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{% for project in site.categories.projects %} {% if project.contributors contains member.handle %} diff --git a/assets/files/applications/RA_application_NBC_lab.doc b/assets/files/applications/RA_application_NBC_lab.doc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..da6a64af Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/files/applications/RA_application_NBC_lab.doc differ diff --git a/assets/images/team/ariel-gonzalez.PNG b/assets/images/team/ariel-gonzalez.PNG new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7dd14d02 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/team/ariel-gonzalez.PNG differ diff --git a/assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.jpg b/assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index bc855405..00000000 Binary files a/assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.png b/assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bbc64713 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.png differ diff --git a/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-about.md b/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-about.md index 0a18552d..c2ea50e3 100755 --- a/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-about.md +++ b/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-about.md @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ tags: [] # About the site -The code for this site was forked from Dr. Allan Drummond's lab website, which in turn took a great deal of inspiration from Dr. Travis Bedford's [lab website][1]. The code was openly shared on [GitHub][2] under the MIT license, so please feel free to adapt it for your own purposes. However, if you do use any of the code, please remember to cite attribute the code to Dr. Drummond and to link back to his [site][3]. +The [code for this site][0] was forked from Dr. Allan Drummond's lab website, which in turn took a great deal of inspiration from Dr. Travis Bedford's [lab website][1]. The code was openly shared on [GitHub][2] under the MIT license, so please feel free to adapt it for your own purposes. However, if you do use any of the code, please remember to cite attribute the code to Dr. Drummond and to link back to his [site][3]. +[0]: https://github.com/NBCLab/NBCLab.github.io [1]: http://bedford.io [2]: https://github.com/drummondlab/drummondlab.github.io [3]: http://drummondlab.org/about.html diff --git a/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-contact.md b/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-contact.md index ec521808..bca43970 100644 --- a/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-contact.md +++ b/misc/_posts/2015-04-18-contact.md @@ -11,19 +11,38 @@ tags: [] # Contact Us -Phone: (305) 348-0464
-Email: neurolab@fiu.edu +Phone: (305) 348-0464 +Email: [neurolab@fiu.edu](mailto:neurolab@fiu.edu) ## Mailing Address -Academic Health Center 4 Room 380
+Academic Health Center 4 Room 380 Miami, Florida 33174 On the [map], Academic Health Center (AHC) 4 is the rectangular building under the marker. Our lab is on the third floor, in the western side of the building. [map]: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Academic+Health+Center+4,+Miami,+FL+33174/@25.7593031,-80.3744721,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88d9bf2e7705ee3f:0x3581f2208ba26078!8m2!3d25.7592828!4d-80.3723193 - - # Join Us + +The Neuroinformatics and Brain Connectivity Laboratory is always looking for exceptional students and personnel to join the team. **We are currently looking for graduate students for the 2018-2019 academic year and we are still accepting applications from undergraduate students to work on various projects.** More information on these training opportunities can be found below. + +## Graduate Students +Located in Miami, FIU is Florida’s fastest growing public research university, the fourth largest university in the nation, and one of nation’s largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The Cognitive Neuroscience Program is part of a campus-wide initiative to further develop brain research and brain education through interdisciplinary collaborations. + +At FIU, the Neuroinformatics and Brain Connectivity (NBC) Laboratory, directed by Dr. Angela Laird (Department of Physics) and co-directed by Dr. Matthew Sutherland (Department of Psychology), provides students with a truly interdisciplinary training environment. The NBC Laboratory focuses on understanding activity within and interactions between brain regions in healthy individuals and those diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and diseases. Research in the NBC Laboratory is centered around magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with emphasis on the development of neuroimaging data analysis tools, the impact of drug abuse on human brain function, and the brain mechanisms associated with student learning during STEM training. Funded through grants from the NIH and NSF, the NBC Laboratory is seeking motivated and energetic