Simon K. Warfield, PhD

Director of Radiology Research, Boston Children's Hospital; Thorne Griscom Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School.

Research Focus
Medical image computing.
Brief Research Description
Simon Warfield's research in the field of medical image analysis uses research MRI to understand the development of the structure and function of the brain. He is involved in the development of imaging biomarkers for diagnosis, assessment of longitudinal change, and evaluation of therapeutic interventions.
Key Publications (PMCIDs)

White matter mean diffusivity correlates with myelination in tuberous sclerosis complex.
Peters JM, Struyven RR, Prohl AK, Vasung L, Stajduhar A, Taquet M, Bushman JJ, Lidov H, Singh JM, Scherrer B, Madsen JR, Prabhu SP, Sahin M, Afacan O, Warfield SK.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2019;6(7):1178-90. PMCID: PMC6649396

The Connectivity Fingerprint of the Fusiform Gyrus Captures the Risk of Developing Autism in Infants with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.
Scherrer B, Prohl AK, Taquet M, Kapur K, Peters JM, Tomas-Fernandez X, Davis PE, M Bebin E, Krueger DA, Northrup H, Y Wu J, Sahin M, Warfield SK.
Cereb Cortex. 2019 Dec 8:bhz233. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz233. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31812987

TACERN Study Group. Early white matter development is abnormal in tuberous sclerosis complex patients who develop autism spectrum disorder.
Prohl AK, Scherrer B, Tomas-Fernandez X, Davis PE, Filip-Dhima R, Prabhu SP, Peters JM, Bebin EM, Krueger DA, Northrup H, Wu JY, Sahin M, Warfield SK
J Neurodev Disord. 2019 Dec 16;11(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s11689-019-9293-x. PMID: 31838998; PMCID: PMC6912944