Child Neurology Research

Child doing the puzzle

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

Faculty