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Roma A. Vasa is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on psychology and neuroscience, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, speech and hearing, and education.

Their main topics of study include autism spectrum disorder research, family and disability support research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child nutrition and feeding issues, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, child development and digital technology, and behavioral and psychological studies.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Amy Keefer, Vini Singh, Rachel G. McDonald, Luther G. Kalb, and William David Lohr.

Roma A. Vasa has published extensively in several key academic venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism Research
  • Brain Sciences
  • Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Among their recent papers are:

  • A Scoping Review of Anxiety in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Autism Research
  • Psychiatric problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in children with autism spectrum disorder, 2021, Autism Research
  • Clinical Update: Collaborative Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care, 2022, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Update: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Care in Community Systems of Care, 2022, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Project Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) Autism: A Successful Model to Increase Capacity in Community-Based Care, 2022, Brain Sciences

Best Publications

  • Anxiety, Sensory Over-Responsivity, and Gastrointestinal Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Micah O. Mazurek;Roma A. Vasa;Luther G. Kalb;Stephen M. Kanne

  • Attention bias toward threat in pediatric anxiety disorders.

    Amy Krain Roy;Roma A. Vasa;Maggie Bruck;Karin Mogg

  • Co-occurring psychiatric conditions in autism spectrum disorder.

    Tamara E Rosen;Carla A Mazefsky;Roma A Vasa;Matthew D Lerner

  • Premorbid prevalence of ADHD and development of secondary ADHD after closed head injury

    Joan P. Gerring;Kathleen D. Brady;Anita Chen;Roma Vasa

  • A Systematic Review of Treatments for Anxiety in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Roma A. Vasa;Roma A. Vasa;Laura M. Carroll;Alixandra A. Nozzolillo;Rajneesh Mahajan;Rajneesh Mahajan

  • Performance on measures of executive function following pediatric traumatic brain injury.

    Beth S. Slomine;Joan P. Gerring;Marco A. Grados;Roma Vasa

  • Psychiatric-related emergency department visits among children with an autism spectrum disorder.

    Luther G. Kalb;Elizabeth A. Stuart;Brian Freedman;Benjamin Zablotsky

  • Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety in Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Roma A. Vasa;Micah O. Mazurek;Rajneesh Mahajan;Amanda E. Bennett

  • Irritability and Problem Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practice Pathway for Pediatric Primary Care

    Kelly McGuire;Kelly McGuire;Lawrence K. Fung;Louis Hagopian;Roma A. Vasa

  • An update on anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorders

    Roma A. Vasa;Micah O. Mazurek

  • Age-related differences in the prevalence and correlates of anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorders

    Roma A. Vasa;Luther Kalb;Micah Mazurek;Stephen Kanne

  • Depression in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Florencia Pezzimenti;Gloria T. Han;Roma A. Vasa;Katherine Gotham

  • The Disrupted Connectivity Hypothesis of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Time for the Next Phase in Research

    Roma A. Vasa;Stewart H. Mostofsky;Joshua B. Ewen

  • Prevalence of Aggressive Behaviour after Severe Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

    Wesley R. Cole;Joan P. Gerring;Robert M. Gray;Roma A. Vasa

  • A Scoping Review of Anxiety in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Roma A. Vasa;Roma A. Vasa;Amy Keefer;Amy Keefer;Rachel G. McDonald;Michelle C. Hunsche

  • Relationships between autism spectrum disorder and intolerance of uncertainty.

    Roma A. Vasa;Roma A. Vasa;Roma A. Vasa;Nicole L. Kreiser;Amy Keefer;Amy Keefer;Vini Singh

  • New onset obsessive-compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents with severe traumatic brain injury.

    M.P.H. Marco A. Grados M.D.;Roma A. Vasa;Mark A. Riddle;Beth S. Slomine

  • Depth of lesion model in children and adolescents with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: use of SPGR MRI to predict severity and outcome

    M A Grados;B S Slomine;J P Gerring;J P Gerring;R Vasa

  • Neuroimaging correlates of anxiety after pediatric traumatic brain injury.

    Roma A. Vasa;Roma A. Vasa;Marco A. Grados;Marco A. Grados;Beth Slomine;Beth Slomine;Edward H. Herskovits

  • Health Care Experiences and Perceived Financial Impact Among Families of Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Benjamin Zablotsky;Luther G. Kalb;Brian Freedman;Roma Vasa

  • Intolerance of Uncertainty Predicts Anxiety Outcomes Following CBT in Youth with ASD

    Amy Keefer;Amy Keefer;Nicole L. Kreiser;Nicole L. Kreiser;Vini Singh;Audrey Blakeley-Smith

  • Anxiety after severe pediatric closed head injury.

    Roma A. Vasa;Joan P. Gerring;Marco A. Grados;Beth Slomine

Frequent Co-Authors

Micah O. Mazurek
Micah O. Mazurek University of Virginia
Stewart H. Mostofsky
Stewart H. Mostofsky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Louis P. Hagopian
Louis P. Hagopian Kennedy Krieger Institute
Martha B. Denckla
Martha B. Denckla Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel S. Pine
Daniel S. Pine National Institutes of Health
Karin Mogg
Karin Mogg University of Southampton
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele Columbia University
Carla A. Mazefsky
Carla A. Mazefsky University of Pittsburgh
Stephen M. Kanne
Stephen M. Kanne Weill Cornell Medicine
Maggie Bruck
Maggie Bruck Johns Hopkins University

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