Neuroimaging
Neuroimaging Hub: Advancing our understanding of brain development by supporting investigators with resources to ensure high rigor and innovation in neuroimaging for development neuroscience research
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Our Expertise
We are experts in state-of-the-art approaches in image acquisition, experimental design, preprocessing, data analysis, and flexible data sharing.
We foster collaboration within and across institutions to build teams with the highest possible degree of expertise. Ultimately, we seek to better understand the neural basis of cognition, emotion, and perception, discovering interactions between the brain, behavior, and the environment that shape changes throughout typical and atypical development.
How We Engage
Rates and Support
Specialized Training and Support
Neuroimaging Specialist - $103.36 per hour
Imaging Technician - $79.14 per hour
For projects that need more support than the CMRR provided training and the basic study onboarding, yet do not require sustained support throughout a long-term period, Imaging Hub staff are available to provide additional training and support at an hourly rate. Specifically, this rate can be used for protocol and task development, data transfer infrastructure set up and training, or training in advanced imaging techniques.
- Use case: Design, build, test, and implement a new or modified task paradigm for your research study. (8-10 hours of a Neuroimaging Specialist)
- Use case: Set up data transfer infrastructure, with accompanying SOP, for the research study and train staff on best practices for execution. (3-5 hours of an Imaging Technician)
*Please note that these services differ from those offered by booking techs through CMRR. Specifically, these services are done outside of scan time. To have a tech present at scans, please utilize the CMRR ISO.
Team
Jessica Emerick
Research Technician
Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
Steven Nelson, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Kimberly Weldon, PhD
Research Project Specialist
Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
Examples of Our Engagement
Evaluating Neurocognitive Complications of Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Potential Risk and Protective Factors
The BRAINY-T1D (BRAINY) project is an ongoing, multi-site study investigating developmental aspects of Type 1 Diabetes in children. Spanning 11 clinics across the United States, BRAINY will enroll and image more than 1000 children over the course of 5 years. Our hub was involved in the study and imaging protocol design, as well as training and implementation of the MRI staff involved in the project.
- Consultation
- Personnel Training
- Direct Project Execution
Precision Functional and Structural Mapping Using DTI and rs-fMRI in Hydrocephalus Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
The primary objective of this study is to characterize both structural and functional connectivity in a pediatric patient population with hydrocephalus undergoing endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Identifying biomarkers of structural and functional connectivity may improve the ability to predict procedure outcomes and neurodevelopmental prognosis, as well as guide timing of subsequent therapeutic interventions in this population. The Neuroimaging Hub worked to harmonize scanning protocols across clinical and research sites to broaden avenues for data collection and increase efficiency for families participating in research.
- Direct Project Execution
Mapping Individual Networks Transdiagnostically
This proof-of-concept study has resulted in multiple awarded follow-up grants for Precision Functional Mapping (PFM) targeting with neuromodulation. The combination of PFM targeting allows for more accurate implementation of non-invasive neuromodulatory therapies. Our hub assisted with the development and utilization of PFM to localize individual-specific brain networks in children with neuropsychiatric illnesses.
- Consultation
- Personnel Training
- Direct Project Execution