The new study — published October 18, 2016 in the
journal Molecular Psychiatry — combined genetic analysis
of more than 9,000 human psychiatric patients with brain
imaging, electrophysiology, and pharmacological experiments in mutant mice to suggest that mutations in the gene DIXDC1 may act as a general risk factor for psychiatric disease by interfering with the way the brain regulates connections between neurons.
He is a Fellow and Gold Medal awardee
of the International Society
of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, a Distinguished Investigator
of the Academy
of Radiology Research, and has published over 200 peer - reviewed articles and 40 book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards
of Radiology, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, Contrast Media and
Molecular Imaging,
Molecular Imaging, and the
Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Imaging.