Melissa Bauman, Ph.D.

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2024

Lau, A. R., Baxter, A., He, S., Loyant, L., Ortiz-Jimenez, CA, Bauman, MD, Bales, K. L., and Freeman, SM. (2024). “Age, pair tenure and parenting, but not face identity, predict looking behaviour in a pair-bonded South American primate.” Animal Behaviour, 217, 53–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.08.015

Hanson KL, Bauman MD, (2024). “Healthy foods, healthy brain? Mediterranean diet is associated with changes in inflammatory pathways affecting brain and behavior in a monkey model.” Brain, behavior, and immunity, 121, 119–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.07.018

Kamboj, S., Carlson, E. L., Ander, B. P., Hanson, K. L., Murray, K. D., Fudge, J. L., Bauman, MD, Schumann, C. M., and Fox, A. S. (2024). “Translational insights from cell type variation across amygdala subnuclei in rhesus monkeys and humans.” American Journal of Psychiatry, 181(12), 1086–1102. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20230602

Maddock RJ, Vlasova RM, Chen S, Iosif AM, Bennett J, Tanase C, Ryan AM, Murai T, Hogrefe CE, Schumann CD, Geschwind DH, Van de Water J, Amaral DG, Lesh TA, Styner MA, Kimberley McAllister A, Carter CS, Bauman MD. “Altered brain metabolites in male nonhuman primate offspring exposed to maternal immune activation.” Brain Behav Immun. 2024 Oct; 121:280-290. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.07.011. Epub 2024 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 39032543.

2023

Lesh TA, Iosif AM, Tanase C, Vlasova RM, Ryan AM, Bennett J, Hogrefe CE, Maddock RJ, Geschwind DH, Van de Water J, McAllister AK, Styner MA, Bauman MD, Carter CS. “Extracellular free water elevations are associated with brain volume and maternal cytokine response in a longitudinal nonhuman primate maternal immune activation model.” Mol Psychiatry. 2023 Oct; 28(10):4185-4194. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02213-w. Epub 2023 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 37582858; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10867284.

Hasegawa Y, Kim DHJ, Zhang Z, Taha AY, Capitanio JP, Hogrefe CE, Bauman MD, Golub MS, Van de Water J, VandeVoort CA, Walker CK, Slupsky CM. “Calorie restriction and pravastatin administration during pregnancy in obese rhesus macaques modulates maternal and infant metabolism and infant brain and behavioral development.” Front Nutr. 2023;10:1146804. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1146804. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37255938; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10225656.

Smucny J, Vlasova RM, Lesh TA, Rowland DJ, Wang G, Chaudhari AJ, Chen S, Iosif AM, Hogrefe CE, Bennett JL, Shumann CM, Van de Water JA, Maddock RJ, Styner MA, Geschwind DH, McAllister AK, Bauman MD, Carter CS. “Increased Striatal Presynaptic Dopamine in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Maternal Immune Activation: A Longitudinal Neurodevelopmental Positron Emission Tomography Study With Implications for Schizophrenia. ” Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2023 May;8(5):505-513. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.10.012. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PubMed PMID: 36805246; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10164700

Bruce MR, Couch ACM, Grant S, McLellan J, Ku K, Chang C, Bachman A, Matson M, Berman RF, Maddock RJ, Rowland D, Kim E, Ponzini MD, Harvey D, Taylor SL, Vernon AC, Bauman MD, Van de Water J. “Altered behavior, brain structure, and neurometabolites in a rat model of autism-specific maternal autoantibody exposure.” Mol Psychiatry. 2023 May;28(5):2136-2147. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02020-3. Epub 2023 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 36973347; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10575787.

Hanson KL, Weir RK, Iosif AM, Van de Water J, Carter CS, McAllister AK, Bauman MD, Schumann CM. “Altered dendritic morphology in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of nonhuman primates prenatally exposed to maternal immune activation.” Brain Behav Immun. 2023 Mar;109:92-101. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.01.003. Epub 2023 Jan 4. PubMed PMID: 36610487; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10023379.

