Welcome to the Center for Developmental NeuroImaging (CDNI)! We are a group of researchers working together to advance the understanding of brain development in health and disease. We aim to understand the basic principles of brain functioning across development (i.e. figure out how the brain works).
- Learn about how neuropsychiatric and other brain-based disorders develop and progress over time.
- Contribute to the prevention and treatment of brain-based disorders.
- Engage unrepresented communities in all aspects of academic medicine and research.
Our lab members have diverse training backgrounds and expertise spanning neuroscience, developmental and clinical psychology, psychiatry, biomedical engineering and computer science.
We specialize in using a type of neuroimaging called resting state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging to study the brain across development (from infancy to aging), in different disorders (ADHD, autism, Parkinson’s Disease), and across different species (humans and non-human primates). We combine this technique with multiple other neuroimaging, behavioral and biological measures.
We believe that the wide range of research in the lab and the diversity of our lab members helps us gain unique insights into questions about brain development in health and disease. It also makes for a fun and exciting place to work!
We have several labs within our center, each with a different focus.
Developmental Cognition and Neuroimaging Lab (DCAN Lab)
PI: Dr. Damien Fair
Members: Robert Hermosillo, Julia Moser, "Bene" Ramirez, Tariq Hattab, "Ekom" Eyoh, Sanju Koirala, Vanessa Morgan, "Bea" Ojuri, Erendiz Tarakci, Thomas Madison, Jacob Lundquist, Begim Fayzullobekova, rae McCollum, Ginny Dang, Emily Drexler, Helayna Sjoberg, Michael Anderson, Emily Fitzgerald, and "Jack" DuFauchard
Fez Lab (FAB)
PI: Dr. Eric Feczko
Members: Jacob Lundquist, Maryam Mahmoudi, and Michael Anderson
Nelson Lab
PI: Dr. Steve Nelson
Members: "Bene" Ramirez, Kate Godfrey, Nathan Labora
MD-neuro-X Research Group (MD-lab)
PI: Dr. Oscar Miranda-Domínguez
Members: Kody DeGoiler
TC Lab
PI: Dr. Brenden Tervo-Clemmens
Members: Chris Madden, Venessa Fuentes, rae McCollum, Martin Gell, Kate Godfrey, Michael Anderson
Larsen Lab for Adolescent Brains (LLAB)
PI: Dr. Bart Larsen
Members: Rachel Richards, Ginny Dang, Carina Heller, Holly Sullivan-Toole, John France
Brain Networks and Behavior Lab (BNBL)
PI: Dr. Rick Betzel
Members: Nathan Labora, Osmar Del Rio
Minnesota Neurodevelopment and Neuroimaging Lab (MiNNi Lab)
PI: Dr. Jesse Kowalski
Members: Elisabeth Olson, Grace Boutouli