RESEARCH STATS

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EXTERNAL FUNDING

2020-2022    — NIH Diversity Supplement for the ECHO Consortium grant titled The Impact of the Intrauterine and Early Childhood Environments on Neurocognitive and Metabolic Development in African American Youth: Focus on the Gut-Brain Axis

PUBLICATIONS                                      

Stanfield, J., Nutor, C., Dunlop, A. L., Barr, D. B., Corwin, E. J., Panuwet, P., Yakimavets, V., Brennan, P. A. (2025). Evaluating Household Income and Tobacco Exposure as Moderators of the Association Between Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Newborn Neurobehavior. Developmental Psychobiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70065

Nutor, C., Dickerson, A., Hsu, T., Al-Jadiri, A., Camargo, C.A., Schweitzer, J.B.,  Shuster, C. L., Karagas, M.R., Madan, J.C., Restrepo, B., Schmidt, R. J., …. Dunlop, A. L., & Brennan, P.A. (2024) Examining the association between prenatal cannabis exposure and child autism traits: A multi-cohort investigation in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcome (ECHO) Program. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3185

Nutor, C., Dunlop, A., Sadler, O., & Brennan, P. A. (2023). Prenatal Cannabis Use and Offspring Autism-Related Behaviors: Examining Maternal Stress as a Moderator in a Black American Cohort. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05982-z

Horien, C., Fontenelle, S., Joseph, K., Powell, N., Nutor, C., Fortes, D., Butler, M., Powell, K., Macris, D., Lee, K., Greene, A., McPartland, J., Volkmar, F., Scheinost, D., Chawarska, K. & Constable, R. T. (2020). Low-motion fMRI data can be obtained in pediatric participants undergoing a 60-minute scan protocol. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78885-z

Ketcherside, A., Jagannathan, K., Sudipto, D., Hager, N., Spilka, N., Nutor, C., Rao, H., Wetherill, R.R., Franklin, T.R. (2020). Baclofen-induced changes in the resting brain modulate smoking cue reactivity: A double-blind placebo-controlled fMRI study in cigarette smokers. Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience. 10.9758/cpn.2020.18.2.289

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Maternal Prenatal Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Metabolites Correlate with Infant Resting-State Functional Connectivity, presented at the International Congress of Infant Studies. 7/10/24. Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Cannabis Use and Offspring Child Autism-Related Outcomes, presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Annual Conference, 11/9/22. San Diego, CA.

The Impact of Intrauterine and Early Childhood Environments of Neurocognitive and Metabolic Development in African American Youth:  Focus on the Gut-Brain Axis, presented at the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Consortium Annual Conference, 4/14/21 (Virtual presentation).

Nutor, C., Joseph, K., Gershman, C. D., Powell, N., Yhang, E. Feiner, H., Butler, M., Goncalves Fortes, D., Vernetti, A., Chawarska, K., Shic, F., & Macari, S. (2020). The accuracy of a digitally- administered M-CHAT in a diverse community sample: Preliminary findings. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.

HONORS AND AWARDS  

2025 Editorial Fellowship Recipient for Developmental Psychobiology

2025 Eleanor Main Graduate Mentor Award

2025 Three Minute Thesis Finalist

2023 Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honors Society

2022                Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

2021                Best Poster Award, International Society of Developmental Psychobiology

Please note that this is just a CV snapshot. For a full CV, reach out to Chaela at chaelanutor@gmail.com