Education & Training
- PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2002
- BS: Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1994
Research Interests
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 early onset (pediatric) depression; Quality control and cleaning of MR data, including rigorous multi-site studies; MR data harmonization
Key Publications
- Harms MP, Somerville LH, Ances BM, Andersson J, Barch DM, Bastiani M, Bookheimer SY, Brown TB, Buckner RL, Burgess GC, Coalson TS, Chappell MA, Dapretto M, Douaud G, Fischl B, Glasser MF, Greve DN, Hodge C, Jamison KW, Jbabdi S, Kandala S, Li X, Mair RW, Mangia S, Marcus D, Mascali D, Moeller S, Nichols TE, Robinson EC, Salat DH, Smith SM, Sotiropoulos SN, Terpstra M, Thomas KM, Tisdall MD, Ugurbil K, van der Kouwe A, Woods RP, Zöllei L, Van Essen DC, Yacoub E, (2018 12). Extending the Human Connectome Project across ages: Imaging protocols for the Lifespan Development and Aging projects. Neuroimage. 183: 972-984.
Read publication »Extending the Human Connectome Project across ages: Imaging protocols for the Lifespan Development and Aging projects. - Harms MP, Akhter KD, Csernansky JG, Mori S, Barch DM (2015 Jan 30). Fractional anisotropy in individuals with schizophrenia and their nonpsychotic siblings. Psychiatry Res. 231(1): 87-91.
Read publication »Fractional anisotropy in individuals with schizophrenia and their nonpsychotic siblings. - Harms MP, Wang L, Csernansky JG, Barch DM (2013 Jan). Structure-function relationship of working memory activity with hippocampal and prefrontal cortex volumes. Brain Struct Funct. 218(1): 173-86.
Read publication » - Barch DM, Burgess GC, Harms MP, Petersen SE, Schlaggar BL, Corbetta M, Glasser MF, Curtiss S, Dixit S, Feldt C, Nolan D, Bryant E, Hartley T, Footer O, Bjork JM, Poldrack R, Smith S, Johansen-Berg H, Snyder AZ, Van Essen DC, for the WU-Minn HCP Consortium (2013 May 16). Function in the human connectome: Task-fMRI and individual differences in behavior. Neuroimage.
Read publication » - Harms MP, Wang L, Campanella C, Aldridge K, Moffitt AJ, Kuelper J, Ratnanather JT, Miller MI, Barch DM, Csernansky JG (2010 Feb). Structural abnormalities in gyri of the prefrontal cortex in individuals with schizophrenia and their unaffected siblings. Br J Psychiatry. 196(2): 150-7.
Read publication »Structural abnormalities in gyri of the prefrontal cortex in individuals with schizophrenia and their unaffected siblings. - Harms MP, Wang L, Mamah D, Barch DM, Thompson PA, Csernansky JG (2007 Dec 12). Thalamic shape abnormalities in individuals with schizophrenia and their nonpsychotic siblings. J Neurosci. 27(50): 13835-42.
Read publication »Thalamic shape abnormalities in individuals with schizophrenia and their nonpsychotic siblings.
Funded Research Projects
NICHD(Significant Contributor):Genetics, the Adolescent Brain, and Addiction Liability: A Longitudinal Twin Study
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Neuroimaging in Early Onset Depression: Longitudinal Assessment of Brain Changes
NIMH(Significant Contributor):The Neural Meta-Structure of Psychopathology
Office of the Director(Significant Contributor): Mediators and Moderators of Effects of Environmental Exposures on Neurodevelopment and Health Outcomes in Early Childhood
NIDA(Significant Contributor):Neurocognitive Consequences of Adolescent Marijuana Use
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Connectomics in Psychiatric Classification
NIAAA(Significant Contributor):Alcohol and the Brain: Leveraging the Human Connectome Project
NIAAA(Significant Contributor):Neuroanatomical Validation of ERP Endophenotypes for Alcoholism
NIDA(Significant Contributor):3/13 ABCD-USA Consortium: Twin Research Project
NIA(Significant Contributor):Mapping the Human Connectome During Typical Aging
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Connectome Coordination Facility
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Mapping the Human Connectome During Typical Development
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Neurodevelopmental Trajectories of Reward Processing in Very Early Emerging Risk for Depression
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Developing Psychiatric Neuroimaging in Kenya