol syndrome and autism spectrum disorders. The ultimate goal of this research is to determine how changes in the brain relate to changes in behavior and cognitive function, and to identify opportunities for educational, behavioral and pharmacologic intervention to alter abnormal patterns of brain development.

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  • Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US. JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Mar 01; 180(3):275-287.. View in PubMed
  • The impact of prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure on white matter integrity in 8-12-year-old children. Neuroimage Clin. 2025; 48:103886.. View in PubMed
  • Prenatal Tobacco and Alcohol Exposure and Cortical Change Among Youths. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 06 02; 8(6):e2516729.. View in PubMed
  • Smaller Subcortical Volume in Reward Processing Regions Precedes Weight Gain in Youth With High Financial Adversity: Findings From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. J Adolesc Health. 2025 Jul; 77(1):134-143.. View in PubMed
  • Longitudinal Sex-at-Birth and Age Analyses of Cortical Structure in the ABCD Study. J Neurosci. 2025 03 05; 45(10).. View in PubMed
  • Validation of the ND-PAE Diagnosis in Children with Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2026 Jun; 57(3):731-745.. View in PubMed
  • Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Youth Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 07 01; 7(7):e2420466.. View in PubMed
  • Associations between perinatal risk and physical health in pre-adolescence in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®: the unexpected relationship with sleep disruption. Pediatr Res. 2024 12; 96(7):1834-1842.. View in PubMed
  • Smaller subcortical volume relates to greater weight gain in girls with initially healthy weight. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 07; 32(7):1389-1400.. View in PubMed
  • Location matters: Regional variation in association of community burden of COVID-19 with caregiver and youth worry. Health Place. 2022 09; 77:102885.. View in PubMed

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