Nina Laney, MSEd

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Nina Laney, MSEd, is the Administrative Director of the Lifespan Brain Institute at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Undergraduate Degree

BS in Psychology - Richard Stockton College of NJ, Galloway, NJ

Graduate Degree

MSEd - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Titles and Academic Titles

Administrative Director, Lifespan Brain Institute

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Mental health

Publications

Papers

2022

Kuznetsova A, Meyers,KE, Dhanantwari P, Laney N, Frank R, Sethna CB. Sleep-related breathing disorders and cardiometabolic risk factors in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation. 2022; 00:e14355. doi: 10.1111/petr.14355

2020

Gur RE, White LK, Waller R, Barzilay, R, Moore TM, Kornfield S, Njoroge WFM, Duncan A, Chaiyachati BH, Parish-Morris J, Maayan L, Himes MM, Laney N, Simonette K, Riis V, Elovitz M. The Disproportionate Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Pregnant Black Women. Psychiatry Research. 2020 Nov. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113475

Sethna CB, Grossman LG, Dhanantwari P, Gurusinghe S, Laney N, Frank R, Meyers KE. Restoration of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dip and Reduction of Nocturnal Blood Pressure with Evening Anti-Hypertensive Medication Administration in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. Pediatric Transplantation. 2020 Oct. 7. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13854

Kaplinski M, Griffis H, Liu F, Tinker C, Laney N, Mendoza M, Cohen MS, Meyers K, Natarajan SS. Clinical Innovation: A Multidisciplinary Program for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Systemic Hypertension in Children and Adolescents. Clinical Pediatrics. 2020 Jan 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922819898180

2018

Liu HS, Hartung E, Jawad AF, Ware JB, Laney N, Port AM, Gur RC, Hooper SR, Radcliffe J, Furth SL. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Children and Young Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease. Radiology. 2018 June 12. https://proxy.library.upenn.edu:2101/10.1148/radiol.2018171339 [Epub ahead of print]

Liu HS, Jawad AF, Laney N, Hartung, EA, Furth SL, Detre JA. Effect of Blood T1 Estimation Strategy on Arterial Spin Labeled Cerebral Blood Flow Quantification in Children and Young Adults with Kidney Disease. J Neuroradiol. 2018 Mar 28. pii: S0150-9861(17)30402-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2018.03.002. [Epub ahead of print]

Hartung EA, Erus G, Jawad AF, Laney N, Doshi JJ, Hooper SR, Radcliffe J, Davatzikos C, Furth SL. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Children and Young Adults With CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2018 Feb 1. pii: S0272-6386(18)30003-9. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.11.024. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29398180

2015

Hartung E, Kim JY, Laney N, et al. Evaluation of neurocognition in youth with chronic kidney disease using a novel computerized neurocognitive battery. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Jan 7; 11(1): 39–46. Published online 2015 Oct 23.  doi:  10.2215/CJN.02110215

Hooper S, Laney N, Radcliffe J, et al. Executive Functioning in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2015 Nov-Dec;36(9):734-42. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000221

Ruebner R, Laney N, Kim JY, et al. Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Children and Young Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Apr;67(4):567-75. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.08.025. Epub 2015 Oct 21.

Hartung EA, Laney N, Kim JY, et al. Design and methods of the NiCK study: neurocognitive assessment and magnetic resonance imaging analysis of children and young adults with chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrol. 2015 Apr 30;16(1):66. [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1186/s12882-015-0061-1. PMID: 25924831.

Posters and Presentations

2022

Kuznetsova A, Meyers KE, Dhanantwari P, Laney N, Frank R, Sethna CB. Sleep Related Breathing Disorders and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients. Poster presentation at: Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting; April 21-25, 2022; Denver, Colorado.

2021

White L, Gur R, Waller R, Barzilay B, Moore T, Kornfield S, Njoroge W, Duncan A, Chaiyachati B, Parish-Morris J, Himes M, Laney N, Simonette K, Riis V, Elovitz M. Effects of Pandemic Worry on Mental Health in Pregnant Women and Implications for Fetal Development. Presentation at: Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting; April 7-9, 2021.

Waller R, Gur R, White L, Barzilay R, Moore T, Kornfield S, Njoroge W, Duncan A, Chaiyachati B, Parish-Morris J, Himes M, Laney N, Simonette K, Riis V, Elovitz M. Prenatal and Postpartum Factors Impacting Maternal and Infant Mental Health During the Pandemic. Presentation at: Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting; April 7-9, 2021.