Faculty

Judy L Cameron, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Clinical and Translational Science, and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive 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. King DP, Abdalaziz M, Majewska AK, Cameron JL, Fudge JL. Microglia Morphology in the developing primate amygdala and effects of early life stress. eNeuro. 2025 Jan 15;12(1):ENEURO.0466-24.2024. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0466-24.2024. PMID: 39753372; PMCID: PMC11735683.
  2. Gujral S, Cameron JL, Conaty K, Ziady S, Sahu A, Jakicic JM, Rogers RJ, Rosano C, Vallejo AN, Erickson KI, Ibrahim TS, Aizenstein H, Reynolds CF 3rd, Butters MA. Intermittent low-intensity and moderate-intensity exercise effects on cognition in community-dwelling older adults: A pilot study exploring biological mechanisms. Front Aging Neurosci. 2024 Oct 17;16:1432909. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1432909. PMID: 39484365; PMCID: PMC11524916.
  3. Makino Y, Hodgson NW, Doenier E, Serbin AV, Osada K, Artoni P, Dickey M, Sullivan B, Potter-Dickey A, Komanchuk J, Sekhon B, Letourneau N, Ryan ND, Trauth J, Cameron JL, Hensch TK. Sleep-sensitive dopamine receptor expression in male mice underlies attention deficits after a critical period of early adversity. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Oct 9;16(768):eadh9763. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adh9763. Epub 2024 Oct 9. PMID: 39383245.
  4. Komanchuk J, Letourneau N, Duffett-Leger L, Healy P, Very M, Huang Z, Zhng Z & Cameron JL. Evaluation of the Online First Pathways Program for Equity-denied Families: A randomized controlled trial. J Child Fam Stud 33, 34403454 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02932-w
  5. McHale-Matthews AC, DeCampo DM, Love T, Cameron JL, Fudge JL. Immature neurons in the primate amygdala: Changes with early development and disrupted early environment. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2023 Jun;61:101248. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101248. Epub 2023 Apr 25. PMID: 37120994; PMCID: PMC10173404.

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...