individuals to join the group. + +We are currently looking for graduate students in either physics or psychology. Applications to FIU's Cognitive Neuroscience doctoral program in Psychology for the 2018-2019 academic year are due in December, 2017. More information about the Cognitive Neuroscience doctoral program and admission for the upcoming academic year is available at [http://cn.fiu.edu](). Applicants to the Physics graduate program may learn more at [https://physics.fiu.edu/graduate-program/](). + +## Undergraduate Students +Undergraduate students working in the NBC Lab may contribute to one of several ongoing projects. These research activities may include assisting with literature searches and/or the collection, processing, and analysis of neuroimaging (fMRI) data. As this typically necessitates extensive training, a commitment of at least three semesters is needed to take full advantage of these research opportunities. + +The NBC Lab focuses on understanding activity within and interactions between brain regions in healthy individuals and those diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and diseases. Research in the Lab focuses on the development of neuroimaging data analysis tools, the impact of drugs abuse on brain function, and the brain mechanisms associated with student learning during STEM training. The NBC Lab, directed by Dr. Angela Laird (Department of Physics) and Dr. Matthew Sutherland (Department of Psychology) provides students with a truly interdisciplinary training environment. Such training is geared to those students who wish to pursue graduate training in the field of cognitive neuroscience. + +Interested students should download and complete the following application: [NBC Lab RA Application](/assets/files/applications/RA_application_NBC_lab.doc). Please send completed applications by email to [neurolab@fiu.edu](mailto:neurolab@fiu.edu?subject=NBC Lab undergraduate research application). Your application materials should be attached to an email with the following subject line: “NBC Lab undergraduate research application.” + + + +# Participate in a Study +We are conducting a number of studies at any given time, each with different participation criteria. If you are interested in participating in a specific study, please see the project page, which will have a "Participation" section if we are recruiting participants. Otherwise, please feel free to contact us via email or on the phone. diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-04-14-lab-teaching.md b/news/_posts/2015-04-14-lab-teaching.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..80a7f4a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-04-14-lab-teaching.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Lab members teach brain science +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [teaching] + +excerpt: Lab researchers celebrate Brain Awareness Week at the Miami Museum of Science. +--- + +This week, researchers from the Neuroinformatics and Brain Connectivity Laboratory (NBC) took part in Miami’s “Brain Awareness Week,” organized by the Patricia and Phillip Frost Miami Museum of Science. At the Museum’s “Science Up Close” and “Brain Arcade” events, Dr. Angela Laird (Director), Dr. Matthew Sutherland (Co-Director), and Jessica Bartley (graduate student) moderated a set of public discussions on neuroimaging, and neurobiology behind optical illusions. Jessica was joined by Julio A. Yanes (Coordinator of Research) during the Museum’s day-long Brain Fair, where they educated children and families about ongoing research using active demonstrations with games and a “brain helmet,” equipped with LED lights representing neural networks. A great time was had by all! + +Would you like to know more about Brain Awareness Week? Click here for more from [FIU News](https://news.fiu.edu/2015/03/fiu-scientists-light-up-the-brain-at-science-museum/86523) and the [Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science](http://www.frostscience.org/blog/brain-day-2015/). diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-04-14-sutherland-forum.md b/news/_posts/2015-04-14-sutherland-forum.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..204c5856 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-04-14-sutherland-forum.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Dr. Sutherland leads forum +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [] + +excerpt: Dr. Matthew Sutherland Asked to lead public forum on neuroimaging and addiction. +--- + +This week, Dr. Matthew Sutherland (Co-Director) was asked to lead a public forum on neuroimaging, as part of Miami’s Brain Awareness Week, hosted by the Patricia and Phillip Frost Miami Museum of Science. The “Brain and Addiction” event, which Dr. Sutherland moderated, was centered around public discussions on medical applications in neuroimaging, addictions and the brain. Dr. Sutherland was joined by South Miami Hospital Addiction Treatment & Recovery Center’s Medical Director, Dr. John Eustace, and Assistant Vice President, David Vittoria. Conversations included altered reward processing, drugs of abuse, and treatments. Way to go, Dr. Sutherland! + +Would you like to know more about Brain Awareness Week? Click here for more from [FIU News](https://news.fiu.edu/2015/03/fiu-scientists-light-up-the-brain-at-science-museum/86523) and the [Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science](http://www.frostscience.org/blog/brain-day-2015/). diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-04-22-bartley-competition.md b/news/_posts/2015-04-22-bartley-competition.