Presentations from the March 10, 2011 Seminar on Neurodevelopmental Effects in Children with Chronic and Complex Illnesses

Seminar Agenda

PANEL 1: Review of the Scope and Severity of Neurodevelopmental Effects in Selected Childhood Disorders

Bruce E. Compas, Ph.D., Neurocognitive Effects in Pediatric Leukemia and Brain/CNS Tumors

Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., M.P.H., The Management of Cerebrovascular Injury in Children with Sickle Cell Disease

Antonio Convit, M.D., Impact of Obesity and Metabolic Disease on Brain Structure and Function in Adolescence

PANEL 2: Mechanisms and Methodological Challenges in Addressing Neurocognitive Effects in Children and Adolescents

Kevin R. Krull, Ph.D., Symptom Clusters, Stress and Cognition in Survivors of Childhood Leukemia and CNS Malignancies

John H. Gilmore, M.D., Imaging Early Brain Development in Normal and High Risk Children

Martha J. Farah, Ph.D., Childhood Poverty and Neurocognitive Development