Meet the DC Mother-Baby Wellness team
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Given how common anxiety and depression are during pregnancy, it’s critical to screen universally for perinatal mental health concerns and to provide targeted treatments to improve the health and well-being of D.C. mothers and babies. To help achieve that goal, DC Mother-Baby Wellness is preparing to provide these services to DC moms. Meet our growing team:
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Zavi Brees-Saunders, MPH, Clark Parent & Child Network Prenatal-Neonatal Pillar Program Director
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Jessie Amick, Clinical Research Coordinator
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Ellen Bartolini, PSY.D., Psychologist
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U’nek Clarke, MSW, LICSW, Perinatal Behavioral Health Specialist
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Yensy Cundumi-Zuniga, BA, Perinatal Care Coordinator
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Meghan Monahan, Esq., Senior Policy Associate
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Veturah Thomas, MSW, LICSW, Perinatal Behavioral Health Specialist
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Ottolini KM, Andescavage N, Kapse K, Jacobs M, Murnick J, VanderVeer R, Basu S, Said M, Limperopoulos C. Early lipid intake improves cerebellar growth in very low-birth-weight preterm infants. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2021 Mar;45(3):587-595. doi: 10.1002/jpen.1868. Epub 2020 Jun 4. PMID: 32384168.
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Project RESCUE babies are turning 1 this summer
Because the health and well-being of pregnant women and their infants are our No. 1 priority, our Project RESCUE team is working with community partners to weave a comprehensive safety net that strengthens maternal mental health, boosts parental resiliency and enriches infants’ early environment.
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Save the date: Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D., is scheduled to participate in “FIT’NG all ages: Advantages and challenges of longitudinal fetal, infant and toddler neuroimaging” a panel held Sept. 17, 2021 in conjunction with Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience’s 2021 Virtual Congress. #Flux2021
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The Developing Brain Institute at Children's National, directed by Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D., focuses on the developing brain, in utero, after birth and through preschool. We are developing advanced MRI techniques to examine the structure, connectivity and metabolism of the brain in ways that cannot be done with conventional MRI studies. Our long-term goal is to be able to identify babies with impaired brain growth as soon as possible, so that proper interventions and clinical planning can take place earlier.
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