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Behavioral Neuroscientist /Research Neuropsychologist in Brain Aging, Neurodegeneration, and Environmental Neuroscience

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Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing
Research User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Secondary Data Collection
Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Big Data Analytics, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights
Work Experience

Assistant Professor of Research

University of Southern California

- Present

Assistant Professor and Researcher

University of Southern California

May 2022 - Present

Instructor of Research

University of Southern California

July 2019 - April 2022

Postdoctroral Researcher

University of Southern California

July 2016 - July 2019

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

University of Missouri - Saint Louis - United States

August 2012 - July 2016

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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
See, C.R.Z., Si, S., Baird, C.L., Haswell, C.C., Hussain, A., Olff, M., Veltman, D.J., Frijling, J.L., Van Zuiden, M., Koch, S.B.J., et al.(2025). A whole-brain voxel-based analysis of structural abnormalities in PTSD: An ENIGMA-PGC study . European Psychiatry. 68. (1).
Tomas, C.W., Fitzgerald, J.M., Baird, C.L., Haswell, C.C., Abdallah, C.G., Angstadt, M., Baker, J.T., Berg, H., Blackford, J.U., Cisler, J., et al.(2025). Data-Driven Approach to Dynamic Resting State Functional Connectivity in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Study . Human Brain Mapping. 46. (11).
Petkus, A.J., Wang, X., Younan, D., Salminen, L.E., Resnick, S.M., Rapp, S.R., Espeland, M.A., Gatz, M., Widaman, K.F., Casanova, R., et al.(2024). 20-year depressive symptoms, dementia, and structural neuropathology in older women . Alzheimer S and Dementia. 20. (5). p. 3472-3484.
Nir, T.M., Villalón-Reina, J.E., Salminen, L.E., Haddad, E., Zheng, H., Thomopoulos, S.I., Jack, C.R., Weiner, M.W., Thompson, P.M., Jahanshad, N.(2024). Cortical microstructural associations with CSF amyloid and pTau . Molecular Psychiatry. 29. (2). p. 257-268.
Yang, J., Huggins, A.A., Sun, D., Baird, C.L., Haswell, C.C., Frijling, J.L., Olff, M., van Zuiden, M., Koch, S.B.J., Nawijn, L., et al.(2024). Examining the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and disruptions in cortical networks identified using data-driven methods . Neuropsychopharmacology. 49. (3). p. 609-619.
Fenton, L., Salminen, L.E., Lim, A.C., Weissberger, G.H., Nguyen, A.L., Axelrod, J., Noriega-Makarskyy, D., Yassine, H., Mosqueda, L., Han, S.D.(2024). Lower entorhinal cortex thickness is associated with greater financial exploitation vulnerability in cognitively unimpaired older adults . Cerebral Cortex. 34. (9).
Huggins, A.A., Baird, C.L., Briggs, M., Laskowitz, S., Hussain, A., Fouda, S., Haswell, C., Sun, D., Salminen, L.E., Jahanshad, N., et al.(2024). Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup . Molecular Psychiatry. 29. (3). p. 611-623.
Puckett, O.K., Fennema-Notestine, C., Hagler, D.J., Braskie, M.N., Chen, J.-C., Finch, C.E., Kaufman, J.D., Petkus, A.J., Reynolds, C.A., Salminen, L.E., et al.(2024). The Association between Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and MRI-Assessed Locus Coeruleus Integrity in the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) . Environmental Health Perspectives. 132. (7). p. 077006-077006-8.
Heller, C., Barth, C., Silk, T.J., Vijayakumar, N., Carmona, S., Martínez-García, M., Kikinis, Z., Thomopoulos, S.I., Jahanshad, N., Salminen, L., et al.(2024). The ENIGMA-Neuroendocrinology working group to bridge gaps in female mental health research . Nature Mental Health. 2. (4). p. 348-350.
Zhu, X., Kim, Y., Ravid, O., He, X., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Zilcha-Mano, S., Lazarov, A., Lee, S., Abdallah, C.G., Angstadt, M., et al.(2023). Neuroimaging-based classification of PTSD using data-driven computational approaches: A multisite big data study from the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD consortium . Neuroimage. 283.
Lauren E. Salminen, Meral A. Tubi, Joanna Bright, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Alyssa Wieand, Paul M. Thompson (2022). Sex is a defining feature of neuroimaging phenotypes in major brain disorders . Human Brain Mapping.
van Velzen, L.S., Dauvermann, M.R., Colic, L., Villa, L.M., Savage, H.S., Toenders, Y.J., Zhu, A.H., Bright, J.K., Campos, A.I., Salminen, L.E., et al.(2022). Structural brain alterations associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people: results from 21 international studies from the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium . Molecular Psychiatry. 27. (11). p. 4550-4560.
Salminen, L.E., Tubi, M.A., Bright, J., Thomopoulos, S.I., Wieand, A., Thompson, P.M.(2022). Sex is a defining feature of neuroimaging phenotypes in major brain disorders . Human Brain Mapping. 43. (1). p. 500-542.
