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SymposiumS,POSTERS AND ABSTRACTS

  • Chen, Y., Higgins, J.P., Kurani, A.S., Ma, G., Ragin, A.B. (2023, July). Fusion analysis of longitudinal multimodal MRI data from the Chicago Early HIV infection study. (Poster presented at OHBM Montreal, CA)

  • Kurani, A.S. (October 2021). Cloud Learning and Skills Session: Researcher Spotlight with Ajay Kurani. (Internet2 – Youtube Interview

  • Amuedo-Dorantes, C., Boettiger, C.B., Bording, P., Brewster, K., Kurani, A.S., Ma, J. (June 2022). Panel Discussion: Researcher Perspectives: What Do Researchers Need from Cyberinfrastructure Facilitators? (University of Oklahoma Supercomputing Center)

  • Billot, A., Lai, S., Varkanitsa, M., Braun, E.J., Rapp, B., Parrish, T.B., Kurani, A.S., Higgins, J., Caplan, D., Thompson, C.K., Ishwar, P., Betke, M., Kiran, S. (2021, June). Prediction of treatment-related language recovery in post-stroke aphasia from neuroimaging and behavioral data. (Poster presented at ACM International Conference Proceeding Series)

  • Goldman, J.G., Kurani, A.S., Corcos, D.M. (2019, November). Neurorehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease: Cognition, Neuroimaging biomarkers, and Exercise interventions. (Invited Symposium Speaker at the annual conference for American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chicago, Illinois)

  • Chen L., Higgins, J.P., Ingo, C., Kurani, A.S., Parrish, T.P., Prabhakaran, S.  (2018, October).  White matter hyperintensity volume and relation to quality of life and function after acute ischemic stroke.  (Poster presented at the annual conference for World Stroke Congress, Montreal, Canada)

  • Kurian, S., Garner, C.R., Duque, C., Parrish, T.P., Higgins, J.P., Kurani, A.S., Sedaghat, S., Tan, C.O., Jenkins, L.M., Moscufo, N., Allen, N., Lloyd-Jones, D., Sorond, F.  (2018, July).  Endothelial function may modify the relationship between blood pressure exposure and cerebral small vessel disease in midlife.  (Abstract for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Journal) (IF: 14.423)

  • Kurani, A.S., Higgins, J.P., Chen, Y.F., Parrish, T.P.​ (2018, June).  Multi-site Diffusion MRI Reproducibility.  (Poster presented at the annual conference for Human Brain Mapping, Singapore)

  • Higgins, J.P., Kurani, A.S., Chen, Y.F., Parrish, T.P.​ (2018, June).  Sequence and Scanner Effects on Reliability of Resting State Functional Connectivity.  (Poster presented at the annual conference for Human Brain Mapping, Singapore

  • Meier, E. L., Kiran, S., Kurani, A.S., Higgins, J., Parrish, T., Rapp, B., Caplan, D., & Thompson, C. K. (2018, May). Changes in white matter integrity following sentence processing, naming and spelling treatment for patients with chronic aphasia. (Presented at the Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology (RSCA) at the 48th Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Austin, Texas)

  • Meier, E. L., Pan, Y., Higgins, J.P., Kurani, A.S., Parrish, T.P., Thompson, C. K., & Kiran, S.  (2018, May).  Structural predictors of naming therapy outcomes in persons with aphasia (Poster presented at the annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Austin, Texas)

  • Meier, E. L., Johnson, J. P., Pan, Y., Kurani, A.S., Higgins, J., Parrish, T., Thompson, C. K., & Kiran, S. (2018, March).  Multimodal structural predictors of naming therapy outcomes in persons with aphasia. (Poster presentation at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, Massachusetts)

  • Kurian, S., Garner, C., Duque, C., Parrish, T.P., Higgins, J.P., Kurani, A.S., Sedaghat, S., Tan, C.O., Moscufo, N., Allen, N., Lloyd-Jones, D., Sorond, F. (2018, March).  Endothelial Function May Modify Relationship between Blood Pressure Exposure and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Midlife. (Poster presented at the annual Northwestern University Research Day, Chicago, Illinois)

  • Tessiatore, A., Nguyen, H., Stefely, K., Hufford, A., Manes, J., David, F., Liu, K., Brink-Saeed, K., Corcos, D. M., Kurani, A.S. (2018, February).  Cortical Thickness and Local Gyrification Index Differences in de novo Parkinson’s Disease with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment. (Poster presented at the annual conference for APTA Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana)

  • Meier, E. L., Johnson, J. P., Geng, Y., Kurani, A.S., Higgins, J., Parrish, T., Thompson, C. K. & Kiran, S. (2017, November). White matter matters in the recovery of language in post-stroke aphasia. (Poster presentation at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Baltimore, Maryland)

  • Kurani, A.S., Burciu, R.G., Seidler, R.D., Okun, M.S., McFarland, Vaillancourt, D.E. (2015, October). Striatal-Motor Cortex Functional Connectivity in Moderate Parkinson’s disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. (Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois)

  • Kurani, A.S., Lee, Y., Kim, T., Pan, J. W. (2014, November). Improved Resting State fMRI using B0 Correction. (Poster presented at the Pittsburgh MR Imaging Community Retreat, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

  • Kurani, A.S., Seidler, R.D., Corcos, D.M., Okun, M.S., McFarland, N., Comella, C., Vaillancourt, D.E. (2013, November). STN-M1 functional connectivity in de novo and moderate Parkinson’s disease. (Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California)

  • Planetta, P.J., Kurani, A.S., Shukla, P., Corcos, D.M., Comella, C.L., Okun, M.S., Vaillancourt, D.E. (2013, November). Functional anatomy and connectivity of multiple systems atrophy and Parkinson’s disease. (Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California)

  • Planetta, P.J., Kurani, A.S., Prodoehl, J., Comella, C.L., Corcos, D.M., & Vaillancourt, D.E. (2011, June). Prefrontal cortex is hypoactive in left- but not right-side most affected de novo Parkinson’s disease. (Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Toronto, ON.)

PRESENTATIONS

  • Cognitive Brain Mapping Group Data Blitz - April 2023                                                                   

  • Oklahoma University Supercomputing Center Workshop - June 2022                                                     

  • Cognitive Brain Mapping Group Data Blitz - May 2022                                                                             

  • XNAT Workshop 2021 - September 2021                                                                                                 

  • Internet2 – Cloud Learning and Skills Session - August 2021                                                                    

  • Midwest MRI Potluck - May 2020                                                                                                            

  • American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine - November 2019                                                          

  • Northwestern Radiology Research Day - November 2018                                                                      

  • Northwestern Radiology Research Day - November 2017                                                                          

  • Minnesota Workshop on High and Ultra-High Field Imaging - October 2015

  • Northwestern University – Department of Neurology (Speaker) - April 2015                                         

  • University of Pittsburgh – Department of Radiology (Speaker) - May 2014                                           

  • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases – UCSF (Speaker) - February 2014           

  • Biomedical Engineering Society/UIC Career Services (Speaker) - April 2010                                             

  • Woodward MPC IR&D (Speaker) - July 2008

  • BAE/US Army (Speaker) - September 2007

  • BAE/US Navy (Speaker) - December 2006, May 2007 and August 2007

  • Woodward MPC Quarterly Meeting (Speaker) - March 2007 and July 2007

  • Woodward MPC Focus Meeting (Speaker) - January 2007                                                                       

  • Woodward MPC Engineering Meeting (Speaker) - November 2006