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Overview

Deborah Dewey is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and focuses their research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics explored in Dewey's research include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

They have published research extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environment International
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • NeuroImage

Dewey has coauthored frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Gerald F. Giesbrecht
  • Nicole Létourneau
  • Catherine Lebel
  • Gillian England-Mason
  • Jonathan W. Martin

Among their recent papers are several published between 2020 and 2022 covering a range of topics relevant to child development, maternal health, and environmental risks. Selected works include:

  • The Effects of Physical Activity and Exergaming on Motor Skills and Executive Functions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Games for Health Journal
  • Associations among Caesarean Section Birth, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Postpartum Depression Symptoms, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Early childhood development of white matter fiber density and morphology, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Maternal exposure to arsenic and mercury and associated risk of adverse birth outcomes in small-scale gold mining communities in Northern Tanzania, 2020, Environment International
  • Prenatal Folate and Choline Levels and Brain and Cognitive Development in Children: A Critical Narrative Review, 2022, Nutrients

Best Publications

  • Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

    Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

  • Epidemiology of Postconcussion Syndrome in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

    Karen Maria Barlow;Susan Crawford;Andrea Stevenson;Sandeep Sona Sandhu

  • Developmental coordination disorder: associated problems in attention, learning, and psychosocial adjustment

    Deborah Dewey;Bonnie J Kaplan;Bonnie J Kaplan;Susan G Crawford;Susan G Crawford;Brenda N Wilson;Brenda N Wilson

  • DCD may not be a discrete disorder

    Bonnie J Kaplan;Brenda N. Wilson;Deborah Dewey;Susan G Crawford

  • Siblings relationships of children with autism.

    Laura Kaminsky;Deborah Dewey

  • Motor and gestural performance in children with autism spectrum disorders, developmental coordination disorder, and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Deborah Dewey;Marja Cantell;Susan G. Crawford

  • Reliability and validity of a parent questionnaire on childhood motor skills.

    Brenda N. Wilson;Bonnie J. Kaplan;Susan G. Crawford;Anne Campbell

  • Survival Without Disability to Age 5 Years After Neonatal Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity

    Barbara Schmidt;Peter J. Anderson;Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle;Deborah Dewey

  • Psychosocial adjustment in siblings of children with autism

    Laura Kaminsky;Deborah Dewey

  • The Term Comorbidity Is of Questionable Value in Reference to Developmental Disorders Data and Theory

    Bonnie J. Kaplan;Deborah M. Dewey;Susan G. Crawford;Brenda N. Wilson

  • Phthalate exposure and childrens neurodevelopment: A systematic review

    Maede Ejaredar;Elias C. Nyanza;Kayla Ten Eycke;Deborah Dewey

  • Activities of daily living in children with developmental coordination disorder: dressing, personal hygiene, and eating skills.

    Janet Summers;Dawne Larkin;Deborah Dewey;Deborah Dewey

  • Identifying Developmental Coordination Disorder: Consistency Between Tests

    Susan G. Crawford;Brenda N. Wilson;Deborah Dewey

  • Prepartum and Postpartum Maternal Depressive Symptoms Are Related to Children's Brain Structure in Preschool.

    Catherine Lebel;Catherine Lebel;Matthew Walton;Matthew Walton;Nicole Letourneau;Nicole Letourneau;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Gerald F. Giesbrecht

  • Developmental coordination disorder: what is it?

    Deborah Dewey;Brenda N. Wilson

  • Academic Performance, Motor Function, and Behavior 11 Years After Neonatal Caffeine Citrate Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity: An 11-Year Follow-up of the CAP Randomized Clinical Trial

    Barbara Schmidt;Robin S Roberts;Peter J Anderson;Elizabeth V Asztalos

  • Functional connectivity of neural motor networks is disrupted in children with developmental coordination disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Kevin R. McLeod;Lisa Marie Langevin;Bradley G. Goodyear;Deborah Dewey

  • The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort study: rationale and methods

    Bonnie J. Kaplan;Gerald F. Giesbrecht;Brenda M. Y. Leung;Catherine J. Field

  • What is developmental dyspraxia

    D. Dewey

  • Characteristics of post‐traumatic headaches in children following mild traumatic brain injury and their response to treatment: a prospective cohort

    Andrea Kuczynski;Susan Crawford;Lisa Bodell;Deborah Dewey;Deborah Dewey

  • Subtyping of developmental motor deficits

    Deborah Dewey;Bonnie J. Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford Alberta Health Services
Nicole Letourneau
Nicole Letourneau University of Calgary
Bonnie J. Kaplan
Bonnie J. Kaplan University of Calgary
Gerald F. Giesbrecht
Gerald F. Giesbrecht University of Calgary
Brian L. Brooks
Brian L. Brooks Alberta Children's Hospital
Keith Owen Yeates
Keith Owen Yeates University of Calgary
A. Micheil Innes
A. Micheil Innes University of Calgary
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Melanie Noel
Melanie Noel University of Calgary
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto

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