Current projects

  1. CRCNS Research: Modeling Human Brain Development as a Dynamic Multi-Scale Network Optimization Process (supported by NSF)
  2. Modulatory Effects of Sleep on Adolescent Brain Development (supported by NSF/NIH)
  3. Impacts of Adiposity on Adolescent Brain Development and Cognitive Milestones

Long-standing ongoing projects

  1. Novel compute infrastructure for next-generation Neuroscience research
  2. Novel electrophysiological markers of seizure dynamics in the pediatric epileptic brain
  3. Neural and cardiovascular dynamics in the pediatric epileptic brain
  4. Multimodal data integration for improved seizure characterization, classification and prediction

Select recent press on our work

A. Positive impact of regular physical activity on the developing adolescent connectome

  1. Regular Physical Activity Linked to Better-Organized Pre-Teen Brains, National Science Foundation Research News
  2. Press release
  3. Boston Children's Hospital
  4. Physical Activity Found To Be More Beneficial Than Previously Known For Brain Health Of Children

B. Adverse effects of shorter and lower-quality sleep on the developing adolescent connectome

  1. Boston Children’s Hospital Press Release
  2. Boston Children's Hospital
  3. Boston Globe
  4. Neuroscience news