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Elizabeth R. Sowell is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a specialized focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Clinical Psychology. Additional subfields of study include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Rheumatology.

Their research addresses several main topics, including Birth, Development, and Health, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Folate and B Vitamins Research, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging.

Elizabeth R. Sowell has contributed numerous papers published in various academic venues. Their recent work includes:

  • Association of lead-exposure risk and family income with childhood brain outcomes, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Fine particulate matter exposure during childhood relates to hemispheric-specific differences in brain structure, 2020, Environment International
  • Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study Linked External Data (LED): Protocol and practices for geocoding and assignment of environmental data, 2021, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Early Adolescent Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Survey in the ABCD Study Cohort, 2021, Journal of Adolescent Health

Their frequent coauthors include Andrew T. Marshall, Eric Kan, Shana Adise, Marybel R. Gonzalez, and Susan F. Tapert.

Elizabeth R. Sowell often publishes in venues such as UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Health Psychology, Journal of Adolescent Health, and Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research.

Best Publications

  • Mapping cortical change across the human life span

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Bradley S. Peterson;Paul M. Thompson;Suzanne E. Welcome

  • Mapping brain maturation.

    Arthur W. Toga;Paul M. Thompson;Elizabeth R. Sowell

  • In vivo evidence for post-adolescent brain maturation in frontal and striatal regions.

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Paul M. Thompson;Colin J. Holmes;Terry L. Jernigan

  • Longitudinal Mapping of Cortical Thickness and Brain Growth in Normal Children

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Paul M. Thompson;Christiana M. Leonard;Suzanne E. Welcome

  • Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents

    Kimberly G. Noble;Suzanne M. Houston;Natalie H Brito;Hauke Bartsch

  • Mapping Continued Brain Growth and Gray Matter Density Reduction in Dorsal Frontal Cortex: Inverse Relationships during Postadolescent Brain Maturation

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Paul M. Thompson;Kevin D. Tessner;Arthur W. Toga

  • Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

    Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

  • Development of cortical and subcortical brain structures in childhood and adolescence: a structural MRI study

    Elizabeth R Sowell;Doris A Trauner;Anthony Gamst;Terry L Jernigan

  • Cortical abnormalities in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Elizabeth R Sowell;Paul M Thompson;Suzanne E Welcome;Amy L Henkenius

  • Sex Differences in Cortical Thickness Mapped in 176 Healthy Individuals between 7 and 87 Years of Age

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Bradley S. Peterson;Eric Kan;Roger P. Woods

  • Development of the cerebral cortex across adolescence: A multisample study of inter-related longitudinal changes in cortical volume, surface area, and thickness

    Christian Krog Tamnes;Megan M. Herting;Anne-Lise Goddings;Rosa Meuwese

  • Neural correlates of socioeconomic status in the developing human brain.

    Kimberly G. Noble;Suzanne M. Houston;Eric Kan;Elizabeth R. Sowell

  • Mapping Changes in the Human Cortex throughout the Span of Life

    Elizabeth R Sowell;Paul M Thompson;Arthur W Toga

  • Localizing age-related changes in brain structure between childhood and adolescence using statistical parametric mapping

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Paul M. Thompson;Colin J. Holmes;Rajneesh Batth

  • Structural brain development between childhood and adulthood: Convergence across four longitudinal samples

    Kathryn L. Mills;Anne-Lise Goddings;Megan M. Herting;Rosa Meuwese

  • Cerebral structure on MRI, Part I: Localization of age-related changes.

    Terry L. Jernigan;Sarah L. Archibald;Melissa T. Berhow;Elizabeth R. Sowell

  • Improved memory functioning and frontal lobe maturation between childhood and adolescence: A structural MRI study

    Elizabeth R. Sowell;Dean Delis;Joan Stiles;Terry L. Jernigan

  • Anterior cingulate, gyrus rectus, and orbitofrontal abnormalities in elderly depressed patients: an MRI-based parcellation of the prefrontal cortex.

    Martina Ballmaier;Arthur W. Toga;Rebecca E. Blanton;Elizabeth R. Sowell

  • Mapping cortical change in Alzheimer's disease, brain development, and schizophrenia.

    Paul M. Thompson;Kiralee M. Hayashi;Elizabeth R. Sowell;Nitin Gogtay

  • Abnormalities of the Corpus Callosum in Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol

    Edward P. Riley;Sarah N. Mattson;Elizabeth R. Sowell;Terry L. Jernigan

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Arthur W. Toga
Arthur W. Toga University of Southern California
Edward P. Riley
Edward P. Riley San Diego State University
Terry L. Jernigan
Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego
Megan M. Herting
Megan M. Herting University of Southern California
Susan Y. Bookheimer
Susan Y. Bookheimer University of California, Los Angeles
B. J. Casey
B. J. Casey Barnard College
Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
Katherine L. Narr
Katherine L. Narr University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah S. Murray
Sarah S. Murray University of California, San Diego

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