# Joanna A. Christodoulou ![joannachristodoulou_small_0](/sites/g/files/omnuum11516/files/joanna/files/joannachristodoulou_small_0.jpg) Dr. Joanna A. Christodoulou works at the intersection of education and neuroscience. ![tagxedo_3](/sites/g/files/omnuum11516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/joanna/files/tagxedo_3.jpg?itok=isCyQ3-6) She holds positions of Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at MGH Institute of Health Professions, Research Affiliate at MIT, Adjunct Lecturer at the the Harvard Graduate School of Education and former Instructor in the Harvard Psychology Department. Her research explores the brain-behavior relationship of reading and language. Research topics include: - **Risk factors**: What factors from a child's life in and out of school help to predict language and literacy outcomes? - **Identification**: How do approaches in research, clinical, and educational settings compare for defining and conceptualizing reading disabilities? - **Intervention**: What tools from neuroscience and from psychoeducational assessment can improve our approach to assigning specific children to specific intervention approaches? ## Recent Publications Download 5 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=ris) ### 2023 Marks R, Pollack C, Meisler S, D’Mello A, Centanni T, Romeo R, Wade K, Matejko A, Ansari D, Gabrieli J, et al. [Neurocognitive mechanisms of co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing](/publications/neurocognitive-mechanisms-co-occurring-math-difficulties-dyslexia-differences). Dev Sci. 2023:e13443. doi:10.1111/desc.13443 Marks R, Pollack C, Meisler S, D’Mello A, Centanni T, Romeo R, Wade K, Matejko A, Ansari D, Gabrieli J, et al. [Neurocognitive mechanisms of co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing](/publications/neurocognitive-mechanisms-co-occurring-math-difficulties-dyslexia-differences). Dev Sci. 2023:e13443. doi:10.1111/desc.13443 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Children with dyslexia frequently also struggle with math. However, studies of reading disability (RD) rarely assess math skill, and the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying co-occurring reading and math disability (RD+MD) are not clear. The current study... Marks R, Norton R, Mesite L, Fox A, Christodoulou J. [Risk and resilience correlates of reading among adolescents with language-based learning disabilities during COVID-19](/publications/risk-and-resilience-correlates-reading-among-adolescents-language-based-learning). Read Writ. 2023;36(2):401–428. doi:10.1007/s11145-022-10361-8 Marks R, Norton R, Mesite L, Fox A, Christodoulou J. [Risk and resilience correlates of reading among adolescents with language-based learning disabilities during COVID-19](/publications/risk-and-resilience-correlates-reading-among-adolescents-language-based-learning). Read Writ. 2023;36(2):401–428. doi:10.1007/s11145-022-10361-8 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract UNLABELLED: Students with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) can face elevated socio-emotional well-being challenges in addition to literacy challenges. We examined the prevalence of risk and resilience factors among adolescents with LBLD (*N* = 93... ### 2022 Romeo R, Perrachione T, Olson H, Halverson K, Gabrieli J, Christodoulou J. [Socioeconomic dissociations in the neural and cognitive bases of reading disorders](/publications/socioeconomic-dissociations-neural-and-cognitive-bases-reading-disorders). Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022;58:101175. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101175 Romeo R, Perrachione T, Olson H, Halverson K, Gabrieli J, Christodoulou J. [Socioeconomic dissociations in the neural and cognitive bases of reading disorders](/publications/socioeconomic-dissociations-neural-and-cognitive-bases-reading-disorders). Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2022;58:101175. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101175 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) strongly predicts disparities in reading development, yet it is unknown whether early environments also moderate the cognitive and neurobiological bases of reading disorders (RD) such as dyslexia, the most prevalent... Al Dahhan N, Halverson K, Peek C, Wilmot D, D’Mello A, Romeo R, Meegoda O, Imhof A, Wade K, Sridhar A, et al. [Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia](/publications/dissociating-executive-function-and-adhd-influences-reading-ability-children). Cortex. 2022;153:126–142. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.025 Al Dahhan N, Halverson K, Peek C, Wilmot D, D’Mello A, Romeo R, Meegoda O, Imhof A, Wade K, Sridhar A, et al. [Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia](/publications/dissociating-executive-function-and-adhd-influences-reading-ability-children). Cortex. 2022;153:126–142. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.025 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Developmental dyslexia (DD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders among school-age children. These disorders frequently co-occur, with up to 40-50% of children with one diagnosis... Romeo R, Uchida L, Christodoulou J. [Socioeconomic status and reading outcomes: Neurobiological and behavioral correlates](/publications/socioeconomic-status-and-reading-outcomes-neurobiological-and-behavioral). New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2022;2022(183-184):57–70. doi:10.1002/cad.20475 Romeo R, Uchida L, Christodoulou J. [Socioeconomic status and reading outcomes: Neurobiological and behavioral correlates](/publications/socioeconomic-status-and-reading-outcomes-neurobiological-and-behavioral). New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2022;2022(183-184):57–70. doi:10.1002/cad.20475 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract In this chapter, we examine reading outcomes and socioeconomic status (SES) using a developmental cognitive and educational neuroscience perspective. Our focus is on reading achievement and intervention outcomes for students from lower SES backgrounds who... [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1l5O1KQLpnmk6/bibliography/46128234/public/?sortby=pubDate&sdirection=descending%20)