April Levin - IDDRC

April Levin, MD

Assistant, Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School.

Research Focus

Neural network function in neurodevelopment disorders.

Brief Research Description

Dr. Levin's research aims to understand neural network function in neurodevelopmental disorders, and to translate across diverse fields (e.g., neuroscience, mathematics, psychology, and computer science) to develop biomarkers for these disorders. Her work predominantly uses electroencephalography (EEG) to evaluate neural network function in children with autism, infants at high risk for autism, and individuals with a variety of neurogenetic disorders associated with intellectual disability and autism. This work aims to inform the development of mechanistically targeted biomarkers relevant to a variety of intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Key Publications (PMCIDs)

The Harvard Automated Processing Pipeline for Electroencephalography (HAPPE): Standardized Processing Software for Developmental and High-Artifact Data.
Gabard-Durnam LJ, Mendez Leal AS, Wilkinson CL, Levin AR.
Front Neurosci 2018;12:97. PMCID: PMC5835235

BEAPP: The Batch Electroencephalography Automated Processing Platform.
Levin AR, Mendez Leal AS, Gabard-Durnam LJ, O'Leary HM.
Front Neurosci 2018;12:513. PMCID: PMC6090769

EEG power at 3 months in infants at high familial risk for autism.
Levin AR, Varcin KJ, O'Leary HM, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA.
J Neurodev Disord 2017;9(1):34. PMCID: PMC5598007

EEG power in the first postnatal year best differentiates autism outcomes: a longitudinal assessment across the first three years.
Gabard-Durnam LJ, Wilkinson C, Kapur K, Tager-Flusberg H, Levin AR, Nelson CA.
Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):4188. PMCID: PMC6744476

< BACK TO DIRECTORY