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1073e8d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-04-22-bartley-competition.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Congratulations to Jessica Bartley! +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [awards] + +excerpt: Jessica Bartley wins first prize in Physics Graduate Student Research Competition! +--- + +Good news! Jessica Bartley, a third year Ph.D. student in the Neuroinformatics and Brain Connectivity (NBC) Laboratory, has been awarded first place in a department-wide competition of graduate research! This year’s competition of oral presentations welcomed nine FIU Physics Ph.D. students to present their dissertation research to an audience of faculty and peers. A faculty panel awarded Jessica first prize, which included a cash prize of $500, for her presentation entitled “Physics Learning Facilitates Enhanced Resting-State Brain Connectivity in Problem Solving Network”. Jessica’s work is funded by the National Science Foundation’s REAL DRL-1420627 grant. + +[Would you like to know more about NSF REAL DRL-1420627?](https://nbclab.github.io/projects/physics-learning) diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-04-29-sutherland-top-scholar.md b/news/_posts/2015-04-29-sutherland-top-scholar.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8ee8b40a --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-04-29-sutherland-top-scholar.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Dr. Sutherland top scholar +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [award] + +excerpt: Dr. Matthew Sutherland has been named an FIU Top Scholar! +--- + +The FIU Top Scholars Award celebrates faculty for outstanding success in their fields. Distinguished members of the academic community were honored for their dedication to excellence and for their accomplishments in research and scholarship. Honorees are nominated by their respective deans through the Office of the Provost. Dr. Sutherland was recognized for his significant funding from the National Institutes of Health, to explore the impact of HIV and cannabis on brain function. Congratulations, Dr. Sutherland! + +[Would you like to know more about the 2015 Top Scholars Award ceremonies?](https://sish.fiu.edu/news/2015/sish-faculty-recognized-as-top-scholars/) diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-05-07-neuroimage-paper.md b/news/_posts/2015-05-07-neuroimage-paper.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4f95c77d --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-05-07-neuroimage-paper.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: New paper in NeuroImage +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [paper] + +excerpt: Dr. Michael Cody Riedel's paper accepted for publication in NeuroImage! +--- + +Good news! Dr. Michael Riedel’s recent paper, entitled “Meta-analytic connectivity and behavioral parcellation of the human cerebellum,” has been accepted for publication in the journal NeuroImage! + +In the paper, Dr. Riedel used meta-analytic methods to derive correspondence in cerebellar organization according to task-independent connectivity and behavioral specialization. In addition, this work highlights the heterogeneous function of the cerebellum as a component of both motor and cognitive processes. Congratulations, Dr. Riedel! His paper is set to publish in 2015. + +[Would you like to know more?](https://nbclab.github.io/papers/) diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-05-15-graduation.md b/news/_posts/2015-05-15-graduation.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3b92e1a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-05-15-graduation.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Lab members graduate +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [] + +excerpt: Dr. Kimberly Ray and Dr. Michael Cody Riedel graduate! +--- + +Both Drs. Kimberly Ray (Postdoc, UC Davis) and Michael Cody Riedel participated in the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio commencement ceremonies earlier this month. Dr. Angela Laird, their graduate mentor, was also there. Congratulations to them both! + +Dr. Kimberly Ray successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Graph Theoretical Analysis of Human Intrinsic Connectivity”, last summer. Currently, she’s a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California, Davis’s Imaging Research Center (Sacramento, California). Would you like to know more about Dr. Ray’s work? + +Dr. Michael Cody Riedel defended his dissertation, entitled “Hierarchical Perspectives in Intrinsic Brain Organization,” earlier this spring. Currently, he’s a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Florida International University’s Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging Center (Miami, Florida). Would you like to know more about Dr. Riedel’s work? diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-05-27-teaching.md b/news/_posts/2015-05-27-teaching.