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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Social Determinants of Health and Early Brain Development
Anaya, B., Triplett, R., Rogers, C. E. & Smyser, C. D., Oct 2025, In: Pediatric Clinics of North America. 72, 5, p. 975-990 16 p.
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Prenatal Adversity and Neonatal White Matter Microstructure Independently Relate to Language Outcomes at Age 2 Years
Bjork, J., Kenley, J. K., Gardner, C., Latham, A., Smyser, T. A., Miller, J. P., Shimony, J. S., Neil, J. J., Warner, B. B., Luby, J. L., Barch, D. M., Rogers, C. E., Smyser, C. D. & Lean, R. E., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 285, 114676.
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Risk of Cardiovascular Events During Delivery Hospitalization Among Pregnant Patients With Mental Health Conditions
Parekh, K., Waken, R. J., Avula, K., Nickel, K. B., Lindley, K. J., Rogers, C. & Maddox, K. E. J., Aug 22 2025, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 14, 17, e042011.
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Structure–function coupling in the first month of life: Associations with age and attention
Tooley, U. A., Kenley, J. K., Camacho, M. C., Latham, A., Alexopoulos, D., Nielsen, A. N., Smyser, T. A., Warner, B. B., Shimony, J. S., Neil, J. J., Luby, J. L., Barch, D. M., Rogers, C. E. & Smyser, C. D., Jun 10 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 23, e2412729122.
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The generalizability of cortical area parcellations across early childhood
Tu, J. C., Myers, M. J., Li, W., Li, J., Wang, X., Dierker, D., Day, T. K. M., Snyder, A., Latham, A., Kenley, J. K., Sobolewski, C. M., Wang, Y., Labonte, A. K., Feczko, E., Kardan, O., Moore, L. A., Sylvester, C. M., Fair, D. A., Elison, J. T. & Warner, B. B. & 8 others, , May 1 2025, In: Cerebral Cortex. 35, 5, bhaf116.