R. Todd Constable PhD

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Neurosurgery

Departments & Organizations

School of Engineering and Applied Science

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

NIMH Research Training Program in Childhood-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Diagnostic Radiology: Bioimaging Sciences: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Research Center | Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance

Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center

Neurosurgery

Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program

Research Interests

Development of MRI techniques to provide functional information; Quantitative information and high quality pictures of anatomy; Application of new methods to answer fundamental questions in basic science and medicine

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Education

Ph.D., University of Toronto , 1990

Selected Publication

Ment LR, Constable RT, Injury and recovering in the developing brain: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of the prematurely-born, Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 3(10): 558-571, 2008.

Latest Honor and Recognition

Board of Regents General Proficiency Scholarship(1983) , University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada

Articles

March/April 2009

Finding new ways to calm storms in the brain

When Dennis D. Spencer, M.D., a tall, soft-spoken man with an Iowa drawl and a mostly gray beard, speaks about his many...

Scientist lauded for studies of dormant stem cells as therapy

Erik M. Shapiro, Ph.D., assistant professor of diagnostic radiology and biomedical engineering at the School of...

How the stressed become depressed

Some individuals persevere in hardship; others crumple like paper dolls. Mental fortitude in the face of stress has...