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Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Carson Kautz‐Turnbull
University of Rochester
2
Blake A. Gimbel
Nationwide Children's Hospital
3
Gregory Rompala
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
4
Lauren M. Kipling
Unknown
5
Ola Wasel
Purdue University West Lafayette
6
Marisa R. Pinson
Texas A&M Health Science Center
7
Karli Swenson
Children's Hospital Colorado
8
Sebastian Schoneich
Indian Health Service
9
Alemu Earsido Addila
Wako University
10
Nicola Perlman
Twitter (United States)

Papers

1
Publication in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2024) [39 citations, W4396579089]
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2024
39 cit.
2
Regional hippocampal thinning and gyrification abnormalities and associated cognition in children with prenatal alcohol exposure
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders|2025
7 cit.
3
Normative modeling of brain MRI data identifies small subcortical volumes and associations with cognitive function in youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
NeuroImage Clinical|2024
4 cit.
4
Positive behavior support (PBS) with children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Characterizing caregivers’ use of PBS using follow-up clinical trial data
Research in Developmental Disabilities|2024
2 cit.
5
Child Ability and Parental Attributions: Development and Validation of the Reasons for Children’s Behavior Scale
Child Psychiatry & Human Development|2024
1 cit.
6
Emotion socialization practices in non-biological parents of children with FASD
Research in Developmental Disabilities|2025
1 cit.
7
The Families Moving Forward Connect Teacher Companion website: Development and initial pilot randomized trial of an FASD‐informed resource for teachers
Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research|2025
1 cit.
8
Publication in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2024) [W4391056886]
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology|2024
0 cit.
9
Publication in Journal of Women s Health (2024) [W4405009534]
Journal of Women s Health|2024
0 cit.
10
Publication in International Health (2025) [W4407270149]
International Health|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Daniel Abazia
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2
Brooke Hoots
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3
Davida M. Schiff
Massachusetts General Hospital
4
Ross D. Neville
University College Dublin
5
Laurie K. Mischley
Bastyr University
6
Rema Sanghera
Unknown
7
Ayana Jordan
New York University
8
Zachary A. Kasper
Washington University in St. Louis
9
Elisha M. Wachman
Boston University
10
Adam Berkwitt
Yale University

Papers

1
Adverse childhood experiences: a meta‐analysis of prevalence and moderators among half a million adults in 206 studies
World Psychiatry|2023
363 cit.
2
Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Child Population Samples
JAMA Pediatrics|2024
82 cit.
3
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #21: Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder (Revised 2023)
Breastfeeding Medicine|2023
68 cit.
4
“You have to take this medication, but then you get punished for taking it:” lack of agency, choice, and fear of medications to treat opioid use disorder across the perinatal period
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment|2022
66 cit.
5
Prescribed and Penalized: The Detrimental Impact of Mandated Reporting for Prenatal Utilization of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
Maternal and Child Health Journal|2023
41 cit.
6
ATP and NAD+ Deficiency in Parkinson’s Disease
Nutrients|2023
40 cit.
7
Trends in U.S. Medical Cannabis Registrations, Authorizing Clinicians, and Reasons for Use From 2020 to 2022
Annals of Internal Medicine|2024
36 cit.
8
Disparities in Maternal-Infant Drug Testing, Social Work Assessment, and Custody at 5 Hospitals
Academic Pediatrics|2023
31 cit.
9
Systemic Racism as a Determinant of Health Inequities for People With Substance Use Disorder
JAMA Psychiatry|2024
31 cit.
10
Cannabis-Involved Emergency Department Visits Among Persons Aged <25 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2019–2022
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2023
29 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Edward P. Riley
San Diego State University
2
Guoliang Xu
Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science
3
Staffan Janson
Bangladesh Medical University
4
Gideon Koren
Rhode Island Hospital
5
Nancy L. Day
University of Pittsburgh
6
T.M. Penning
Translational Therapeutics (United States)
7
Barry M. Lester
Brown University
8
Sandra W. Jacobson
Wayne State University
9
Philip A. May
University of New Mexico
10
H. Eugene Hoyme
Sanford Health

Papers

1
Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries
The Lancet|2008
3.9k cit.
2
Tet-Mediated Formation of 5-Carboxylcytosine and Its Excision by TDG in Mammalian DNA
Science|2011
2.8k cit.
3
Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination
The Lancet|1997
1.2k cit.
4
Intellectual Impairment in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Utero
New England Journal of Medicine|1996
1.1k cit.
5
A Practical Clinical Approach to Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Clarification of the 1996 Institute of Medicine Criteria
PEDIATRICS|2005
998 cit.
6
Updated Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
PEDIATRICS|2016
879 cit.
7
Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in 4 US Communities
JAMA|2018
811 cit.
8
Pharmacogenetics of morphine poisoning in a breastfed neonate of a codeine-prescribed mother
The Lancet|2006
678 cit.
9
A Review of the Neurobehavioral Deficits in Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research|1998
618 cit.
10
Measurement of cortisol in human Hair as a biomarker of systemic exposure
Clinical and investigative medicine|2007
589 cit.

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