2022

Boktor JC, Adame MD, Rose DR, Schumann CM, Murray KD, Bauman MD, Careaga M, Mazmanian SK, Ashwood P, Needham BD. “Global metabolic profiles in a non-human primate model of maternal immune activation: implications for neurodevelopmental disorders.” Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Dec;27(12):4959-4973. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01752-y. Epub 2022 Aug 26. PubMed PMID: 36028571; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9772216.

Jagsi R, Beeland TD, Sia K, Szczygiel LA, Allen MR, Arora VM, Bair-Merritt M, Bauman MD, Bogner HR, Daumit G, Davis E, Fagerlin A, Ford DE, Gbadegesin R, Griendling K, Hartmann K, Hedayati SS, Jackson RD, Matulevicius S, Mugavero MJ, Nehl EJ, Neogi T, Regensteiner JG, Rubin MA, Rubio D, Singer K, Tucker Edmonds B, Volerman A, Laney S, Patton C, Escobar Alvarez S. “Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists: innovating support for early-career family caregivers. ” J Clin Invest. 2022 Dec 1;132(23). doi: 10.1172/JCI166075. PubMed PMID: 36453546; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9711869.

Laufer BI, Hasegawa Y, Zhang Z, Hogrefe CE, Del Rosso LA, Haapanen L, Hwang H, Bauman MD, Van de Water J, Taha AY, Slupsky CM, Golub MS, Capitanio JP, VandeVoort CA, Walker CK, LaSalle JM. “Multi-omic brain and behavioral correlates of cell-free fetal DNA methylation in macaque maternal obesity models.” Nat Commun. 2022 Sep 21;13(1):5538. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33162-7. PubMed PMID: 36130949; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9492781.

Hanson KL, Grant SE, Funk LH, Schumann CM, Bauman MD. “Impact of Maternal Immune Activation on Nonhuman Primate Prefrontal Cortex Development: Insights for Schizophrenia.” Biol Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 15;92(6):460-469. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.04.004. Epub 2022 Apr 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 35773097; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9888668.

Hasegawa Y, Zhang Z, Taha AY, Capitanio JP, Bauman MD, Golub MS, Van de Water J, VandeVoort CA, Walker CK, Slupsky CM. “Impact of Maternal Obesity on the Gestational Metabolome and Infant Metabolome, Brain, and Behavioral Development in Rhesus Macaques.” Metabolites. 2022 Aug 19;12(8). doi: 10.3390/metabo12080764. PubMed PMID: 36005637; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9415340.

Silverman JL, Thurm A, Ethridge SB, Soller MM, Petkova SP, Abel T, Bauman MD, Brodkin ES, Harony-Nicolas H, Wöhr M, Halladay A. “Reconsidering animal models used to study autism spectrum disorder: Current state and optimizing future.” Genes Brain Behav. 2022 Jun;21(5):e12803. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12803. Epub 2022 Mar 14. Review. PubMed PMID: 35285132; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9189007.

Ryan AM, Bauman MD. “Primate Models as a Translational Tool for Understanding Prenatal Origins of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Associated With Maternal Infection.” Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2022 May;7(5):510-523. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.02.012. Epub 2022 Mar 8. Review. PubMed PMID: 35276404; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8902899.

Bauman MD, Buss C. “Maternal Proinflammatory Processes and Fetal Neurodevelopment: Integrating Clinical and Preclinical Research Approaches and Identifying Knowledge Gaps That Warrant Future Collaboration.” Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2022 May;7(5):444-446. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.03.009. PubMed PMID: 35534095.

• Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Fellow, 2023
• UC Women's Initiative for Professional Development Fellow, 2018
• AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar Trainee, 2016
• NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2012
• AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar Trainee, 2012
• UC Davis Medical Center Women in Medical and Health Sciences (WIMHS) Mentored Leadership Trainee, 2011