Jessica Turner, PhD

Research Scientist


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Dr. Turner's research interests fall into "what can we know from cognitive neuroimaging and genetic data", on the one hand, and "how can we represent what we know from these experiments", on the other hand. The first includes the extraction and understanding of multivariate patterns within the combined methods of neuroimaging and genetics, as applied to clinical populations such as schizophrenia. The second includes the development of formal representations of cognitive paradigms, the experimental variables involved, and the results of the data, for automated data sharing and meta-analysis within neurobiology. Dr. Turner's background is in psychophysics and MRI methodology as applied to a range of clinical populations, with secondary experience in the analysis of genomewide scan (GWS) data, and ontological development.

For more information on Dr. Turner including a full list of publications and presentations, see her CV.


Education
•  B.A., Psychology and Mathematics, Swarthmore College
•  M.A., Social Sciences (Mathmatical Behavioral Sciences), University of California
•  Ph.D., Psychology, University of California, Irvine
•  Post-doctoral Training, Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University

Positions
•  Research Healthcare Specialist. Long Beach VA Healthcare System, Long Beach, California
•  1999-2003       Head, fMRI for Research. Long Beach VA Healthcare System, Long Beach, California
•  2003-2006       Research Specialist, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
•  2003-2010       Project Manager, Functional Imaging Biomedical Informatics Research Network (FBIRN)
•  2006-2009       Project Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine
•  2009-2010       Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine
•  2010-present    Research Scientist, Mind Research Network, Albuqerque, NM

Selected Recent Publications
•  Brinkman, R. R., M. Courtot, D. Derom, J. M. Fostel, Y. He, P. Lord, J. Malone, H. Parkinson, B. Peters, P. Rocca-Serra, A. Ruttenberg, S. Sansone, L. N. Soldatova, C. J. Stoerckert, J. A. Turner, J. Zheng and O. Consortium (Manuscript in press (2010)). "Modeling biomedical experimental processes with OBI." Journal of Biomedical Semantics.
•  Kruggel, F., J. A. Turner and L. T. Muftuler (In Press (2010)). "Impact of Scanner Hardware and Imaging Protocol on Image Quality and Compartment Volume Precision in the ADNI Cohort." NeuroImage.
•  Kim, M. A., E. Tura, S. G. Potkin, J. H. Fallon, D. S. Manoach, V. D. Calhoun, FBIRN and J. A. Turner (2010). "Working memory circuitry in schizophrenia shows widespread cortical inefficiency and compensation." Schizophr Res 117(1): 42-51.
•  Laird, A. R., S. B. Eickhoff, F. Kurth, P. M. Fox, A. M. Uecker, J. A. Turner, J. L. Robinson, J. L. Lancaster and P. T. Fox (2009). "ALE Meta-Analysis Workflows Via the Brainmap Database: Progress Towards A Probabilistic Functional Brain Atlas." Front Neuroinformatics 3: 23.
•  Potkin, S. G., J. A. Turner, G. G. Brown, G. McCarthy, D. N. Greve, G. H. Glover, D. S. Manoach, A. Belger, M. Diaz, C. G. Wible, J. M. Ford, D. H. Mathalon, R. Gollub, J. Lauriello, D. O'Leary, T. G. van Erp, A. W. Toga, A. Preda, K. O. Lim and Fbirn (2009). "Working memory and DLPFC inefficiency in schizophrenia: the FBIRN study." Schizophr Bull 35(1): 19-31.
•  Potkin, S. G., J. A. Turner, J. A. Fallon, A. Lakatos, D. B. Keator, G. Guffanti and F. Macciardi (2009). "Gene discovery through imaging genetics: identification of two novel genes associated with schizophrenia." Mol Psychiatry 14(4): 416-28.
•  Potkin, S. G., J. A. Turner, G. Guffanti, A. Lakatos, F. Torri, D. B. Keator and F. Macciardi (2009). "Genome-wide strategies for discovering genetic influences on cognition and cognitive disorders: methodological considerations." Cogn Neuropsychiatry 14(4-5): 391-418.
•  Segall, J. M., J. A. Turner, T. G. van Erp, T. White, H. J. Bockholt, R. L. Gollub, B. C. Ho, V. Magnotta, R. E. Jung, R. W. McCarley, S. C. Schulz, J. Lauriello, V. P. Clark, J. T. Voyvodic, M. T. Diaz and V. D. Calhoun (2009). "Voxel-based morphometric multisite collaborative study on schizophrenia." Schizophr Bull 35(1): 82-95.
•  Bug, W. J., G. A. Ascoli, J. S. Grethe, A. Gupta, C. Fennema-Notestine, A. R. Laird, S. D. Larson, D. Rubin, G. M. Shepherd, J. A. Turner and M. E. Martone (2008). "The NIFSTD and BIRNLex vocabularies: building comprehensive ontologies for neuroscience." Neuroinformatics 6(3): 175-94.
•  Tura, E., J. A. Turner, J. H. Fallon, J. L. Kennedy and S. G. Potkin (2008). "Multivariate analyses suggest genetic impacts on neurocircuitry in schizophrenia." Neuroreport 19(6): 603-7.
•  Turner, J. A., S. G. Potkin, G. G. Brown, D. B. Keator, G. McCarthy and G. H. Glover (2007). "Neuroimaging for the diagnosis and study of mental disorders." IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 24(4): 112-117.
•  Turner, J. A., P. Smyth, F. Macciardi, J. H. Fallon, J. L. Kennedy and S. G. Potkin (2006). "Imaging phenotypes and genotypes in schizophrenia." Neuroinformatics 4(1): 21-49.

 

Contact information
Jessica A. Turner, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Mind Research Network
1101 Yale Boulevard NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: 505-272-1570