Publications
A collection of my research work.

No compelling evidence of sex differences in brain maturation during COVID-19 lockdowns when the sexes are compared statistically
Andrew W. Brown, Simon Chung, Timothy Koscik, Colby J. Vorland, Donna L. Maney
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2025

Partial Heart Transplants Require Immunosuppression in Growing Piglets
Herra Javed, Amna Qasim, Simon Chung, Rodolfo Henrich-Lobo, Taufiek K. Rajab
Transplantation 2025

Semilunar valves in pediatric orthotopic heart transplants grow at a slower rate than controls
Timothy E. Nissen, Simon Chung, Andrew W. Brown, Emily Sanders, Nirbhay Parashar, Kenneth R. Knecht, Taufiek K. Rajab, Amna Qasim
Pediatric Cardiology 2025

Race Is an Incomplete Surrogate for Skin Pigmentation in Neonates, with Potential Relevance for Pulse Oximetry
Megha Sharma, Andrew W. Brown, Simon Chung, Kevin W. Sexton, Mario Schootman, Peter M. Mourani
The Journal of Pediatrics 2025

Partial waiver of consent to overcome translational science barriers in neonatal clinical research
Megha Sharma, Sarah E. Diamond, Jenna Chancellor, Simon Chung, Andrew W. Brown, D. Micah Hester, Laura P. James, Mario Schootman, Peter M. Mourani, Sherry E. Courtney
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2025

Enhancing Detection of Cerebral Palsy: Multimodal Developmental Assessments in High-Risk Infants
Namarta Kapil, Bittu Majmudar-Sheth, Alexa C. Escapita, Sowmya Sivakumar, Simon Chung, Andrew W. Brown, Tara L. Johnson
Pediatrics Open Science 2025

Comparing a Guideline-Based Mobile Health Intervention Versus Usual Care for High-Risk Adolescents With Asthma: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Tamara T. Perry, Jessica H. Turner, Ariel Berlinski, Larry A. Simmons, Rita H. Brown, Kaymon Neal, Sarah A. Marshall, Xing He, Simon Chung, Andrew W. Brown, Horace J. Spencer, Jiang Bian
JMIR Research Protocols 2025

Cavoatrial Partial Heart Transplant: Ex Vivo Feasibility of a Novel Fontan Conduit
Harma K. Turbendian, Shannon Egli, Herra Javed, Anshaal Furrukh, Simon Chung, Taufiek K. Rajab
Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports 2025

Transthoracic echocardiography for evaluating cardiac parameters in growing piglets
Amna Qasim, Eli Contorno, Herra Javed, Anshaal Furrukh, Louis Steen, Ahmed Zaghw, Joanna Murphy, Simon Chung, Krittika Joshi, Taufiek K. Rajab
Scientific Reports 2025
Vitrified Partial Heart Transplants Grow at the Same Rate as Fresh Partial Heart Transplants and Retain Viable Donor Cells In-Vivo
Herra Javed, Eli Contorno, Simon Chung, Meagan Rogers, Tori Beach, Rodolfo Henrich-Lobo, Brian Reemtsen, Taufiek K. Rajab
Circulation 2025

A Multivariate Bernoulli-Based Sampling Method for Multi-Label Data with Application to Meta-Research
Simon Chung, Colby J. Vorland, Donna L. Maney, Andrew W. Brown
2025
Non-invasive Monitoring of Partial Heart Transplants: Evaluation of Leaflet Length as Novel Echocardiographic Measure of Valve Growth: P9-31
Timothy E. Nissen, Simon Chung, Andrew W. Brown, Taufiek K. Rajab, Amna Qasim
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2024