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Research Overview

Julie Rollins, MA is a research professional with over 20 years’ experience leading clinical research programs focused on improving child health outcomes. Prior to joining Neurology as Clinical Research Director, Julie served as Research Faculty at UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine where she directed a $28m longitudinal study on child health outcomes across 12 medical centers nationwide and served as a member of NIH working groups. Ms. Rollins’ professional interests include child health equity, program improvement, and fostering strong connections with study participants and families. Julie began her career at Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport and Society leading pediatric wellness initiatives in under-resourced communities before transitioning into large-scale, multi-site, longitudinal research at Boston Medical Center (the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn (ELGAN) Study), the Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative (TECC), and UNC Chapel Hill (the ELGAN-ECHO Study).

Research Background

Julie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Kinesiology from Western University and a Master of Arts degree in Sport Psychology from McGill University’s School of Education.

Selected Publications

  1. When a birth cohort grows up: challenges and opportunities in longitudinal developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) research. Oken E, Bastain TM, Bornkamp N, Breton CV, Fry RC, Gold DR, Hivert MF, Howland S, Jackson DJ, Johnson CC, Jones K, Killingbeck M, O'Shea TM, Ortega M, Ownby D, Perera F, Rollins JV, Herbstman JB; program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2023 Apr;14(2):175-181. PMID: 36408681
  2. Growth During Infancy after Extremely Preterm Birth: Associations with Later Neurodevelopmental and Health Outcomes. T. Michael O’Shea, MD, MPH, Hannah M. Register, BS, Joe X. Yi, BS, Elizabeth T. Jensen, MPH, PhD, Robert M. Joseph, PHD, Karl C.K. Kuban, MD, SMepi, Jean A. Frazier, MD, Lisa Washburn, MD, Mandy Belfort, MD, MPH, Andrew M. South, MD, MS, Hudson P. Santos Jr PhD, Jeffrey Shenberger, MD, Eliana M. Perrin MD, MPH, Amanda L. Thompson, PhD, MPH, Rachana Singh MD, MS, Julie Rollins, MA, Semsa Gogcu, MD, MPH, Keia Sanderson, MD, MS, Charles Wood, MD,
  3. Caregivers' perception of the role of the socio-environment on their extremely preterm child's well-being. Emmanuel CJ, Knafl KA, Docherty SL, Hodges EA, Wereszczak JK, Rollins JV, Fry RC, O'Shea TM, Santos HP Jr.J Pediatr Nurs. 2022 Sep-Oct;66:36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.05.005. Epub 2022 May 25.PMID: 35623186.
  4. Psychiatric Outcomes, Functioning, and Participation in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns at Age 15 Years. Frazier JA, Cochran D, Kim S, Jalnapurkar I, Joseph RM, Hooper SR, Santos HP Jr, Ru H, Venuti L, Singh R, Washburn LK, Gogcu S, Msall ME, Kuban KCK, Rollins JV, Hanson SG, Jara H, Pastyrnak SL, Roell KR, Fry RC, O'Shea TM; ELGAN Study Investigators. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 Jul;61(7):892-904.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.12.008. Epub 2021 Dec 29. PMID: 34973366; PMCID: PMC9240104.
  5. Multispectral qMRI Characterization of the Extremely Preterm Brain at Adolescence: Functionally Neurotypical vs Atypical Developmental Pathways April 2022. Ryan McNaughton, MS, Chris Pieper, MS, Osamu Sakai, MD, PhD, Julie V. Rollins, MA, Xin Zhang, PhD, David N. Kennedy, PhD, Jean A. Frazier, MD, Laurie Douglass, MD, Timothy Heeren, PhD, Rebecca C. Fry, PhD, Thomas M. O’Shea, MD, Karl K. Kuban, MD, Hernán Jara, PhD, for the ELGAN-ECHO Study Investigators.
  6. Clinical implementation of a parent questionnaire to identify seizures in high-risk children. Greenlaw, C, Nuss, S, Camayd-Muñoz, C, Jonas, R, Vanier Rollins, J, Cabral, H, Sewell, K, & Douglass, LM. Journal of Child Neurology. June, 2020.
  7. Association of Circulating Proinflammatory and Anti-inflammatory Protein Biomarkers in Extremely Preterm Born Children with Subsequent Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumes and Cognitive Function at Age 10 Years. Kuban KCK, Jara H, O'Shea TM, Heeren T, Joseph RM, Fichorova RN, Alshamrani K, Aakil A, Beaulieu F, Horn M, Douglass LM, Frazier JA, Hirtz D, Rollins JV, Cochran D, Paneth N; ELGAN Study Investigators. J Pediatr. 2019 Jul; 210:81-90.
  8. Among Children Born Extremely Preterm a Higher Level of Circulating Neurotrophins Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cognitive Impairment at School Age. Kuban KCK, Heeren T, O'Shea TM, Joseph RM, Fichorova RN, Douglass L, Jara H, Frazier JA, Hirtz D, Taylor HG, Rollins JV, Paneth N; ELGAN Study Investigators. J Pediatr. 2018 Oct; 201:40.
  9. Co-occurrence and Severity of Neurodevelopmental Burden (Cognitive Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Epilepsy) at Age Ten Years in Children Born Extremely Preterm. Hirschberger RG, Kuban KCK, O'Shea TM, Joseph RM, Heeren T, Douglass LM, Stafstrom CE, Jara H, Frazier JA, Hirtz D, Rollins JV, Paneth N; ELGAN Study Investigators. Pediatr Neurol. 2018 Feb; 79:45-52.
  10. Cumulative Incidence of Seizures and Epilepsy in Ten-Year-Old Children Born Before 28 Weeks' Gestation. Douglass LM, Heeren TC, Stafstrom CE, DeBassio W, Allred EN, Leviton A, O'Shea TM, Hirtz D, Rollins J, Kuban K. Pediatr Neurol. 2017 Aug; 73:13-19.

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