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f3b7e136 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-05-27-teaching.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Lab members teach students +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [teaching] + +excerpt: Lab members teach South Florida's students about brain science. +--- + +Students from Key Point Academy at First Presbyterian Church in Miami (Brickell, Florida) took a field-trip to Florida International University’s Modesto Maidique Campus. During their visit, the students toured the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum outdoor exhibits. Afterward, Dr. Angela Laird (Director) led the kindergarteners and first-graders through a “brain science” presentation, which highlighted “being a scientist,” brain health, and others. After the presentation, lab members facilitated a “brain hats” activity, designed to help students learn the major lobes of the brain, their general function, and more. diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-06-02-neuroimage-paper.md b/news/_posts/2015-06-02-neuroimage-paper.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4c6d7887 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-06-02-neuroimage-paper.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: New paper in NeuroImage +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [paper] + +excerpt: Dr. Angela Laird's paper has been accepted for publication in NeuroImage! +--- + +Good news! A recent paper, authored by Dr. Angela Laird (Director), has been accepted for publication in the journal NeuroImage! Dr. Sutherland (Co-Director), Dr. Riedel (Postdoc), and Dr. Ray (lab alumnus) are co-authors. + +The paper, entitled “Neural architecture underlying classification of face perception paradigms,” examines the neural architecture of face perception studies archived in the BrainMap database. Overall, findings from the paper demonstrate that large-scale data mining approaches can inform the evolution of theoretical cognitive models. NeuroImage plans to publish the paper in 2015. Congratulations, everyone! + +[Would you like to know more about this, and other publications?](https://nbclab.github.io/papers/) diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-08-03-sutherland-lrp.md b/news/_posts/2015-08-03-sutherland-lrp.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5343326f --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-08-03-sutherland-lrp.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: Dr. Sutherland receives award! +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [award] + +excerpt: Dr. Matthew Sutherland receives NIH LRP award! +--- + +Great news! Dr. Matthew Sutherland (Co-director) has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The overall objective of the NIH LRP is the recruitment and retention of highly qualified health professionals to scientific careers in clinical, pediatric, health disparities, or contraception and infertility research. Dr. Sutherland received a clinical LRP award for his research characterizing the impact of drug abuse and HIV infection on the human brain. + +[Would you like to know more about the NIH LRP?](https://www.lrp.nih.gov/index) diff --git a/news/_posts/2015-10-05-fiu-abcd.md b/news/_posts/2015-10-05-fiu-abcd.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8b292056 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/_posts/2015-10-05-fiu-abcd.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +layout: news +title: FIU funded for ABCD +author: kbottenhorn +category: news +tags: [projects] + +excerpt: FIU researchers awarded $12.7 million to study substance use in adolescents. +--- + +Exciting news! A team of 14 FIU scientists has been awarded $12.7 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA/NIH) to study the impact of substance use on adolescent brain development. NIDA’s nationwide, multisite project termed the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study will follow approximately 10,000 children beginning at ages 9 to 10, before they initiate drug use, through the period of highest risk for substance use and other mental health disorders. Scientists will track exposure to substances (e.g., nicotine, marijuana, alcohol), academic achievement, cognitive skills, mental health, and brain structure and function. Drs. Laird, Sutherland, and Dick represent the neuroimaging core of ABCD-FIU, of which Dr. Gonzalez is the Principal Investigator. + +[For a complete list of FIU