Michael Harms

Education & Training

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• Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
• OtherB: Rice University, 1994
• OtherB: Rice University, 1984

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Research Interests

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Advanced structural, functional, and diffusion MR acquisitions and analyses to study brain networks in healthy individuals and those with psychiatric conditions; Endophenotypes (biological markers) of schizophrenia, psychosis, and clinical high risk (CHR); Quality control and cleaning of MR data, including rigorous multi-site studies; Multi-site MR acquisition and data harmonization

Recent Publications

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• The MR neuroimaging protocol for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program

  Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ), Dec 2025, In: npj Schizophrenia. 11, 1, 52.

• Arterial spin labelling perfusion MRI analysis for the Human Connectome Project Lifespan Ageing and Development studies

  Kirk, T. F., McConnell, F. A. K., Toner, J., Craig, M. S., Carone, D., Li, X., Suzuki, Y., Coalson, T. S., Harms, M. P., Glasser, M. F. & Chappell, M. A., Jan 27 2025, In: Imaging Neuroscience. 3, imag_a_00444.

• Disentangling the unique contributions of age, pubertal stage, and pubertal hormones to brain structure in childhood and adolescence

  Curtis, M., Flournoy, J. C., Kandala, S., Sanders, A. F. P., Harms, M. P., Omary, A., Somerville, L. H. & Barch, D. M., Dec 2024, In: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 70, 101473.

• Quantifying brain development in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study: The magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy protocol

  Dean, D. C., Tisdall, M. D., Wisnowski, J. L., Feczko, E., Gagoski, B., Alexander, A. L., Edden, R. A. E., Gao, W., Hendrickson, T. J., Howell, B. R., Huang, H., Humphreys, K. L., Riggins, T., Sylvester, C. M., Weldon, K. B., Yacoub, E., Ahtam, B., Beck, N., Banerjee, S. & Boroday, S. & 73 others, Caprihan, A., Caron, B., Carpenter, S., Chang, Y., Chung, A. W., Cieslak, M., Clarke, W. T., Dale, A., Das, S., Davies-Jenkins, C. W., Dufford, A. J., Evans, A. C., Fesselier, L., Ganji, S. K., Gilbert, G., Graham, A. M., Gudmundson, A. T., Macgregor-Hannah, M., Harms, M. P., Hilbert, T., Hui, S. C. N., Irfanoglu, M. O., Kecskemeti, S., Kober, T., Kuperman, J. M., Lamichhane, B., Landman, B. A., Lecour-Bourcher, X., Lee, E. G., Li, X., MacIntyre, L., Madjar, C., Manhard, M. K., Mayer, A. R., Mehta, K., Moore, L. A., Murali-Manohar, S., Navarro, C., Nebel, M. B., Newman, S. D., Newton, A. T., Noeske, R., Norton, E. S., Oeltzschner, G., Ongaro-Carcy, R., Ou, X., Ouyang, M., Parrish, T. B., Pekar, J. J., Pengo, T., Pierpaoli, C., Poldrack, R. A., Rajagopalan, V., Rettmann, D. W., Rioux, P., Rosenberg, J. T., Salo, T., Satterthwaite, T. D., Scott, L. S., Shin, E., Simegn, G., Simmons, W. K., Song, Y., Tikalsky, B. J., Tkach, J., van Zijl, P. C. M., Vannest, J., Versluis, M., Zhao, Y., Zöllner, H. J., Fair, D. A., Smyser, C. D. & Elison, J. T., Dec 2024, In: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 70, 101452.

• Size and Topography of the Brain’s Functional Networks with Psychotic Experiences, Schizophrenia, and Bipolar Disorder

  Mamah, D., Chen, S. S., Gordon, E., Kandala, S., Barch, D. M. & Harms, M. P., Nov 2024, In: Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 4, 6, 100386.

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