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2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
119
Citations
48333
World Ranking
594
National Ranking
359

Neuroscience

D-Index
120
Citations
49060
World Ranking
385
National Ranking
229

Psychology

D-Index
119
Citations
48170
World Ranking
269
National Ranking
170

Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
49065
World Ranking
3780
National Ranking
2076

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Overview

Edith V. Sullivan is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research spans a broad range of topics with a focus on functional brain connectivity, neuroimaging techniques, and substance exposure effects. The scientist's work is situated at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and clinical applications, with significant output in advanced imaging methodologies and neurological disorder studies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Key subfields encompass:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Neurology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Research interests focus on the following topics:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Sullivan has published several papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • Spatio-Temporal Graph Convolution for Resting-State fMRI Analysis, 2020, Lecture notes in computer science
  • Quantifying Parkinson's disease motor severity under uncertainty using MDS-UPDRS videos, 2021, Medical Image Analysis
  • Emotional processes in binge drinking: A systematic review and perspective, 2021, Clinical Psychology Review
  • Vision-Based Estimation of MDS-UPDRS Gait Scores for Assessing Parkinson's Disease Motor Severity, 2020, Lecture notes in computer science
  • Association of Heavy Drinking With Deviant Fiber Tract Development in Frontal Brain Systems in Adolescents, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Adolf Pfefferbaum
  • Kilian M. Pohl
  • Natalie M. Zahr
  • Qingyu Zhao
  • Ehsan Adeli

The scientist's work appears regularly in publication venues such as:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Lecture notes in computer science
  • Addiction Biology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Alcohol

Best Publications

  • A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study of changes in brain morphology from infancy to late adulthood.

    Adolf Pfefferbaum;Daniel H. Mathalon;Edith V. Sullivan;Jody M. Rawles

  • Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications

    Steven C. Cramer;Mriganka Sur;Bruce H. Dobkin;Charles J O'Brien

  • COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN EARLY, UNTREATED PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MOTOR DISABILITY

    James A. Cooper;Harvey J. Sagar;Nigel Jordan;Norman S. Harvey

  • Age-related decline in brain white matter anisotropy measured with spatially corrected echo-planar diffusion tensor imaging.

    Adolf Pfefferbaum;Edith V. Sullivan;Maj Hedehus;Kelvin O. Lim

  • Diffusion tensor imaging and aging.

    Edith V. Sullivan;Adolf Pfefferbaum;Adolf Pfefferbaum

  • Brain Gray and White Matter Volume Loss Accelerates with Aging in Chronic Alcoholics: A Quantitative MRI Study

    Adolf Pfefferbaum;Kelvin O. Lim;Kelvin O. Lim;Robert B. Zipursky;Robert B. Zipursky;Daniel H. Mathalon;Daniel H. Mathalon

  • Sniffing and smelling: separate subsystems in the human olfactory cortex

    N. Sobel;V. Prabhakaran;J. E. Desmond;G. H. Glover

  • Frontal Lobe Volume Loss Observed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Older Chronic Alcoholics

    Adolf Pfefferbaum;Edith V. Sullivan;Edith V. Sullivan;Daniel H. Mathalon;Kelvin O. Lim;Kelvin O. Lim

  • Compromised white matter tract integrity in schizophrenia inferred from diffusion tensor imaging.

    Kelvin O. Lim;Kelvin O. Lim;Maj Hedehus;Michael Moseley;Alexander de Crespigny

  • MRI estimates of brain iron concentration in normal aging using quantitative susceptibility mapping.

    Berkin Bilgic;Adolf Pfefferbaum;Adolf Pfefferbaum;Torsten Rohlfing;Edith V. Sullivan

  • Neurocircuitry in alcoholism: a substrate of disruption and repair

    Edith V. Sullivan;Adolf Pfefferbaum;Adolf Pfefferbaum

  • Widespread cerebral gray matter volume deficits in schizophrenia.

    Robert B. Zipursky;Kelvin O. Lim;Kelvin O. Lim;Edith V. Sullivan;Edith V. Sullivan;Byron W. Brown

  • Pattern of Motor and Cognitive Deficits in Detoxified Alcoholic Men

    E. V. Sullivan;Margaret J. Rosenbloom;A. Pfefferbaum

  • Progressive Brain Volume Changes and the Clinical Course of Schizophrenia in Men: A Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Daniel H. Mathalon;Edith V. Sullivan;Kelvin O. Lim;Adolf Pfefferbaum

  • Longitudinal Changes in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Brain Volumes in Abstinent and Relapsed Alcoholics

    A. Pfefferbaum;E. V. Sullivan;E. V. Sullivan;D. H. Mathalon;P. K. Shear

  • The SRI24 multichannel atlas of normal adult human brain structure.

    Torsten Rohlfing;Natalie M. Zahr;Natalie M. Zahr;Edith V. Sullivan;Adolf Pfefferbaum;Adolf Pfefferbaum

  • A Controlled Study of Cortical Gray Matter and Ventricular Changes in Alcoholic Men Over a 5-Year Interval

    Adolf Pfefferbaum;Edith V. Sullivan;Margaret J. Rosenbloom;Daniel H. Mathalon

  • Equivalent disruption of regional white matter microstructure in ageing healthy men and women.

    Edith V. Sullivan;Elfar Adalsteinsson;Maj Hedehus;Catherine Ju

  • Frontal circuitry degradation marks healthy adult aging: Evidence from diffusion tensor imaging.

    Adolf Pfefferbaum;Elfar Adalsteinsson;Edith V. Sullivan

  • Quantitative fiber tracking of lateral and interhemispheric white matter systems in normal aging: relations to timed performance.

    Edith V. Sullivan;Torsten Rohlfing;Adolf Pfefferbaum;Adolf Pfefferbaum

  • Progressive Brain Volume Changes and the Clinical Course of Schizophrenia in Men

    Daniel H. Mathalon;Edith V. Sullivan;Kelvin O. Lim;Adolf Pfefferbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Adolf Pfefferbaum
Adolf Pfefferbaum Stanford University
Kelvin O. Lim
Kelvin O. Lim University of Minnesota
Eva M. Müller-Oehring
Eva M. Müller-Oehring Stanford University
Daniel H. Mathalon
Daniel H. Mathalon University of California, San Francisco
Fiona C. Baker
Fiona C. Baker SRI International
Paula K. Shear
Paula K. Shear University of Cincinnati
Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego
John E. Desmond
John E. Desmond Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ehsan Adeli
Ehsan Adeli Stanford University
Duncan B. Clark
Duncan B. Clark University of Pittsburgh

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