scientists involved click here!](https://news.fiu.edu/2015/09/fiu-to-examine-substance-use-in-youths-as-part-of-national-landmark-study-on-brain-development/92605) + +[Would you like to learn more about NIDA's ABCD study?](https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2015/09/nih-launches-landmark-study-substance-use-adolescent-brain-development) + +[See what the Miami Herald has to say on the matter](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article36828798.html) diff --git a/news/index.html b/news/index.html index d4d7730b..35246501 100644 --- a/news/index.html +++ b/news/index.html @@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ {% for post in site.categories.news limit: 10 %} - {% for member in site.categories.team %} - {% if member.handle == post.author %} - {% assign author = member %} - {% endif %} - {% endfor %} -
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{{ post.date | date_to_string }} - {% if author %} - by {{ author.nickname }} - {% endif %}
diff --git a/projects/_posts/2014-08-15-physics-learning.md b/projects/_posts/2014-08-15-physics-learning.md index 73cd1f25..c5e9bccd 100755 --- a/projects/_posts/2014-08-15-physics-learning.md +++ b/projects/_posts/2014-08-15-physics-learning.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: project title: Exploring the Neural Mechanisms of Physics Learning handle: physics-learning image: /assets/images/projects/physics_learning/physics_learning_logo.png -contributors: [alaird, jbartley, eboeving] +contributors: [alaird, jbartley, eboeving, agonzalez, jforeman, calvarez] grant: NSF-1420627 grant_url: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1420627 category: projects @@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ tagline: How does learning physics affect brains? --- {% include JB/setup %} -# Abstract +## Abstract This project, to be conducted by researchers at Florida International University, will extend the research base and theory behind Modeling Instruction (MI), a curriculum intervention for college-level physics. The project is based on the idea that different teaching approaches in physics (MI versus traditional lectures) will lead to different student knowledge, which leads to observable differences in brain structures associated with physics reasoning. The project will also examine gender differences in physics learning. This project will advance the work of the REAL (Research on Education and Learning) program in studying the neural and cognitive basis of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning. The project will use fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to study brain activity, focusing on brain regions including the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, bilateral parahippocampal gyrus, left fusiform gyrus (all associated with fact retrieval), medial and lateral prefrontal cortices and medial and right posterior parietal cortices (all associated with reasoning). Additional neural measures will assess functional brain connectivity, as a measure of neural efficiency of reasoning. The project will also employ behavioral and educational measures of intelligence, anxiety, and physics knowledge, including the FCI (Force Concept Inventory). + +## Participate + +Data collection for this study is complete. diff --git a/projects/_posts/2015-09-25-abcd.md b/projects/_posts/2015-09-25-abcd.md index 6d068311..a41bca76 100755 --- a/projects/_posts/2015-09-25-abcd.md +++ b/projects/_posts/2015-09-25-abcd.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: project title: "Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development" handle: abcd image: /assets/images/projects/abcd/logo.jpg -contributors: [alaird, eboeving, kbottenhorn, lhill, rpintos, cgreaves, calvarez, lucros, agonzalez, jforeman] +contributors: [alaird, msutherland, mriedel, eboeving, kbottenhorn, lhill, rpintos, cgreaves, calvarez, lucros, agonzalez, jforeman] grant: grant_url: category: projects @@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ tagline: '"The largest long-term study of brain development and child health in --- {% include JB/setup %} -Florida International University is one of 21 research sites for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. For more information about the ABCD study, please visit the [study website](https://abcdstudy.org/index.html). +Florida International University is one of 21 institutions nationwide that will recruit families to participate in the ABCD Study. The Center for Children and Families’ (CCF) state-of-the-art physical facilities and resources serves as the ABCD project site for MRI and behavioral visits. Located on FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique campus, the CCF is a research, clinical, and training facility with 36 faculty affiliates. It has facilities in three buildings in the Academic Health Center (AHC) complex, as well as in the building that houses FIU’s psychology department. All of these buildings are within a 3-5 minute walk from each other. For more information