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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lynn T. Singer is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States, specializing in medical research with a focus on pediatrics and perinatal health. Their scholarly work contributes significantly to the understanding of prenatal substance exposure and related public health issues.

Their research spans multiple fields including:

  • Medicine
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The main topics within Lynn T. Singer's research include:

  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Lynn T. Singer has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Fifty Years of Research on Prenatal Substances: Lessons Learned for the Opioid Epidemic" (2020), published in Adversity and Resilience Science
  • "Cognitive and functional outcomes at age 21 after prenatal cocaine/polydrug exposure and foster/adoptive care" (2023), published in Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Other frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Pediatric Research
  • Adversity and Resilience Science
  • JAMA Network Open

Lynn T. Singer collaborates regularly with several co-authors, with the most frequent including:

  • Sonia Minnes
  • Meeyoung O. Min
  • June-Yung Kim
  • Jeffrey M. Albert
  • Gregory Powers

Recognition of Lynn T. Singer's professional contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in the same year.

Best Publications

  • Maternal Psychological Distress and Parenting Stress After the Birth of a Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant

    Lynn T. Singer;Ann Salvator;Shenyang Guo;Marc Collin

  • Major depression and antidepressant treatment: impact on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.

    Katherine L. Wisner;Dorothy K.Y. Sit;Barbara H. Hanusa;Eydie L. Moses-Kolko

  • Cognitive and Academic Consequences of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Very Low Birth Weight: 8-Year-Old Outcomes

    Elizabeth J. Short;Nancy K. Klein;Barbara A. Lewis;Sarah Fulton

  • Growth and development in preterm infants fed long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: a prospective, randomized controlled trial.

    Deborah L. O'Connor;Deborah L. O'Connor;Robert Hall;David Adamkin;Nancy Auestad

  • A Longitudinal Study of Developmental Outcome of Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Very Low Birth Weight

    Lynn T. Singer;Toyoko Yamashita;Lawrence Lilien;Marc Collin;Marc Collin

  • Growth and development in term infants fed long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: a double-masked, randomized, parallel, prospective, multivariate study.

    Nancy Auestad;Robin Halter;Robert T. Hall;Mark Blatter

  • Cognitive outcomes of preschool children with prenatal cocaine exposure

    Lynn T. Singer;Sonia Minnes;Elizabeth Short;Robert Arendt

  • Cognitive and Motor Outcomes of Cocaine-Exposed Infants

    Lynn T. Singer;Robert Arendt;Sonia Minnes;Kathleen Farkas

  • Effects of infant risk status and maternal psychological distress on maternal-infant interactions during the first year of life.

    Lynn T Singer;Sarah Fulton;Marilyn Davillier;Danielle Koshy

  • Growth and development of premature infants fed predominantly human milk, predominantly premature infant formula, or a combination of human milk and premature formula.

    Deborah L. O'Connor;Joan Jacobs;Robert Hall;David Adamkin

  • Prenatal tobacco, marijuana, stimulant, and opiate exposure: outcomes and practice implications.

    Sonia Minnes;Adelaide Lang;Lynn Singer

  • Impact of childhood abuse and neglect on substance abuse and psychological distress in adulthood

    Meeyoung Oh Min;Kathleen Farkas;Sonia Minnes;Lynn T. Singer

  • Prenatal drug exposure and selective attention in preschoolers.

    Julia S. Noland;Lynn T. Singer;Elizabeth J. Short;Sonia Minnes

  • Mental Health Outcomes of Cocaine-Exposed Children at 6 Years of Age

    Teresa J. Linares;Lynn T. Singer;H. Lester Kirchner;Elizabeth J. Short

  • Developmental Sequelae in Preterm Infants Having a Diagnosis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Analysis Using a Severity-Based Classification System

    Elizabeth J. Short;H. Lester Kirchner;George R. Asaad;Sarah E. Fulton

  • Social Support, Psychological Distress, and Parenting Strains in Mothers of Very Low Birthweight Infants.

    Lynn T. Singer;Marilyn Davillier;Peggy Bruening;Suzanne Hawkins

  • Preschool language outcomes of children with history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and very low birth weight

    Lynn Singer;A. Siegel;Barbara Lewis;Suzanne Hawkins

  • Ethyl linoleate in meconium: a biomarker for prenatal ethanol exposure.

    Cynthia F. Bearer;Siemay Lee;Ann E. Salvator;Sonia Minnes

  • The Role of Simple Feature Differences in Infants' Recognition of Faces.

    Joseph F. Fagan;Lynn Twarog Singer

  • Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adult physical health.

    Meeyoung O. Min;Sonia Minnes;Hyunsoo Kim;Lynn T. Singer

  • Effects of cocaine/polydrug exposure and maternal psychological distress on infant birth outcomes.

    Lynn T. Singer;Ann Salvator;Robert Arendt;Sonia Minnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth J. Short
Elizabeth J. Short Case Western Reserve University
Barbara A. Lewis
Barbara A. Lewis Case Western Reserve University
Andrew C. Parrott
Andrew C. Parrott Swansea University
Sandra W. Russ
Sandra W. Russ Case Western Reserve University
Joseph F. Fagan
Joseph F. Fagan Case Western Reserve University
Gale A. Richardson
Gale A. Richardson University of Pittsburgh
Daniel J. Flannery
Daniel J. Flannery Case Western Reserve University
Amanda Sheffield Morris
Amanda Sheffield Morris Oklahoma State University
Shari L. Wade
Shari L. Wade Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Alexandre B. Laudet
Alexandre B. Laudet National Development and Research Institutes

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