Thomas M. Badger

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Researcher

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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71 h-index 423 pubs 15,387 cited

Research Areas

Birth, Development, and Health Child and Adolescent Health Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Diet and metabolism studies Behavioral and Psychological Studies Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

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Thomas M. Badger's research program focuses on the study of human development, with a particular emphasis on neurodevelopment and its relationship to various environmental and biological factors. His work investigates the structural and functional development of the brain in children, examining how factors such as sleep disturbances, maternal mental health during pregnancy, and early life nutrition may influence cognitive functioning and brain morphology. Badger has published research on the associations between white matter microstructures and cognitive abilities in children, as well as cortical asymmetry and its relation to specific cognitive functions.

His research also extends to the effects of diet on development, including studies on skeletal development in infants and toddlers fed different types of formula, and the potential endocrine effects of soy formula. Additionally, Badger has investigated the impact of alcohol consumption on liver carcinogenesis in animal models, exploring the underlying molecular signaling pathways. He leads a research group and collaborates with researchers from institutions including the National Center for Toxicological Research and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Badger's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 71, with over 15,000 citations across more than 400 publications.

Metrics

h-index: 71
Publications: 423
Citations: 15,387

Selected Publications

Associations between mother’s depressive symptoms during pregnancy and newborn’s brain functional connectivity (2023) DOI
A longitudinal observational study of skeletal development between ages 3 mo and 6 y in children fed human milk, milk formula, or soy formula (2023) DOI
Soy Formula Is Not Estrogenic and Does Not Result in Reproductive Toxicity in Male Piglets: Results from a Controlled Feeding Study (2022) DOI
Associations Between White Matter Microstructures and Cognitive Functioning in 8-Year-Old Children: A Track-Weighted Imaging Study (2022) DOI
Track-weighted imaging analysis of white matter microstructures in healthy children: Sex and hemispheric differences (2022) DOI
Associations between Cortical Asymmetry and Domain Specific Cognitive Functions in Healthy Children (2021) DOI
Correlations between sleep disturbance and brain cortical morphometry in healthy children (2021) DOI