CONGRATULATIONS TO JO SONG!

May 19, 2022
Jo successfully passed her Qualifying Examination, earning the Master of Science degree. She will now pursue her thesis research in the lab, leading to the PhD degree. Way to go Jo!
NEW GRANT: NEUROLOGIC EFFECTS OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION

April, 2022
The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a 5-year $3.56 grant to Dr. Michael Lipton and co-PI Dr. Johanna Daily, entitled Characterizing persistent subclinical neurobehavioral effects of COVID-19 in a diverse urban population. This project will assess change in brain structure and function during the COVID-19 pandemic in people who experienced mild infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
WELCOME OUR NEW STUDENT COLLABORATOR, JO SONG!

September 2021
Jo Song has declared the Lipton Lab for her MSTP thesis research. She is currently exploring approaches to structural and functional connectivity analyses.
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED
July 2021
Just published in Journal of Neuroimaging.
"Arterial spin labeling compared to dynamic susceptibility contrast MR perfusion imaging for assessment of ischemic penumbra: A systematic review".
Congratulations to first author and receint Einstein MD graduate
Dr. Jin Liu.
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED
May 2021
Just published in Journal of Neuroimaging.
"Prevalence of incidental brain MRI findings of clinical relevance in a diverse Hispanic/Latino population".
First paper from our multicenter collaboration with the SOL-Inca Study.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WOUTER HOOGENBOOM FOR BEING SELECTED FOR A NATIONAL NEUROTRAUMA SOCIETY TRAINEE AWARD
July 2021
Congratulations to Wouter for being selected for a Trainee Award for the 2021 National Neurotrauma Society Symposium based on his PhD work. Wouter will be presenting at the Virtual Neurotrauma 2021 Conference in July.
Click below to read Wouter's Neurotrauma2021 abstract.
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED
April 21, 2021
Just published in PLOS ONE.
"Oral contraceptive use is associated with smaller hypothalamic and pituitary gland volumes in healthy women: A structural MRI study"
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED
December 6, 2020
Just published in Research in Sports Medicine.
"Evaluating the validity of self-report as a method for quantifying heading exposure in male youth soccer".
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED
December 3, 2020
Just published in NeuroImage.
"Registration quality filtering improves robustness of voxel-wise analyses to the choice of brain template".
Congratulations to Nelson Gil, MSTP student, and his mentor Dr. Roman Fleysher.
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED
August 10, 2020
Just published in PLOS ONE.
"Soccer heading and concussion are not
associated with reduced brain volume or
cortical thickness"
COVID-19 PROJECT FUNDED
August 2020
Dr. Lipton with Dr. Tim Duong, Dr. Jeffrey Levsky, and Dr. Parsa Mirhaji received one of five challenge grants from Dean Tomaselli to study artificial intelligence for COVID-19 prognosis.
Hear Dr. Lipton speak about this project (starting at 3:40).
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED
July 25, 2020
Just published in Brain Imaging and Behavior.
"Framing potential for adverse effects of repetitive subconcussive impacts in soccer in the context of athlete and non-athlete controls"
CONGRATULATIONS TO WOUTER HOOGENBOOM ON HIS SUCCESSFUL THESIS DEFENSE
June 25, 2020
Congratulations to Wouter Hoogenboom for successfully defending his thesis titled
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. LIANE HUNTER ON HER GRADUATION
May 25, 2020
Liane Hunter, M.D., Ph.D. has been working in the lab since 2012. She will be doing an internship in Philadelphia, after which, she will be returning to Montefiore for her residency in neurology.
Click below to read a blog post Liane authored about choosing a mentor during the M.D./Ph.D. program and her reflection on her experiences as she graduates.
WELCOME OUR NEW STUDENT COLLABORATOR, MOLLY CHARNEY!
May 2020
Molly Charney is a current medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She will be conducting analyses on our Soccer and Lifespan studies!
PHD CANDIDATE WOUTER HOOGENBOOM, WINS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Fall 2019
A cyclist with a prosthetic leg checks out a race in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park. Einstein Ph.D. student Wouter Hoogenboom snapped this photo last year, which won third place in an international photography competition focused on road cycling.
CONGRATULATIONS TO TODD RUBIN ON HIS SUCCESSFUL THESIS DEFENSE
August 28, 2019
Congratulations to Todd Rubin for successfully defending his thesis titled
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION FEATURES RESEARCH BY MICHAEL LIPTON

August 28, 2009
A method to detect brain damage after concussions. The article, originally by Health day, reports that diffusion tensor imaging, the brain scanning method used, could help in diagnosing concussions and in assessing the effectiveness of treatments. Dr. Lipton is associate director of Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center.
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