Deputy Provost and Vice President for Academic Programs
Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and General Medical Sciences
Staff Psychologist, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Associate Medical Staff, University Hospitals of Cleveland
Associate Medical Staff, Metro Health Medical Center
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Research Interests:
Cognitive and motor outcomes of cocaine-exposed infants, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Fetal exposure to MDMA - ecstasy

Publications:
Singer LT, Nelson S, Minnes S, et al. Prenatal cocaine exposure: drug and environmental effects at 9 years. Journal of Pediatrics 2008; In Press.

Minnes M, Singer LT, Kirchner HL, Satayathum S, Short EJ, Min M, et al. The association of prenatal cocaine use and childhood trauma with psychological symptoms over six years. Archives of Women's Mental Health, In Press, 2008.

Minnes S, Singer LT, Humphrey-Wall R, et al. Psychosocial and behavioral factors related to the post-partum placements of infants born to cocaine-using women. Child Abuse and Neglect, 2008; 32:353-366.

Lewis, B.A. Kirchner H.L., Short, E., Minnes, S., Weishampel, P., Satayathum, Singer, L.T. Cocaine and tobacco effects on children's language trajectories. Pediatrics, 2007, 120, e78-e85.

Singer, L.T., Fulton, S., Kirchner, H.L., Eisengart, S., Lewis, B., Short, E., Min, M.O., Kercsmar, C., Baley, J.E. Parenting very low birthweight children at school age: Maternal stress and coping. Journal of Pediatrics, 2007, 151, 463-469.

Min, M.O., Farkas, K., Singer, L.T. Impact of childhood abuse and neglect on substance use and psychological distress in adulthood. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2007, 20(5), 833-844.

Presentations:
Lewis, B., Singer, L., Fulton, S., Min, M., Short, E., Kercsmar, C., Baley, J. Longitudinal Language Outcomes of Children with VLBW and BPD. Presented at the Annual American Speech and Language Association, November, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts.

Minnes, S., Singer, L.T., Short, E.J., Kirchner, H.L., Satayathum, S. Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Lead on Neuropsychological Function Using the CANTAB at 10 Years. Neurobehavioral Teratology Society Meeting, June 23-27, 2007, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ridenour, T.A., Minnes, S., Singer, L.T., Satayathum, S. How well do children's ALEXSA self-reports forecast harmful substance use and antisocial behavior? Presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Annual Meeting, June 16-21, 2007, Quebec City, Canada.

Fulton, S., Lewis, B., Min, M., Singer, L., Short, E., Kercsmar, C., Baley, J. Three, Eight and Fourteen-Year Outcomes of Children with Very Low Birth Weight and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium on Research In Child Language Disorders Annual Meeting, June 7-9, 2007, Madison, Wisconsin.

Minnes, S., Short, E., Satayathum, S., Kirchner, H.L., Singer, L.T. Behavioral Outcomes of Prenatally Cocaine/Polydrug Exposed Children (4-10 years). (Accepted) Pediatric Academic Society, Annual Meeting, May 5-8, 2007, Toronto, Canada.