Overview
My research uses MRI to study the effect of healthy brain aging on numerous cognitive abilities, especially memory and attention. I also use MRI to study the structural and functional brain properties that differentiate Alzheimer's disease from healthy aging. I obtained my Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience in April 2022 from Dr. Lani Bennett's lab at the University of California, Riverside. I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate working in the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC) with Dr. David Madden.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Postdoctoral Scholar
Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Depthwise cortical iron relates to functional connectivity and fluid cognition in healthy aging.
Journal Article Neurobiol Aging · April 2025 Age-related differences in fluid cognition have been associated with both the merging of functional brain networks, defined from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI), and with elevated cortical iron, assessed by quantitative suscept ... Full text Link to item CiteCharacterizing positive and negative quantitative susceptibility values in the cortex following mild traumatic brain injury: a depth- and curvature-based study.
Journal Article Cereb Cortex · March 6, 2025 Evidence has linked head trauma to increased risk factors for neuropathology, including mechanical deformation of the sulcal fundus and, later, perivascular accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau adjacent to these spaces related to chronic traumatic encep ... Full text Link to item CiteCorrection: Age-related differences in resting-state, task-related, and structural brain connectivity: graph theoretical analyses and visual search performance.
Journal Article Brain Struct Funct · January 2, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
High resolution diffusion imaging of brain connectivity in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027View All Grants