Dr. Sarah Hutchison is postdoctoral fellow at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia. She is currently supported by a Brain Canada and Kids Brain Health Network Developmental Neurosciences Research Training Award. Her project title is “Prenatal serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) antidepressant exposure on brain development, cognition and activity related risk for obesity: A longitudinal study with 10 year olds”. Dr. Hutchison completed her PhD in Lifespan Psychology from the University of Victoria in 2015 and her research broadly focuses on children’s cognitive and social development. Her research examines which factors influence optimal brain development and differences between children (e.g., children with second language exposure, children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). More recently, her research is examining prenatal antidepressant exposure in relation to children’s cognitive skills and health outcomes (e.g., physical activity, risk for developing obesity).