Sun, D., Rakesh, G., Haswell, C.C., Logue, M., Baird, C.L., O'Leary, E.N., Cotton, A.S., Xie, H., Tamburrino, M., Chen, T., et al.(2022). A comparison of methods to harmonize cortical thickness measurements across scanners and sites . Neuroimage. 261.
Clausen, A.N., Fercho, K.A., Monsour, M., Disner, S., Salminen, L., Haswell, C.C., Rubright, E.C., Watts, A.A., Buckley, M.N., Maron-Katz, A., et al.(2022). Assessment of brain age in posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA PTSD and brain age working groups . Brain and Behavior. 12. (1).
Haukvik, U.K., Gurholt, T.P., Nerland, S., Elvsåshagen, T., Akudjedu, T.N., Alda, M., Alnæs, D., Alonso-Lana, S., Bauer, J., Baune, B.T., et al.(2022). In vivo hippocampal subfield volumes in bipolar disorder—A mega-analysis from The Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis Bipolar Disorder Working Group . Human Brain Mapping. 43. (1). p. 385-398.
Sun, D., Rakesh, G., Clarke-Rubright, E.K., Haswell, C.C., Logue, M.W., O'Leary, E.N., Cotton, A.S., Xie, H., Dennis, E.L., Jahanshad, N., et al.(2022). Remodeling of the Cortical Structural Connectome in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Results From the ENIGMA-PGC Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Consortium . Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 7. (9). p. 935-948.
Dennis, E.L., Disner, S.G., Fani, N., Salminen, L.E., Logue, M., Clarke, E.K., Haswell, C.C., Averill, C.L., Baugh, L.A., Bomyea, J., et al.(2021). Altered white matter microstructural organization in posttraumatic stress disorder across 3047 adults: results from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD consortium . Molecular Psychiatry. 26. (8). p. 4315-4330.
Nir, T.M., Fouche, J.-P., Ananworanich, J., Ances, B.M., Boban, J., Brew, B.J., Chaganti, J.R., Chang, L., Ching, C.R.K., Cysique, L.A., et al.(2021). Association of Immunosuppression and Viral Load with Subcortical Brain Volume in an International Sample of People Living with HIV . JAMA Network Open. 4. (1).
Wang, X., Xie, H., Chen, T., Cotton, A.S., Salminen, L.E., Logue, M.W., Clarke-Rubright, E.K., Wall, J., Dennis, E.L., O’Leary, B.M., et al.(2021). Cortical volume abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: an ENIGMA-psychiatric genomics consortium PTSD workgroup mega-analysis . Molecular Psychiatry. 26. (8). p. 4331-4343.
Paul M. Thompson, Neda Jahanshad, Christopher R. K. Ching, Lauren E. Salminen, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Joanna Bright, Bernhard T. Baune, Sara Bertolín, Janita Bralten, Willem B. Bruin, et al. (2020). ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries . Translational Psychiatry.
Thompson, P.M., Jahanshad, N., Ching, C.R.K., Salminen, L.E., Thomopoulos, S.I., Bright, J., Baune, B.T., Bertolín, S., Bralten, J., Bruin, W.B., et al.(2020). ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries . Translational Psychiatry. 10. (1).
Grasby, K.L., Jahanshad, N., Painter, J.N., Colodro-Conde, L., Bralten, J., Hibar, D.P., Lind, P.A., Pizzagalli, F., Ching, C.R.K., McMahon, M.A.B., et al.(2020). The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex . Science. 367. (6484).
Tozzi, L., Garczarek, L., Janowitz, D., Stein, D.J., Wittfeld, K., Dobrowolny, H., Lagopoulos, J., Hatton, S.N., Hickie, I.B., Carballedo, A., et al.(2020). Interactive impact of childhood maltreatment, depression, and age on cortical brain structure: Mega-analytic findings from a large multi-site cohort . Psychological Medicine. 50. (6). p. 1020-1031.
Hofer, E., Roshchupkin, G.V., Adams, H.H.H., Knol, M.J., Lin, H., Li, S., Zare, H., Ahmad, S., Armstrong, N.J., Satizabal, C.L., et al.(2020). Genetic correlations and genome-wide associations of cortical structure in general population samples of 22,824 adults . Nature Communications. 11. (1).
Paul, R.H., Cho, K.S., Belden, A.C., Mellins, C.A., Malee, K.M., Robbins, R.N., Salminen, L.E., Kerr, S.J., Adhikari, B., Garcia-Egan, P.M., et al.(2020). Machine-learning classification of neurocognitive performance in children with perinatal HIV initiating de novo antiretroviral therapy . AIDS. 34. (5). p. 737-748.
Lauren E Salminen, Rand R Wilcox, Alyssa H Zhu, Brandalyn C Riedel, Christopher R K Ching, Faisal Rashid, Sophia I Thomopoulos, Arvin Saremi, Marc B Harrison, Anjanibhargavi Ragothaman, Victoria Knight, Christina P Boyle, Sarah E Medland, Paul M Thompson, Neda Jahanshad, Altered Cortical Brain Structure and Increased Risk for Disease Seen Decades After Perinatal Exposure to Maternal Smoking: A Study of 9000 Adults in the UK Biobank, Cerebral Cortex, , bhz060, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz060 .
Garcia-Egan, P.M., Preston-Campbell, R.N., Salminen, L.E., Heaps-Woodruff, J.M., Balla, L., Cabeen, R.P., Laidlaw, D.H., Conturo, T.E., Paul, R.H.(2019). Behavioral inhibition corresponds to white matter fiber bundle integrity in older adults . Brain Imaging and Behavior.
Salminen, L.E., Morey, R.A., Riedel, B.C., Jahanshad, N., Dennis, E.L., Thompson, P.M.(2019). Adaptive Identification of Cortical and Subcortical Imaging Markers of Early Life Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder . Journal of Neuroimaging. 29. (3). p. 335-343.
Salminen, L.E., Wilcox, R.R., Zhu, A.H., