Cynthia Rogers
Blanche F Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry)
- Phone: 314-286-1700
- Email: rogersc@nospam.wustl.edu
Additional Titles & Roles
- Co-DIrector Perinatal Behavioral Health Service
- Attending Child Psychiatrist Outpatient Clinic
- Professor of Public Health
- Division Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Vice-Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Education & Training
- Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2010
- Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2008
- M.D.: Washington University in St Louis, 2005
- B.A.: Harvard University, 1998
Major Awards
- NIMH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award, 2023
- o National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholar, 2022-2025
- St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund Dr. John M. Anderson Excellence in Mental Health Award, 2019
- Elected Associate Member, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018
- JAACAP Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide, 2017
- Eli Robins Award, for excellence in research and clinical psychiatry, Washington University Department of Psychiatry, 2010
- APA American Psychiatric Leadership Fellow (formerly GlaxoSmithKline fellowship) 2007, 2008, 2009
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2005
Areas of Clinical Interest
Evaluation of social and emotional development in preterm toddlers and preschoolers.
Treatment and evaluation of Perinatal Psychiatric disorders.
Evaluation and treatment of psychiatric illness in high risk toddlers and preschoolers.
Research Interests
Neuroimaging biomarkers of abnormal social and emotional development in high risk infant populations.
Effects of adverse environmental factors like poverty, parental psychopathology, dysfunctional parenting, racial discrimination on neonatal brain development and childhood psychopathology.
Recent Publications
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Editors’ Best of 2025
Novins, D. K., Althoff, R. R., Brotman, M. A., DelBello, M. P., Doyle, A. E., Fortuna, L. R., Fristad, M. A., Middeldorp, C. M., Njoroge, W. F. M., Rogers, C. E. & Singh, M. K., Jan 2026, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 65, 1, p. 4-10 7 p.
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Developmental Foundations of a Pediatric Mental Health Risk Calculator for Young Children
MacNeill, L. A., Zhang, Y., Giase, G. M., Wiggins, J. L., Norton, E. S., Smith, J. D., Davis, M. M., Raven, J. G., Poleon, R. B., Yu, Q., Smyser, C. D., Rogers, C. E., Luby, J. L., Allen, N. B. & Wakschlag, L. S., Jan 1 2026, In: Academic Pediatrics. 26, 1, 103128.
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Social Determinants of Health, the developing brain, and risk and resilience for psychopathology
Lean, R. E., Constantino-Pettit, A., Gorham, L. S., Herzberg, M. P., Anaya, B., Rogers, C. E. & Luby, J. L., Jan 2026, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 51, 1, p. 185-202 18 p.
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The auditory environment drives superior temporal sulcus depth in the neonatal period
Benjamin, L., Bacquet, M., Leroy, F., Mancuso, C., Lordier, L., Sa de Almeida, J., Gui, L., Lean, R. E., Rogers, C. E., Inder, T., Smyser, C. D., Hüppi, P. S. & Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Dec 2025, In: Brain Structure and Function. 230, 9, 177.
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Associations between prenatal inflammation and dimensions of depressive symptoms across the perinatal period
Redic, M. M., Miller, J. P., Kimmel, M., Luby, J., Smyser, T., Rogers, C. E., Warner, B. B., Smyser, C. D., Barch, D. M., Miller, G. E. & Chen, E., Dec 2025, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 182, 107648.