Michelle Hampson, PhD
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Biography
After completing an undergraduate degree in Computing Science at the University of Alberta, Dr. Hampson did her graduate work in Boston University's Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, a department focused on computational neural network models of brain systems. She came to Yale as a postdoc to pursue her interests in human functional neuroimaging. During her postdoc, Dr. Hampson conducted some of the earliest studies of resting-state functional connectivity, validating the technique and relating resting-state functional connectivity measures to behavioral variables. Later, she turned her focus to using real-time fMRI neurofeedback for training people to control their brain activity patterns. She is interested in novel functional neuroimaging techniques and psychiatric applications of these techniques.
Education & Training
- PhDBoston University (1999)
- BSUniversity of Alberta, Computing Science (1993)
Activities
- Invited speaker, Brain, Behavior, and Development Seminar series, BC Children's Hospital Research InstituteVancouver, Canada 2019
- Invited speaker, NIH workshop titled: A Critical Examination of Real-time FMRI NeurofeedbackWashington, United States 2019
- Invited speaker, Tulane Brain Institute Seminar SeriesNew Orleans, United States 2019
- Accepted symposium speaker, Modulation of Processes Underlying Mental Disorders via Neurofeedback Technologies, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Annual MeetingHollywood, United States 2018
- Invited speaker, Sixth Biennial Conference on Resting State ConnectivityMontreal, Canada 2018Talk title: Biomarkers of neurofeedback response
- Invited speaker, Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference, satellite symposiumKyoto, Japan 2017
- Accepted speaker, 3rd Annual New England OCD Research SymposiumNew Haven, United States 2015
- Accepted speaker, Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback conferenceGainesville, United States 2015
- Invited speaker, International School on Magnetic Resonance and Brain Function - XIII WorkshopTrapani, Italy 2014
- Invited speaker, International Symposium for Life Design and EngineeringYokohama, Japan 2014
- Invited speaker at Advanced Telecommunications Research InternationalKyoto, Japan 2014
- Invited speaker, Radcliffe Symposium on Real-time FMRIBoston, United States 2013
- Invited speaker, New England OCD SymposiumNew Haven, United States 2013
- Invited speaker, 3rd Biennial Conference on Resting State Brain ConnectivityMagdeburg, Germany 2012
- Invited speaker, Scientific Workshop: FMRI from Cortical Layers to NetworksWhistler, Canada 2012
- Invited speaker, Analysis and Function of Large-Scale Brain Networks, Society for Neuroscience annual meetingSan Diego, United States 2010
- Invited speaker, 2nd Biennial International Conference on Resting-State Functional Brain ConnectivityMilwaukee, United States 2010
- Invited speaker, International School on Magnetic Resonance and Brain Function. VII Workshop: Brain Function Investigation by Magnetic Resonance, Electrophysiology and Molecular ImagingTrapani, Italy 2009
- Invited speaker, Workshop on Connectivity in the Resting BrainMagdeburg, Germany 2008
- Invited speaker, Sixth International Workshop on Brain ConnectivityBarcelona, Spain 2007
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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NSF | Reviewer | 2019 - Present |
Real-time Functional Imaging and Neurofeedback 2019 biennial meeting | Executive Committee for planning 2019 meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands | 2018 - Present |
NeuroImage | Editor of Special Issue on Neurofeedback | 2017 - Present |
Real-time Functional Imaging and Neurofeedback 2017 biennial meeting | Executive Committee for planning 2017 meeting in Nara, Japan. | 2015 - 2017 |
Bioimaging Sciences | Planning Committee for 2015 retreat. | 2015 |
Resting State/Brain Connectivity | Organizer of satellite workshop titled "Resting State Connectivity Workshop: Interventions and Consciousness". | 2014 - 2015 |
Kings Health Partners R & D Challenge Fund, UK | Reviewer | 2014 - 2015 |
Medical Research Council, Research Councils UK | Pathways to indepence reviewer | 2013 |
NIMH | Reviewer | 2013 - Present |
PLoS One | Academic Editor | 2011 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Bioimaging Sciences
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Research Center
- Neural Disorders
- Neuroscience
- Office of Cooperative Research
- Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Medicine
- Yale University