Alison Colbert, PhD

Publications

• Villagomez, A., Muñoz, F.M., Peterson, R.L, Colbert, A.M., Gladstone, M., MacDonald, B., … Connery, A.K. (2019) Neurodevelopmental delay: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine, 37(52).
• Colbert, A.M., Edlynn, E., Mueller, V., Ariefdjohan, M. &. Lindwall, J. (2019). Evaluating health related quality of life and school attendance in a multidisciplinary school program for youth with significant medical needs. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 1-13.
• Connery, A. K., Colbert, A. M., Lamb, M. M., Hernández, S., Martínez, M. A., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., El Sahly, H.M., Paniagua-Avila, A., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., Olson, D., Asturias, E.J., & Muñoz, F.M. (2019). Receptive language skills among young children in rural Guatemala: The relationship between the Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody and a translated and adapted version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. Child: Care, Health and Development, 45(5), 702-708.
• Colbert AM, Lamb MM, Asturias EJ, Muñoz FM, Bauer D, Arroyave P, Hernández S, Martínez MA, Paniagua-Avila A, Olson D, Calvimontes DM, Bolaños GA, El Sahly HM, Connery AK. Reliability and Validity of an Adapted and Translated Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (AT-MSEL) in Rural Guatemala. Child Care Health Dev. 2020 May;46(3):327-335. PubMed PMID: 31978249
• Colbert AM, Connery AK, Lamb MM, Bauer D, Olson D, Paniagua-Avila A, Martínez MA, Arroyave P, Hernández S, Mirella Calvimontes D, Bolaños GA, El Sahly HM, Muñoz FM, Asturias EJ. Caregiver rating of early childhood development: Reliability and validity of the ASQ-3 in rural Guatemala. Early Hum Dev. 2021 Oct;161:105453. PubMed PMID: 34530320
• Connery AK, Lamb MM, Colbert AM, Bauer D, Hernández S, Arroyave P, Martínez MA, Barrios EE, El Sahly HM, Paniagua-Avila A, Calvimontes M, Bolaños GA, Olson D, Asturias EJ, Munoz FM. Parent Report of Health Related Quality of Life in Young Children in Rural Guatemala: Implementation, Reliability, and Validity of the PedsQL in Stunting and Wasting. Glob Pediatr Health. 2021;8:2333794X21991028. PubMed PMID: 33614851
• Connery, A.K., Colbert, A.M. & Lamb, M.M. (2022) Viewpoint: Head Circumference May Be the Best Proxy for Neurodevelopmental Risk in Children in Low Resource Settings. Archives of Disease in Childhood. doi: archdischild-2021-323216
• Connery, A.K.*, Lamb, M.M*, Colbert, A.M., Bauer, Desirée, Olson, Daniel, Paniagua-Avila, Alejandra, Calvimontes, Mirella, Bolaños, Guillermo Antonio, El Sahly, Hana, Muñoz, F.M.**, Asturias, E.J.** (2022). A Prospective Cohort Study of Head Circumference and its Association with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants and Young Children in Rural Guatemala. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. doi: 10.1017/S204017442200023X. (* co-first author)
• Lamb, M.M., Connery, A.K., Colbert, A.M., Hernández, S., Martínez, M.A., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., El Sahly, H.M., Paniagua-Avila, A., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., Olson, D., Asturias, E.J., & Muñoz, F.M. (2022). Anthropometric proxies for child neurodevelopment in low resource settings: Length- or height-for-age, head circumference or both. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 18:1-9. doi: 10.1017/S2040174422000423.
• Connery, A.K, Raghunathan, R.S, Colbert, A.M, Erdodi, L., Warschausky, S., Huth-Bocks, A., Taylor, H.G., Raghunathan, T., Berglund, P., Staples, A.D., Lukomski, A., Kirkland, J., Cano, J., Lajiness-O’Neill, R., and the PediaTrac Project Consortium (2022). The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors and Response Style on Caregiver Report of Infant Developmental Status. Frontiers in pediatrics, 10, 1080163. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.1080163
• Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Connery, A., Calvimontes, D. M., Bolanos, G. A., Lamb, M. M.,... Colbert, A.… Asturias, E. J. (2022). Challenges and lessons learned from the rapid operationalization of a prospective cohort to study the natural history and neurodevelopmental outcomes of postnatal Zika virus infection among infants and children in rural Guatemala. (in press). PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, 2022.05.12.22274987. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.12.22274987.
• Olson D, Lamb MM, Connery AK, Colbert AM, Calvimontes DM, Bauer D, Paniagua-Avila MA, Martínez MA, Arroyave P, Hernandez S, Colborn KL, Roell Y, Waggoner JJ, Natrajan MS, Anderson EJ, Bolaños GA, El Sahly HM, Munoz FM, Asturias EJ. Cumulative Febrile, Respiratory, and Gastrointestinal Illness Among Infants in Rural Guatemala and Association With Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 Sep 1;42(9):739-744. PubMed PMID: 37343218
• Connery AK, Raghunathan RS, Colbert AM, Erdodi L, Warschausky S, Huth-Bocks A, Gerry Taylor H, Raghunathan T, Berglund P, Staples AD, Lukomski A, Kirkland J, Cano J, Lajiness-O'Neill R. The influence of sociodemographic factors and response style on caregiver report of infant developmental status. Front Pediatr. 2022;10:1080163. PubMed PMID: 36714661
• Lamb MM, Connery AK, Colbert AM, Bauer D, Olson D, Paniagua-Avila A, Calvimontes DM, Bolaños GA, Sahly HME, Muñoz FM, Asturias EJ. Anthropometric proxies for child neurodevelopment in low-resource settings: length- or height-for-age, head circumference or both?. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2023 Feb;14(1):61-69. PubMed PMID: 35844103
• Connery A, Colbert A, Lamb M. Head circumference may be the best proxy for neurodevelopmental risk in children in low-resource settings. Arch Dis Child. 2023 Apr;108(4):287-288. PubMed PMID: 35074831

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Psychology, Board Certification
• Clinical Neuropsychology, Board Certification (2022)

Conditions & Treatments

• Brain and Nervous System
• Brain and Nervous System - Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injuries
• Brain and Nervous System - Spinal Cord Injuries