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
- 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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The association between maternal sleep and circadian rhythms during pregnancy and infant sleep and socioemotional outcomes
Hoyniak, C. P., Donohue, M. R., Luby, J. L., Barch, D. M., Zhao, P., Smyser, C. D., Warner, B., Rogers, C. E., Herzog, E. D. & England, S. K., Apr 2025, In: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 34, 4, p. 1365-1377 13 p., e13135.
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Associations Between Preterm Birth, Inhibitory Control-Implicated Brain Regions and Tracts, and Inhibitory Control Task Performance in Children: Consideration of Socioeconomic Context
Taylor, R. L., Rogers, C., Smyser, C. & Barch, D. M., Feb 2025, In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 56, 1, p. 73-87 15 p.
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Editors’ Best of 2024
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 2025, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 64, 1, p. 6-11 6 p.
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Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to Disadvantage
Leverett, S. D., Brady, R. G., Tooley, U. A., Lean, R. E., Tillman, R., Wilson, J., Ruscitti, M., Triplett, R. L., Alexopoulos, D., Gerstein, E. D., Smyser, T. A., Warner, B., Luby, J. L., Smyser, C. D., Rogers, C. E. & Barch, D. M., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 276, 114289.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Socioemotional Outcomes of Children Born Very Preterm
Bishop, C. L., Lean, R. E., Smyser, T. A., Smyser, C. D. & Rogers, C. E., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 276, 114377.