Principal Investigators //
- Nathaniel Anderson, PhD >
- Vince Calhoun, PhD >
- Arvind Caprihan, PhD >
- Vince Clark, PhD >
- Eric D. Claus, PhD >
- Faith Hanlon, PhD
- Carla Harenski, PhD >
- Jon Houck, Ph.D. >
- Kent Hutchison, PhD >
- Kent A. Kiehl, PhD >
- Jeffrey D. Lewine, PhD >
- Andrew R. Mayer, PhD >
- John Phillips, MD >
- Sephira Ryman, PhD, MS >
- Lori Sanfratello, PhD >
- Julia M. Stephen, PhD >
- Andrei Vakhtin, Ph.D. >
- Claire E. Wilcox, MD >
Faith Hanlon, PhD
Associate Professor of Translational Neuroscience
Dr. Hanlon’s research focuses on investigating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive deficits in psychotic spectrum disorders (PSD). With the use of multimodal imaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI), electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG)) and neuropsychological measures, she has examined relational memory, working memory, attention, sensory gating, and cognitive control deficits in PSD patients. As a clinical research scientist, Dr. Hanlon’s ultimate goal is to better understand the relationship between these cognitive/neurobiological deficits and everyday functioning in PSD patients, so that treatments or therapies may be developed to improve patients’ lives.
Dr. Hanlon is also investigating the neuropathology resulting from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Studies suggest that the life-long effects of concussion may be more severe than initially believed. Using different imaging modalities (fMRI and dMRI) and investigating both adult and pediatric patients, her work has shown that neuronal pathology may be present long after traditional outcome measures (e.g., neuropsychological testing) have returned to pre-morbid levels of functioning.
Selected Publications //
- From Behavioral Facilitation to Inhibition: The Neuronal Correlates of the Orienting and Reorienting of Auditory Attention >
- Does a Unique Neuropsychiatric Profile Currently Exist for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? >
- Hemodynamic response function abnormalities in schizophrenia during a multisensory detection task >
- A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of cognitive control and neurosensory deficits in mild traumatic brain injury >
- An fMRI study of multimodal selective attention in schizophrenia >
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging of mild traumatic brain injury >
- Frontotemporal anatomical connectivity and working-relational memory performance predict everyday functioning in schizophrenia >
- Bilateral hippocampal dysfunction in schizophrenia >
- The neural networks underlying auditory sensory gating >
- Impairment on the hippocampal-dependent virtual Morris water task in schizophrenia >
- A specific test of hippocampal deficit in schizophrenia >
- Distinct M50 and M100 auditory gating deficits in schizophrenia >
- A non-invasive method for observing hippocampal function >
- Lateralization of auditory sensory gating and neuropsychological dysfunction in schizophrenia >
- Changes in adult brain and behavior caused by neonatal limbic damage: implications for the etiology of schizophrenia >
