Faculty

Judy L Cameron, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Obstetrics-Gynecology Reproductive Sciences, Clinical and Translational Science, and Behavioral and Community Health Sciences

Contact Details

121 Meyran Avenue
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Phone 412-383-5429
Email
Website
Pitt Science Outreach
Working For Kids: Building Skills

Education & Training

PhD
Physiology, University of Arizona
Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania
Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington

Professional Affiliations

Member, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Member, Scientific Research Council, Child Mind Institute

Selected Honors & Awards

Excellence in Teaching, Oregon Health & Science University Faculty Senate
Founding Member, National Scientific Council on the Developing Child

Research Interests

Sensitive periods neurodevelopment; Neural effects of exercise; Neuroplasticity
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Bethea, C.L. and J.L. Cameron. Neuro-pharmacological remediation of Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and underlying neurobiology in macaques. Human Reproduction, in press, 2020.
  2. Cameron, J.L., R. Jain, M. Rais, A.E. White, T.M. Beer, P. Kievitt, K. Winters-Stone, I. Messaoudi, and O. Varlamov. Perpetuating effects of androgen deficiency on insulin-resistance. Int J Obesity 40: 856-863, 2016. PMID: 27534842
  3. De Campo, D.M., J.L. Cameron, J. Miano, D.A. Lewis, K. Mirnics, and J.L. Fudge. Early social stress in infant macaques alters expression of neural maturation gene tbr-1 in the amygdala paralaminar nucleus, Developmental Psychobiology 9999: 1-15, 2016. PMID: 27917473
  4. McGee, W.M., C.V. Bishop, C.R. Pohl, R.J. Chang, J.C. Marshall, F.K. Pau, R.L.Stouffer and J.L.Cameron. Effects of hyperandrogenemia and increased adiposity on reproductive parameters in young adult female monkeys: A possible component of polycystic ovary syndrome. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 306: E1292-E1234, 2014. PMID: 24735887, PMCID: PMC4042098
  5. Rhyu, I.J., J.A. Bytheway, S. J. Kohler, H. Lange, K.J. Lee, J. Boklewski, K. McCormick, N.I. Williams, G.B. Stanton, W.T. Greenough and J.L. Cameron. Effects of aerobic exercise training on cognitive function and cortical vascularity in monkeys. Neuroscience 167: 1239-1248, 2010. PMID: 20211699, PMCID: PMC3417752

Education Interests

Medical student education; Science communication education; Research mentorship

Science Translational Medicine: Sleep-Sensitive Dopamine Receptor Expression in Male Mice Underlies Attention Deficits After a Critical Period of Early Adversity

Cameron and Colleagues Science: Translational Medicine 2024

In both children and animal models, adverse childhood experiences lead to cognitive and behavioral impairments that have profound influence on behavior and health throughout the lifespan. To improve our understanding of the long-lasting impact of early stress exposure, the specific brain circuits impacted by early stress, and the mechanisms underlying each aspect of the influence of stress exposure, investigators...

The Developmental Affective Neuroscience Symposium: Presenting Translational Research in Developmental Psychopathology

The Developmental Affective Neuroscience Symposium Collage

The Developmental Affective Neuroscience Symposium (DANS) presents recent translational research in developmental psychopathology. The 2023 DANS theme was “ Neurodevelopment of Regulatory Systems: A Focus on Emotions and Motivation,” featuring research focused on the development of neural networks and circuitries implicated in regulating or modulating neural response to emotionally or motivationally salient...

Working for Kids: Building Skills Team Emanates from Innovation Institute

Working for Kids: Building Skills TM, led by Judy Cameron, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry was one of 29 companies to emanate from the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute in 2017. The team is now offering this educational program, which educates communities about child brain development and interventions needed to help children succeed later in life, through Working for Kids: Building Skills LLC. Initially...