Like many of you, I have family members and friends who suffer from neurological and psychiatric disorders. It’s heartbreaking to watch loved ones struggle with the effects of these disorders. The bulk of my education and training as a scientist has revolved around studying the brain and how it is affected by brain disorders. My hope is that the information we learn as scientists will inform and improve the way clinicians diagnose and treat their patients—our family members and friends (and maybe even us).
Research Interests
In the Nielsen Brain and Behavior Lab, we are interested in answering questions about the organization of the brain and how neurological and psychiatric illnesses disrupt its organization. To answer these questions, we use a variety of analytical techniques to extract quantitative information from MRI scans.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neuroscience , Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital (2018)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neuroscience , University of Utah (2014)
PhD, Neuroscience , University of Utah (2013)
BS, Neuroscience , Psychology, Brigham Young University (2009)
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Emerging Investigator , University of Utah’s Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
(2017 - 2017)
T32 Training Grant Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
(2009 - 2011)
Memberships
Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2020 - Present)
Society of Biological Psychiatry (2020 - Present)
International Society for Autism Research (2010 - Present)
Society for Neuroscience (2010 - Present)
Courses Taught
Publications
Madeline PetersonMolly B.D. PriggeErin David BiglerBrandon ZielinskiJace B. KingNicholas LangeAndrew AlexanderJanet E. LainhartJared A NielsenSandra Martin-BrevetBorja Rodríguez-HerrerosJared A NielsenClara MoreauClaudia ModenatoAnne M. MaillardAurélie PainSonia RichetinAia E. JønchAbid Y. QureshiNicole R. ZürcherPhilippe ConusMarie-Claude AddorJoris AndrieuxBenoît ArveilerGeneviève BaujatFrédérique Sloan-BénaMarco BelfioreDominique BonneauSonia BouquillonOdile BouteAlfredo BruscoTiffany BusaJean-Hubert CabergDominique CampionVanessa ColombertMarie-Pierre CordierAlbert DavidFrançois-Guillaume DebrayMarie-Ange DelrueMartine Doco-FenzyUlrike Dunkhase-HeinlPatrick EderyChristina FagerbergLaurence FaivreFrancesca ForzanoDavid GenevieveMarion GérardDaniela GiachinoAgnès GuichetOlivier GuillinDelphine HéronBertrand IsidorAurélia JacquetteSylvie JaillardHubert JournelBoris KerenDidier LacombeSébastien LebonCédric Le CaignecMarie-Pierre LemaîtreJames LespinasseMichèle Mathieu-DramartSandra MercierCyril MignotChantal MissirianFlorence PetitKristina Pilekær SørensenLucile PinsonGhislaine PlessisFabienne PrieurCaroline Rooryck-ThamboMassimiliano RossiDamien SanlavilleBritta Schlott KristiansenCaroline Schluth-BolardMarianne TillMieke Van HaelstLionel Van MaldergemHanalore AlupayBenjamin AaronsonSean AckermanKaty AnkenmanAyesha AnwarConstance AtwellAlexandra BoweArthur L. BeaudetMarta BenedettiJessica BergJeffrey BermanLeandra N. BerryAudrey L. BibbLisa BlaskeyJonathan BrennanChristie M. BrewtonRandy BucknerPolina BukshpunJordan BurkoPhil CaliBettina CerbanYishin ChangMaxwell CheongVivian ChowZili ChuDarina ChudnovskayaLauren CornewCorby DaleJohn