Ongoing Projects

Somatomap 3D avatar tool used to assess body image perception. The app includes 26 selectable body parts, each adjustable in size and shape using a slider. The avatar can be rotated and viewed from all angles.

Perceptual and Attentional Mechanisms of Body Image Disturbance

Investigating the neural, physiological, and behavioural mechanisms of distorted perception and biased attention related to misperceived body image. This work is for my PhD dissertation.

Supervisor: Jamie D. Feusner, M.D.


3D head model for EEG electrode localization created using a portable 3D scanner.

3D Head Models for EEG Spatial Localization

Developing protocols that leverage 3D head models to improve the accessibility of EEG electrode localization.


Simulation of theta-burst stimulation at the lateral parietal cortex target site.

EMPAC-BDD

Exogenous modulation of visual perception and connectivity in body dysmorphic disorder. This work is supported by NIMH research grant #R21MH128815.

PI: Jamie D. Feusner, M.D.

Visual Attention Modification fMRI Task Paradigm.

Visual attention modification in BDD

Neural mechanisms of perceptual abnormalities and their malleability in body dysmorphic disorder. This work is supported by NIMH research grant #R01MH121520.

PI: Jamie D. Feusner, M.D.


Modified from source: Murray et al., 2022.

Appetitive conditioning in anorexia

Assessing midbrain neuromelanin and its relationship to reward learning in anorexia nervosa. This work is supported by The Klarman Family Foundation.

PIs: Jamie D. Feusner, M.D. & Stuart B Murray, Ph.D.


Photorealistic 3D model with full texture mapping, generated via photogrammetry using a Raspberry Pi-based camera system composed of 38 synchronized cameras.

Personalized 3D avatar tool for measurement of body perception

Personalized 3D avatar tool development for measurement of body perception across gender identities. This work is supported by NIBIB research grant #R21EB030851.

PI: Jamie D. Feusner, M.D.


Other Projects

Modified from source: Lenartowicz et al., 2018.

Alpha oscillations and working memory deficits in ADHD

A multimodal imaging investigation of alpha oscillations and working memory deficits in ADHD. This work is supported by NIMH research grant #R01MH116268.

PIs: Agatha Lenartowicz, Ph.D. & Sandra K. Loo, Ph.D.

Psychiatric System Neuroscience of Value and Decision-Making

Using neuromodulation and neuroimaging to understand decision-making in OCD. This work is supported by NIMH and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD).

PI: Reza Tadayon-Nejad, M.D., Ph.D.


neurocognitive mechanisms of alpha oscillations

Understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms of alpha-band brain oscillations using concurrent EEG-fMRI recordings. This work is supported by NIMH research grant #R01MH128475.

PI: Agatha Lenartowicz, Ph.D.

Attention and Emotion

Identifying prevention targets to avert ADHD persistence, depression and suicide in youth with ADHD. This work is supported by the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (KTGF).

PI: Giorgia Michelini, Ph.D.