Appointments

• Research Investigator, March 2022 - present
  • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
  • Advisor: Dr Stephan F. Taylor
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, April 2016 - March 2022
  • Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

  • Advisor: Dr Thad A. Polk

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, April 2016 - March 2022
    • Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago IL
    • Advisors: Dr Kent Kiehl and Dr David Kosson

Education

• PhD in Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, UK. 2013
• MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, University of Nottingham, UK. 2009
• BSc (Hons) in Psychology, University of Lincoln, UK. 2007

Teaching

• Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan *
• Graduate Student Mentor, Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University
• Demonstrator, Computer Programming for Stimuli and Analysis
• Demonstrator, Practical Methods in Psychology

Publications

Glutathione and glutamate in schizophrenia: A 7T MRS study

Michigan Neural Distinctiveness (MiND) study protocol: Investigating the scope, causes, and consequences of age-related neural dedifferentiation

Age-related declines in occipital GABA are associated with reduced fluid processing ability

Neural distinctiveness declines with age in auditory cortex and is associated with auditory GABA levels

Temporal dynamics of corticocortical inhibition in human visual cortex: A TMS study

Network segregation varies with neural distinctiveness in sensorimotor cortex

Effective connectivity of the right anterior insula in schizophrenia: The salience network and task-negative to task-positive transition

GABA levels in ventral visual cortex decline with age and are associated with neural distinctiveness

Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-drive neuroscience

Phonological processing in psychopathic offenders

Regional brain correlates of beta bursts in health and psychosis: A concurrent electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Age-related declines in neural distinctiveness correlate across brain areas and results from both decreased reliability and increased confusability

Person-specific and precision neuroimaging: Current methods and future directions

Catatonia is associated with higher rates of negative affect amongst patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

Medial frontal cortex GABA concentrations in psychosis spectrum and mood disorders: A meta-analysis for proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies

Increased rostral medial frontal GABA+ in early psychosis is obscured by levels of negative affect

Service and leadership

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