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Joanna Jacobus is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States.

Their body of research spans multiple fields within medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on pediatrics, perinatology, child health, clinical psychology, epidemiology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

Joanna Jacobus has contributed extensively to topics including cannabis and cannabinoid research, prenatal substance exposure effects, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, behavioral health and interventions, and smoking behavior and cessation.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Kelly E. Courtney, Natasha E. Wade, Rachel Baca, Neal Doran, and Alexander L. Wallace.

Their publications have often appeared in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Sciences, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Frontiers in Adolescent Medicine, and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Recent papers include:

  • Association of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure With Psychological, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (2020, American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology)
  • Rates of Incidental Findings in Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children (2021, JAMA Neurology)
  • Substance use patterns in 9-10 year olds: Baseline findings from the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study (2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
  • Age-related changes and longitudinal stability of individual differences in ABCD Neurocognition measures (2022, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience)

Best Publications

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

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

  • The Influence of Substance Use on Adolescent Brain Development

    L. M. Squeglia;J. Jacobus;Susan F. Tapert

  • Neurotoxic Effects of Alcohol in Adolescence

    Joanna Jacobus;Susan F. Tapert;Susan F. Tapert

  • Altered White Matter Integrity in Adolescent Binge Drinkers

    Tim McQueeny;Brian C. Schweinsburg;Alecia D. Schweinsburg;Joanna Jacobus

  • Effects of cannabis on the adolescent brain.

    Joanna Jacobus;Susan F Tapert

  • Longitudinal characterization of white matter maturation during adolescence.

    Sunita Bava;Rachel Thayer;Joanna Jacobus;Megan Ward

  • Brain Development in Heavy Drinking Adolescents

    Lindsay M. Squeglia;Susan F. Tapert;Edith V. Sullivan;Joanna Jacobus

  • Screen media activity and brain structure in youth: Evidence for diverse structural correlation networks from the ABCD study.

    Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus;Lindsay M. Squeglia;Kara Bagot;Joanna Jacobus

  • Functional consequences of marijuana use in adolescents.

    J. Jacobus;S. Bava;M. Cohen-Zion;M. Cohen-Zion;O. Mahmood;O. Mahmood

  • The effect of alcohol use on human adolescent brain structures and systems.

    Lindsay M. Squeglia;Joanna Jacobus;Susan F. Tapert;Susan F. Tapert

  • White matter integrity in adolescents with histories of marijuana use and binge drinking.

    J. Jacobus;T. McQueeny;S. Bava;S. Bava;B. C. Schweinsburg

  • Brain Response to Working Memory Over Three Years of Adolescence: Influence of Initiating Heavy Drinking

    Lindsay M. Squeglia;Carmen Pulido;Reagan R. Wetherill;Joanna Jacobus

  • Longitudinal Changes in White Matter Integrity Among Adolescent Substance Users

    Sunita Bava;Joanna Jacobus;Joanna Jacobus;Rachel E. Thayer;Susan F. Tapert;Susan F. Tapert

  • Biospecimens and the ABCD study: Rationale, methods of collection, measurement and early data.

    Kristina A Uban;Megan K Horton;Joanna Jacobus;Charles Heyser

  • White matter tract injury and cognitive impairment in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals.

    Assawin Gongvatana;Brian C. Schweinsburg;Michael J. Taylor;Rebecca J. Theilmann

  • Association of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure With Psychological, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

    Briana Lees;Louise Mewton;Joanna Jacobus;Emilio A. Valadez

  • Neural Predictors of Initiating Alcohol Use During Adolescence

    Lindsay M. Squeglia;Tali M. Ball;Joanna Jacobus;Ty Brumback

  • White matter characterization of adolescent binge drinking with and without co-occurring marijuana use: A 3-year investigation

    Joanna Jacobus;Lindsay M. Squeglia;Sunita Bava;Susan F. Tapert

  • Sex differences in adolescent white matter architecture

    Sunita Bava;Veronique Boucquey;Diane Goldenberg;Rachel E. Thayer

  • White Matter Integrity, Substance Use, and Risk Taking in Adolescence

    Joanna Jacobus;Rachel E. Thayer;Ryan S. Trim;Sunita Bava

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego
Lindsay M. Squeglia
Lindsay M. Squeglia Medical University of South Carolina
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Amanda Sheffield Morris
Amanda Sheffield Morris Oklahoma State University
Raul Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez Florida International University
Terry L. Jernigan
Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego
Bonnie J. Nagel
Bonnie J. Nagel Oregon Health & Science University
John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt University of Colorado Boulder
Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd
Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd University of Utah
B. J. Casey
B. J. Casey Barnard College

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