DellAllison G. DempseyTrent DeschampsRachel EarlJames EdgarJenna ElginJennifer Endre OlsonYolanda L. EvansAnne FindlayGerald D. FischbachCharlie FiskBrieana FregeauBill GaetzLeah GaetzSilvia GarzaJennifer GerdtsOrit GlennSarah E. GobutyRachel GolembskiMarion GreenupKory HeikenKatherine HinesLeighton HinkleyFrank I. JacksonJulian JenkinsRita J. JeremyKelly JohnsonStephen M. KanneSudha KesslerSarah Y. KhanMatthew KuEmily KuschnerAnna L. LaakmanPeter LamMorgan W. LasalaHana LeeKevin LaGuerreSusan LevyAlyss Lian CavanaghAshlie V. LlorensKatherine Loftus CampeTracy L. LuksElysa J. MarcoStephen MartinAlastair J. MartinGabriela MarzanoChristina MassonKathleen E. McGovernRebecca McNally KeehnDavid T. MillerFiona K. MillerTimothy J. MossRebecca MurraySrikantan S. NagarajanKerri P. NowellJulia OwenAndrea M. PaalAlan PackerPatricia Z. PageBrianna M. PaulAlana PetersDanica PetersonAnnapurna PoduriNicholas J. PojmanKen PorcheMonica B. ProudSaba QasmiehMelissa B. RamockiBeau ReillyTimothy P.L. RobertsDennis ShawTuhin SinhaBethanny Smith-PackardAnne Snow GallagherVivek SwarnakarTony ThieuChristina TriantafallouRoger VaughanMari WakahiroArianne WallaceTracey WardJulia WenegratAnne WolkenWendy K. ChungElliott H. SherrJohn E. SpiroFerath KherifJacques S. BeckmannNouchine HadjikhaniAlexandre ReymondRandy L. BucknerBogdan DraganskiSébastien JacquemontBrandon A. ZielinskiMolly B. D. PriggeJared A NielsenAlyson L. FroehlichTracy J. AbildskovJeffrey S. AndersonP. Thomas FletcherKristen M. ZygmuntBrittany G. TraversNicholas LangeAndrew L. AlexanderErin David BiglerJanet E. LainhartXi-Nian ZuoJeffrey S. AndersonPierre BellecRasmus M. BirnBharat B. BiswalJanusch BlautzikJohn C. S. BreitnerRandy L. BucknerVince D. CalhounF. Xavier CastellanosAntao ChenBing ChenJiangtao ChenXu ChenStanley J. ColcombeWilliam CourtneyR. Cameron CraddockAdriana Di MartinoHao-Ming DongXiaolan FuQiyong GongKrzysztof J. GorgolewskiYing HanYe HeYong HeErica HoAvram HolmesXiao-Hui HouJeremy HuckinsTianzi JiangYi JiangWilliam KelleyClare KellyMargaret KingStephen M. LaConteJanet E. LainhartXu LeiHui-Jie LiKaiming LiKuncheng LiQixiang LinDongqiang LiuJia LiuXun LiuYijun LiuGuangming LuJie LuBeatriz LunaJing LuoDaniel LurieYing MaoDaniel S. MarguliesAndrew R. MayerThomas MeindlMary E. MeyerandWeizhi NanJared A NielsenDavid O'ConnorDavid PaulsenVivek PrabhakaranZhigang QiJiang QiuChunhong ShaoZarrar ShehzadWeijun TangArno VillringerHuiling WangKai WangDongtao WeiGao-Xia WeiXu-Chu WengXuehai WuTing XuNing YangZhi YangYu-Feng ZangLei ZhangQinglin ZhangZhe ZhangZhiqiang ZhangKe ZhaoZonglei ZhenYuan ZhouXing-Ting ZhuMichael P. MilhamJared A NielsenBrandon A. ZielinskiP. Thomas FletcherAndrew L. AlexanderNicholas LangeErin David BiglerJanet E. LainhartJeffrey S. AndersonJeffrey S. AndersonJared A NielsenMichael A. FergusonMelissa C. BurbackElizabeth T. CoxLi DaiGuido GerigJamie O. EdginJulie R. KorenbergJared A NielsenBrandon ZielinskiP FletcherAndrew AlexanderNicholas LangeErin David BiglerJanet LainhartJeffrey AndersonJared A NielsenBrandon A. ZielinskiMichael A. FergusonJanet E. LainhartJeffrey S. AndersonJeffrey S. AndersonJared A NielsenAlyson L. FroehlichMolly B. DuBrayT. Jason DruzgalAnnahir N. CarielloJason R. CooperriderBrandon A. ZielinskiCaitlin RavichandranP. Thomas FletcherAndrew L. AlexanderErin David BiglerNicholas LangeJanet E. Lainhart