Benjamin Wade

Benjamin Wade is a researcher affiliated with the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, with additional associations to institutions like the University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles. His work focuses on neurodevelopmental impacts of HIV in pediatric populations, as evidenced by his 2019 publication in NeuroImage: Clinical.

• Primary Affiliation: University of Missouri–St. Louis (College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychological Sciences)
• Collaborative Institutions: University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco

Research interests center on:

• Neurological effects of HIV in children
• Structural MRI analysis of subcortical regions
• Developmental consequences of antiretroviral treatment timing

The 2019 study examined subcortical brain abnormalities in Thai children with perinatal HIV infection, using longitudinal MRI data to assess relationships between immune status (CD4 counts) and neurodevelopmental outcomes.