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Kristina R. Ciesielski, PhD, AFBPS CD
Associate Professor Psychology at University of New Mexico
Associate Neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Radiology, MGH
PhD, MSc, Biological Brain Sciences, Nencki Inst of Experimental Biology-Polish Science Academy
Logan Hall
Albuquerque, NM 97104
Phone: 617-726-0324
Fax: 617-726-7422
Location: 149-1
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK / BIOSKETCH
As a pediatric neuropsychologist I investigate the variability of brain inhibitory networks in the course of healthy development and psychopathological disorders, as reflected in brain spatiotemporal dynamics, brain oscillatory activity and anatomy. I devote my studies primarily to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), deemed to have developmental and genetic origins, and to acquired toxic brain conditions, as in children treated with CNS chemotherapy for cancer. I employ neuropsychology and combined brain imaging technology ( magnetoencephalography and electroencephalography, anatomical and functional MRI). Currently, I conduct studies of default brain's network in patients with OCD and their asymptomatic family members. The goal is to identify endophenotypes, the quantitative traits associated with susceptibility to a disorder. The important aim is to contribute to the development of neuroimaging-based preventive interventions.
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