Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics

Faculty Biography

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.


Robert E. Lasky, PhD

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Education:

BS: Duke University, Durham, N.C.

PhD (Child Psychology): University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Clinical and Research Interests:

  • Clinically useful indicators of CNS structure and function
  • Assessment of auditory function in preterm newborns
  • Homeostatic responses in preterm newborns to stimulation
  • The effects of NICU noise on sick newborns.
  • Predictors (environmental and genetic determinants) of CNS insults in newborns
  • Neurotoxicology in human and animal models

Publications and Presentations (selected):

  • Laughlin, N.K., Luck, M.L., Lasky, R.E.  Postnatal lead effects on the development of visual spatial acuity in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)  Developmental Pychobiology.  In press.
  • Lasky, R.E., Williams, A.  Noise and light exposures for ELBW newborns during their stay in the NICU.  Pediatrics.  In press.
  • Mietzsch, U.,  Parikh, N.A., Williams, A.L., Shankaran, S., Lasky, R.E.  Effects of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and whole-body hypothermia on neonatal auditory function: A pilot study.  American Journal of Perinatology.  In press.
  • Williams, A.L., van Drongelen, W., Lasky, R.E.  Noise in contemporary intensive care.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  2007; 121(5):2681-2690.
  • Lally, K.P., Lally, P.A., Lasky, R.E., Tibboel, D., Jaksic, T., Wilson, J.M., Frenckner, B., Van Meurs, K.P., Bohn, D.J., Davis, C.F., Hirschl, R.B.  Defect Size Determines Survival in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.  Pediatrics.  2007 Sep;120(3):e651-7.
  • Parikh, N., Lasky, R., Kennedy, K., Moya, F., Hochhauser, L., Romo, S., Tyson, J.  Postnatal dexamethasone therapy and cerebral tissue volumes in extremely low birth weight infants.  Pediatrics. 2007 Feb;119(2):265-72.
  • Khattak, A.Z., Padhye, N.S., Williams, A.L., Lasky, R.E., Moya, F.R., Verklan, M.T. Longitudinal Assessment of Heart Rate Variability in Very Low Birth Weight Infants during their NICU stay.  Early Human Development.  2007 Jun;83(6):361-6.
  • Thomas, E.J., Taggart, B., Crandell, S., Lasky, R.E., Williams, A.L., Love, L.J., Sexton, J.B., Tyson, J.E., Helmreich, R.L.  Teaching Teamwork During the Neonatal Resuscitation Program: A Randomized Trial.  Journal of Perinatology.  26:163-169, 2006. 
  • Barreto, E.D., Morris, B.H., Philbin, M.K., Gray, L.C., Lasky, R.E.  Do former preterm infants remember and respond to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit noise?  Early Human Development.  2006 Nov;82(11):703-7.
  • Powers, B.E., Widholm, J.J., Lasky, R.E., and Schantz, S.L.  Auditory deficits in rats exposed to an environmental PCB mixture during development.  Toxicological Sciences. 89(2):  415-422, 2006.
  • Lasky, R.E. and Williams, A.L. Hearing impairment in high risk newborns. NeoReviews. 2005 6: e141-e152.
  • Lasky, R.E., Luck, M.L., Parikh, N., and Laughlin, N.K. The effects of early lead exposure on the brains of adult rhesus monkeys: A volumetric MRI study. Toxicological Sciences. 2005 Jun;85(2):963-75. Epub 2005 Mar 23.
  • Fontanarosa, J.B., Lasky, R.E., Lee, H.C., van Drongelen, W. Localization of brainstem auditory evoked potentials in primates: A comparison of localization techniques applied to deep-brain sources. Brain Topography. 2004; 17: 99-108.
  • Lasky, R.E., Widholm, J.E., Crofton, K.M., and Shantz, S.L. Perinatal Exposure to Aroclor 1254 Impairs Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAEs) in Rats. Toxicological Sciences. 2002; 68: 458-464.
  • Lasky, R.E., Laughlin, N.K., and Luck, M.L. The effects of elevated blood lead levels and succimer chelation therapy on physical growth in developing rhesus monkeys. Environmental Research Section A. 2001; 87:21-30.

Faculty Biography

Dr. Robert E. Lasky
  • Robert E. Lasky, PhD
    Professor
  • Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

  • Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Director, Design and Analysis Support Services
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.104
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-5770
    fax: (713) 500-0519
    e-mail: Robert.E.Lasky@ uth.tmc.edu
  • Assistant:
  • Deborah Garcia | (713) 500-6708
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