Overview:
CNaP boasts a robust clinical research program, offering many opportunities for trainee involvement in research.
Faculty members in CNaP are engaged in research projects funded by national organizations such as the NIH and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and by local and national foundations. These studies engage collaborators across Kennedy Krieger, Johns Hopkins and external sites and cover a very broad range of topics, but all are in the service of understanding and managing the neurodevelopmental conditions that affect children. These ongoing projects often represent rich research opportunities for trainees.
In addition, faculty and staff members in CNaP participate in clinical research and quality improvement projects that make use of the department’s extensive clinical database, which houses neuropsychological test scores, demographic data and other clinical information on tens of thousands of our pediatric patients. Trainees frequently are involved in projects that make use of these data, often presenting their findings at conferences or in the form of manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. See the list of department publications for examples of publications by recent trainees.
Recent Publications:
2020-Present:
Peer-reviewed Articles:
(Supervising faculty in purple, residents in bold black)
Nitta, M. E., Busch, T., Suskauer, S. J., Ludwig, N. N., & Slomine, B. S. (2025). Initial use of the Coma Recovery Scale for Pediatrics (CRS-P) in young children with disorders of consciousness. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 28(6–7), 252–259. https:// doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2025.2544698
Riggall, E. A., Slomine, B. S., Suskauer, S. J., Borda, A., Lahey, S., & Ludwig, N. N. (2024). Caregiver and family functioning after pediatric disorder of consciousness: Telephone-based outcome assessment. Brain Injury, 38(2), 99–107. https://doi.org /10.1080/02699052.2024.2304884
Gray, J. M., Kramer, M. E., Suskauer, S. J., & Slomine, B. S. (2023). Functional recovery during inpatient rehabilitation in children with anoxic or hypoxic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 104(6), 918–924. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.apmr.2023.01.018
Jones, K. E., Nyman-Mallis, T. M., Ploetz, D. M., Staples, G., & Benjaminov, A. (2023). Relationship between self-reported symptoms and neuropsychological performance in schoolaged children and adolescents with mild traumatic brain injury. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 9(1), 92–101. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000351
Ludwig, N. N., Suskauer, S. J., Rodgin, S., Chen, J., Borda, A., Jones, K., Lahey, S., & Slomine, B. S. (2023). Outcome measurement in children with a history of disorders of consciousness after severe brain injury: Telephone administration of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition, and Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended Pediatric Revision. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 24(2), e76–e83. https://doi.org/10.1097/ PCC.0000000000003121
Ritchie, K. A., & Slomine, B. S. (2022). Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric recovery from mild traumatic brain injury. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 35(2), 83–89. https://doi: 10.1097/ YCO.0000000000000776
Day, A. M., Slomine, B. S., Salama, C., Quinton, T. L., Suskauer, S. J., & Salorio, C. F. (2021). Functional gains in children receiving inpatient rehabilitation after brain tumor resection. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(11), 2134–2140. https:// doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.05.001
Rodgin, S., Suskauer, S. J., Chen, J., Katz, E., Davis, K. C., & Slomine, B. S. (2021). Very long-term outcomes in children admitted in a disorder of consciousness after severe traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(8), 1507–1513. https://doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.01.084
Von Buttlar, A. M., Zabel, T. A., Pritchard, A. E., & Cannon, A. D. (2021). Concordance of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Second and Third Editions. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65(3), 283–295. https://doi.org/10.1111/ jir.12810
Hewitt, K. C., Rodgin, S., Pritchard, A. E., Loring, D., & Jacobson, L. A. (2020). Transitioning to telehealth neuropsychology service: Considerations across adult and pediatric care settings. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 34(7–8), 1335–1351. https://doi: 10.1080/13854046.2020.1811891
Shishido, Y., Mahone, E. M., & Jacobson, L. A. (2020). Investigation of the clinical utility of the BRIEF2 in youth with and without intellectual disability. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1–9. https://doi:10.1017/ S1355617720000636
Zabel, T. A., Rao, R., Jacobson, L. A., Pritchard, A., Mahone, E. M., & Kalb, L. (2020). An abbreviated WISC-5 model for identifying youth at risk for intellectual disability in a mixed clinical sample. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 36(3), 626–638. https:// doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2020.1797175
Book Chapters:
(Supervising faculty in purple; residents in bold black)
Shishido, Y., & Zabel, T. A. (2022). Pediatric Conditions with Hydrocephalus. In Beauchamp, Peterson, Ris, Taylor & Yeates (Eds.), Pediatric Neuropsychology (3rd ed.).
Abstracts and Presentations:
(Supervising faculty in purple; residents in bold black)
Kautiainen, R., & Peterson, R. (2025). Core neurocognitive skills predict memory outcomes in survivors of pediatric cerebellar tumors [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), New Orleans, LA.
Gioia, A. R., Jacobson, L. A., Acharya, S., & Peterson, R. (2024). Comparison of social determinants of health measures on IQ and academic outcomes in pediatric brain tumors [Oral presentation]. International Society for Pediatric Neuro-oncology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Gioia, A. R., Jacobson, L. A., Acharya, S., & Peterson, R. (2024). Social determinants of health predict neuropsychological outcomes in pediatric brain tumor survivors [Poster presentation]. International Society for Pediatric Neuro-oncology Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Nitta, M. E., Busch, T. A., Suskauer, S. J., & Slomine, B. S. (2024). Initial use of the Coma Recovery Scale for Pediatrics (CRS-P) in young children with disorders of consciousness [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), New York, NY.
Albert, P., Hommer, R., Gerner, G., Kramer, M., & Ludwig, N. N. (2023). Accommodations of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Cognitive Scale for Children with Cortical Vision Impairment [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN), Washington, DC.
Engelmann, M. L., Jacobson, L. A., & Salorio, C. F. (2023). Cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS; sluggish cognitive tempo) in pediatric epilepsy [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), San Diego, CA.
Jones, K., Jacobson, L., Zabel, T., & Ludwig, N. N. (2022). Examining the relationship between IQ, adaptive functioning, and parental self-efficacy [Poster presentation]. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Ploetz, D. M., Ritchie, K. A., Caldwell, C. T., Suskauer, S. J., & Slomine, B. S. (2022). Parent-reported symptoms in children with noncredible cognitive performance post mild traumatic brain injury: Learning from clinical data [Poster presentation]. International Brain Injury Association Joint Conference on Brain Injury, New York, NY.
Semerjian, C. H., Ruble, K., Paré-Blagoev, J., & Jacobson, L. A. (2020). My child didn’t want to be different: Investigating caregiver perceptions of psychosocial challenges with schooling after diagnosis and treatment in survivors of childhood cancer [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 23(S1).
Shishido, Y., Mahone, E. M., & Jacobson, L. A. (2020). Do children with and without intellectual disability (ID) differ in executive behavior? Investigation of the clinical utility of the BRIEF2 in children with ID [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 23(S1).
Sudikoff, E., Day, A., & Salorio, C. (2020). The role of executive function in adaptive skills in children with epilepsy [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 23(S1).