Child Neurology Research

Child Neurology Research here at Columbia Universirty Irving Medical Center continues an long history of innovation and leadership in the field. Current and long-time faculty member Dr. Darryl C. De Vivo, is widely-recognized as one of the most eminent pediatric neurologists in the world. Dr. De Vivo is credited with advancing laboratory-based investigation and related clinical research to the field. Under Dr. De Vivo’s direction, the department's NIH-funded institutional training grant provides support for the development of the next generation of pediatric neuroscientists.
Areas of Research
- Childhood-onset epilepsy
- Developmental neurophysiology
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Epilepsy and cognitive disorders
- Genetically-determined metabolic diseases that affect the developing brain and neuromuscular system
- Glut1 deficiency
- Mitochondrial diseases
- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and other neuromuscular diseases
- Cognitive and behavioral problems associated with epilepsy
- Imaging modalities used for epilepsy diagnosis
- Neurological, behavioral, and psychological outcomes in children with intrauterine exposure to cocaine
- Neuro-developmental outcomes of brain injuries associated with prematurity
- Inherited and acquired metabolic diseases that affect the developing nervous system and muscular system
- Research focuses on defects of oxidative metabolism and the molecular basis of glucose transporter deficiency syndromes
- Mitochondrial encephalopathy
- Lactic acidosis
- Stroke-like episodes (MELAS)
- Aystemic lupus erythematosus
- Imaging of the hippocampus and amygdala