about the ABCD study, please visit the [study website](https://abcdstudy.org/index.html). + +## Participate + +To find out if you are eligible to participate in the ABCD Study at Florida International University, or to request information, please call (305) 348-ABCD (2223) or email us at [ABCD@fiu.edu](mailto:ABCD@fiu.edu). [Click here](https://abcdstudy.org/study-procedures.html) to learn more about our study procedures. diff --git a/projects/_posts/2016-05-01-hiv-cannabis.md b/projects/_posts/2016-05-01-hiv-cannabis.md index 46ac18a7..abfbbfae 100755 --- a/projects/_posts/2016-05-01-hiv-cannabis.md +++ b/projects/_posts/2016-05-01-hiv-cannabis.md @@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ tagline: How do cannabis use and HIV infection impact the brain? {% include JB/setup %} Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the NIH, this project utilizes fMRI to clarify how HIV infection and cannabis use (both alone and in combination) impact brain function. Lagging behind rapid changes to state laws, societal views, and medical practice is scientific investigation of cannabis’s impact on brain function, especially in patients with HIV/AIDS. We are addressing this knowledge gap by using advanced fMRI techniques to rigorously assess brain activity at the regional, network, and global levels in a sample of adults stratified by HIV-serostatus and cannabis use. Clarifying the impact of HIV infection and cannabis use on the brain is critically important for developing treatments to improve patients’ mental functions, identifying poor candidates for medical marijuana, and providing patients, healthcare providers, and policymakers with scientific information allowing for informed decision-making regarding cannabis use. + +## Participate + +You do not need to have HIV or use marijuana/cannabis to be in this study. This study includes people with and without HIV and people who use or don’t use marijuana. Recruitment for this project is coordinated through the Substance Use and HIV Neuropsychology (SUHN) Laboratory's Mind Matters study at FIU. [Click here to learn more about participating in this project](http://suhn.fiu.edu/participants). diff --git a/projects/_posts/2016-08-17-athena.md b/projects/_posts/2016-08-17-athena.md index 2b7ec555..752ccd74 100755 --- a/projects/_posts/2016-08-17-athena.md +++ b/projects/_posts/2016-08-17-athena.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tagline: Can we automatically annotate the cognitive neuroscience literature? This project is a collaboration with the [Imaging Genetics and Informatics Lab](http://sites.gsu.edu/igil/) at Georgia State University. For anyone interested in learning more about the project, please see the [project website](https://tsalo.github.io/athena-web/). -# Abstract +## Abstract Neuroimaging research is increasing in volume and scope, needing "big data" methods for discovery. A number of important resources already exist for neuroimaging, including data repositories, crowd-sourcing knowledge bases, standardized ontologies and terminologies, and meta-analytic repositories. However, while data and code-sharing efforts are growing, there is little interaction and limited sharing of knowledge across platforms. Machine learning methods are being applied in other fields to extract knowledge locked in text (e.g., journal articles, patient records, social media posts), with the goal of recognizing relations among entities (e.g., "drug X causes adverse event Y"). Cognitive neuroscientists also determine relations, specifically between brain regions and cognitive, perceptual, and motor processes (e.g., "mental function X activates brain network Y"), but are hampered in using high-throughput automated methods on the ever-growing published text. It is not a simple process to identify which cognitive processes were studied in a given project, or what brain networks were identified as related to which mental process. The investigators propose an integrative metadata framework that describes the experimental design characteristics and results, as well as the knowledge that the research provides. Efficient knowledge sharing may best be achieved via an interactive data ecosystem that uses standards for transparency and openness when describing knowledge derived from cognitive neuroimaging experiments. Developing this integrative metadata framework for neuroimaging will increase the community's ability to share data and evaluate reliability in the resulting relationships between mind and brain. This project aims to provide improvements in large-scale integration of the scientific literature, with more rapid understanding of the complexity of brain research and neurocognitive models, within an educational setting for training STEM students and accelerated research productivity. diff --git a/team/_posts/2017-01-06-jessica-flannery.md b/team/_posts/2017-01-06-jessica-flannery.md index 311bd4bd..f1d92e05 100644 --- a/team/_posts/2017-01-06-jessica-flannery.md +++ b/team/_posts/2017-01-06-jessica-flannery.md @@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ github: Flanneryg3 image: /assets/images/team/jessica-flannery.jpg --- -Jessica is a second-year graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University, specializing in Cognitive Neuroscience. She graduated from Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa) with a B.A. in Psychology and a concentration in neuroscience. Jessica is interested in substance abuse and addiction. She is currently researching the neural correlates of reward processing in chronic cigarette smokers. +Jessica is a third-year graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University, specializing in Cognitive Neuroscience. She graduated from Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa) with a B.A. in Psychology and a concentration in neuroscience. Jessica is interested in substance abuse and addiction. She is currently researching the neural correlates of reward processing in chronic cigarette smokers. diff --git a/team/_posts/2017-01-06-taylor-salo.md b/team/_posts/2017-01-06-taylor-salo.md index e226b2f5..f4ed0440 100644 --- a/team/_posts/2017-01-06-taylor-salo.md +++ b/team/_posts/2017-01-06-taylor-salo.md @@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ image: /assets/images/team/taylor-salo.jpg site: "https://tsalo.github.io" --- -Taylor is a second-year graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University, specializing in Cognitive Neuroscience. He graduated from Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) with a B.A. in Psychology, before spending two years as a research assistant at the Translational Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience lab at University of California, Davis. He is interested in meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies, the improvement and standardization of statistical methods in cognitive neuroscience, optimal management of large datasets, and large-scale network dynamics. +Taylor is a third-year graduate student in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University, specializing in Cognitive Neuroscience. He graduated from Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) with a B.A. in Psychology, before spending two years as a research assistant at the Translational Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience lab at University of California, Davis. He is interested in meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies, the improvement and standardization of statistical methods in cognitive neuroscience, optimal management of large datasets, and large-scale network dynamics. diff --git a/team/_posts/2017-01-09-ariel-gonzalez.md b/team/_posts/2017-01-09-ariel-gonzalez.md index e4bd9bc0..7521d81c 100644 --- a/team/_posts/2017-01-09-ariel-gonzalez.md +++ b/team/_posts/2017-01-09-ariel-gonzalez.md @@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ layout: member title: Ariel Gonzalez position: Research Assistant -department: +department: Department of Physics handle: agonzalez nickname: Ariel email: aag93@cornell.edu github: Gariel022591 -image: +image: /assets/images/team/ariel-gonzalez.PNG --- +Ariel is a Research Assistant at the NBC lab. Ariel completed her B.S. at Cornell University, and realized her passion for cognitive neuroscience research during her time as a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at the University of Miami. She has worked with several research labs in the Departments of Psychology and Counseling Psychology, and her research interests include, broadly, the neuroscience of cognition-emotion interactions in clinical and non-clinical populations. More specifically, Ariel is interested in how functional and dysfunctional reward processing impacts cognitive performance. In the future, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in either clinical or research psychology. diff --git a/team/_posts/2017-01-09-jennifer-foreman.md b/team/_posts/2017-01-09-jennifer-foreman.md index 59e20ba9..64615386 100644 --- a/team/_posts/2017-01-09-jennifer-foreman.md +++ b/team/_posts/2017-01-09-jennifer-foreman.md @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ handle: jforeman nickname: Jenn email: jforeman@fiu.edu github: jennforeman -image: /assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.jpg +image: /assets/images/team/jennifer-foreman.png --- Jennifer is a Research Assistant with FIU’s NBC Lab and Center for Imaging Sciences. She earned an M.Sc. in Neuroimaging from King’s College London (UK), and a B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of North Florida. Her M.Sc. thesis used fMRI to explore the neurobehavioral impact of prolonged microgravity on the brain, specifically sensorimotor function, to provide therapies and countermeasures for astronauts during future long-duration space exploration missions and is part of a larger ongoing longitudinal study funded by NASA/NSBRI. She is currently assisting with the NIH-funded Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study and additional neuroimaging research projects and plans to pursue her Ph.D.