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Overview

Wendy R. Kates is affiliated with SUNY Upstate Medical University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work focuses on key topics including congenital heart defects research, coronary artery anomalies, congenital heart disease studies, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Significant recent publications authored or coauthored by Wendy R. Kates include:

  • Using common genetic variation to examine phenotypic expression and risk prediction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • A Genetics-First Approach to Dissecting the Heterogeneity of Autism: Phenotypic Comparison of Autism Risk Copy Number Variants, 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Mapping Subcortical Brain Alterations in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Effects of Deletion Size and Convergence With Idiopathic Neuropsychiatric Illness, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • A normative chart for cognitive development in a genetically selected population, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Longitudinal Psychiatric and Developmental Outcomes in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Systematic Review, 2021, Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

Frequent coauthors in their work include Carrie E. Bearden, Kevin M. Antshel, Raquel E. Gur, Donna M. McDonald-McGinn, and Marianne B. M. van den Bree.

Their research has been published in various venues, with multiple publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Psychiatry, and UNC Libraries, along with contributions to the American Journal of Psychiatry and Nature Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric disorders from childhood to adulthood in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: results from the International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

    Maude Schneider;Martin Debbané;Anne S. Bassett;Eva W.C. Chow

  • Smaller prefrontal and premotor volumes in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Stewart H Mostofsky;Karen L Cooper;Wendy R Kates;Martha B Denckla

  • Reliability and validity of MRI measurement of the amygdala and hippocampus in children with fragile X syndrome

    Wendy R. Kates;Wendy R. Kates;Michael T. Abrams;Michael T. Abrams;Walter E. Kaufmann;Steven N. Breiter

  • Cognitive Decline Preceding the Onset of Psychosis in Patients With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

    Jacob A. S. Vorstman;Elemi J. Breetvelt;Sasja N. Duijff;Stephan Eliez

  • MRI parcellation of the frontal lobe in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or Tourette syndrome

    Wendy R Kates;Melissa Frederikse;Stewart H Mostofsky;Stewart H Mostofsky;Bradley S Folley

  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders in Velo-cardio Facial Syndrome (22q11.2 Deletion)

    Kevin M. Antshel;Alka Aneja;Leslie Strunge;Jena Peebles

  • Specificity of Cerebellar Vermian Abnormalities in Autism: A Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Walter E. Kaufmann;Karen L. Cooper;Stewart H. Mostofsky;George T. Capone

  • ADHD, major depressive disorder, and simple phobias are prevalent psychiatric conditions in youth with velocardiofacial syndrome.

    Kevin M. Antshel;Wanda Fremont;Nancy J. Roizen;Robert Shprintzen

  • Large-scale mapping of cortical alterations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: Convergence with idiopathic psychosis and effects of deletion size.

    Daqiang Sun;Daqiang Sun;Christopher R. K. Ching;Christopher R. K. Ching;Christopher R. K. Ching;Amy Lin;Amy Lin;Jennifer K. Forsyth;Jennifer K. Forsyth

  • Neuroanatomic Variation in Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for the Narrow Phenotype for Autism

    Wendy R. Kates;Courtney P. Burnette;Stephan Eliez;Leslie Abbott Strunge

  • Social behavior profile in young males with fragile X syndrome: Characteristics and specificity

    Alice S.M. Kau;Elaine Tierney;Elaine Tierney;Irena Bukelis;Mariah H. Stump

  • Regional cortical white matter reductions in velocardiofacial syndrome: A volumetric MRI analysis

    Wendy R Kates;Wendy R Kates;Courtney P. Burnette;Ethylin W. Jabs;Julie Rutberg

  • Velo-cardio-facial syndrome.

    Robert J Shprintzen;Anne Marie Higgins;Kevin Antshel;Wanda Fremont

  • Automated Talairach atlas-based parcellation and measurement of cerebral lobes in children

    Wendy R. Kates;Wendy R. Kates;Ilana S. Warsofsky;Anil Patwardhan;Michael T. Abrams;Michael T. Abrams

  • Relative Efficacy of Methylphenidate and Behavior Modification in Hyperkinetic Children: An Interim Report.

    Rachel Gittelman-Klein;Donald F. Klein;Howard Abikoff;Sidney Katz

  • Cognitive and Psychiatric Predictors to Psychosis in Velocardiofacial Syndrome: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study

    Kevin M. Antshel;Robert J. Shprintzen;Wanda Fremont;Anne Marie Higgins

  • Disproportionate increases of white matter in right frontal lobe in Tourette syndrome

    K.A. Fredericksen;L.E. Cutting;W.R. Kates;S.H. Mostofsky

  • A comparison of FreeSurfer-generated data with and without manual intervention

    Christopher S. McCarthy;Avinash Ramprashad;Carlie Thompson;Jo Anna Botti

  • Autistic Behaviors Among Girls with Fragile X Syndrome

    Michèle M.M. Mazzocco;Wendy R. Kates;Thomas L. Baumgardner;Lisa S. Freund

  • Using common genetic variation to examine phenotypic expression and risk prediction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

    Robert W. Davies;Robert W. Davies;Ania M. Fiksinski;Ania M. Fiksinski;Elemi J. Breetvelt;Nigel M. Williams

  • A large scale (N = 400) investigation of gray matter differences in schizophrenia using optimized voxel-based morphometry

    Shashwath A. Meda;Nicole R. Giuliani;Vince D. Calhoun;Kanchana Jagannathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin M. Antshel
Kevin M. Antshel Syracuse University
Carrie E. Bearden
Carrie E. Bearden University of California, Los Angeles
Beverly S. Emanuel
Beverly S. Emanuel Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Doron Gothelf
Doron Gothelf Tel Aviv University
Elaine H. Zackai
Elaine H. Zackai Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Bernice E. Morrow
Bernice E. Morrow Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Stephen R. Hooper
Stephen R. Hooper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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