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Joan L. Luby is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. The research portfolio primarily covers the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with significant contributions in Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The scientist's work spans several key topics related to child development and mental health.

Main research topics include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

The scientist's recent papers illustrate diverse research interests with a focus on neurodevelopment, brain function, and mental health during early life stages. These publications include:

  • "A predictable home environment may protect child mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, Neurobiology of Stress
  • "Neurodevelopmental Optimization after Early-Life Adversity: Cross-Species Studies to Elucidate Sensitive Periods and Brain Mechanisms to Inform Early Intervention," 2020, Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Brain Reward System Dysfunction in Adolescence: Current, Cumulative, and Developmental Periods of Depression," 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Association of Prenatal Exposure to Early-Life Adversity With Neonatal Brain Volumes at Birth," 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • "Network-specific selectivity of functional connections in the neonatal brain," 2022, Cerebral Cortex

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Joan L. Luby include:

  • Deanna M. Barch
  • Cynthia Rogers
  • Rebecca Tillman
  • Christopher D. Smyser
  • Barbara Warner

The scientific contributions are often published in notable journals such as:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • The Effects of Poverty on Childhood Brain Development: The Mediating Effect of Caregiving and Stressful Life Events

    Joan Luby;Andy Belden;Kelly Botteron;Natasha Marrus

  • Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: A Review of the Past 10 Years

    Barbara Geller;Joan Luby

  • Memory improvement following induced hyperinsulinemia in alzheimer's disease

    Suzanne Craft;John Newcomer;Stephen Kanne;Samuel Dagogo-Jack

  • Complex and rapid-cycling in bipolar children and adolescents: a preliminary study.

    Barbara Geller;Kai Sun;Betsy Zimerman;Joan Luby

  • Maternal support in early childhood predicts larger hippocampal volumes at school age

    Joan L. Luby;M Deanna;Andy Belden;Michael S. Gaffrey

  • Psychopharmacological Treatment for Very Young Children: Contexts and Guidelines

    Mary Margaret Gleason;Helen Link Egger;Graham J. Emslie;Laurence L. Greenhill

  • Preschool Depression: Homotypic Continuity and Course Over 24 Months

    Joan L. Luby;Xuemei Si;Andy C. Belden;Mini Tandon

  • The Clinical Picture of Depression in Preschool Children

    Joan L. Luby;Amy K. Heffelfinger;Christine Mrakotsky;Kathy M. Brown

  • A randomized controlled trial of risperidone, lithium, or divalproex sodium for initial treatment of bipolar I disorder, manic or mixed phase, in children and adolescents.

    Barbara Geller;Joan L. Luby;Paramjit Joshi;Karen Dineen Wagner

  • THE JUNIOR TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY: PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF A CHILD SELF-REPORT MEASURE

    Joan L. Luby;Dragan M. Svrakic;Kimberli McCallum;Thomas R. Przybeck

  • Preschool major depressive disorder: preliminary validation for developmentally modified DSM-IV criteria.

    Joan L. Luby;Amy K. Heffelfinger;Christine Mrakotsky;Martha J. Hessler

  • The MacArthur Three-City Outcome Study: Evaluating Multi-Informant Measures of Young Children’s Symptomatology

    Jennifer C. Ablow;Jeffrey R. Measelle;Helena C. Kraemer;Richard Harrington

  • Alterations in Stress Cortisol Reactivity in Depressed Preschoolers Relative to Psychiatric and No-Disorder Comparison Groups

    Joan L. Luby;Amy Heffelfinger;Christine Mrakotsky;Kathy Brown

  • Internalizing disorders in early childhood: a review of depressive and anxiety disorders.

    Mini Tandon;Emma Cardeli;Joan Luby

  • Stress-System Genes and Life Stress Predict Cortisol Levels and Amygdala and Hippocampal Volumes in Children

    David Pagliaccio;Joan L Luby;Ryan Bogdan;Arpana Agrawal

  • The Preschool Feelings Checklist: A Brief and Sensitive Screening Measure for Depression in Young Children

    Joan L. Luby;Amy Heffelfinger;Amy L. Koenig-McNaught;Kathy Brown

  • Trajectories of preschool disorders to full DSM depression at school age and early adolescence: continuity of preschool depression.

    Joan L. Luby;Michael S. Gaffrey;Rebecca Tillman;Laura M. April

  • The clinical significance of preschool depression: impairment in functioning and clinical markers of the disorder.

    Joan L. Luby;Andy C. Belden;Jennifer Pautsch;Xuemei Si

  • Risperidone in preschool children with autistic spectrum disorders: an investigation of safety and efficacy.

    Joan Luby;Christine Mrakotsky;Melissa Meade Stalets;Andy Belden

  • A predictable home environment May protect child mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Laura M. Glynn;Elyssia Poggi Davis;Elyssia Poggi Davis;Joan L. Luby;Tallie Z. Baram

  • Research report Complex and rapid-cycling in bipolar children and adolescents: a preliminary study

    Barbara Geller;Kai Sun;Betsy Zimerman;Joan Luby

Frequent Co-Authors

Deanna M. Barch
Deanna M. Barch Washington University in St. Louis
Andy C. Belden
Andy C. Belden Washington University in St. Louis
Diana J. Whalen
Diana J. Whalen Washington University in St. Louis
John T. Walkup
John T. Walkup Lurie Children's Hospital
Daniel S. Pine
Daniel S. Pine National Institutes of Health
Joshua J. Jackson
Joshua J. Jackson Washington University in St. Louis
Ryan Bogdan
Ryan Bogdan Washington University in St. Louis
Greg Hajcak
Greg Hajcak Santa Clara University
Arpana Agrawal
Arpana Agrawal Washington University in St. Louis
Boris Birmaher
Boris Birmaher University of Pittsburgh

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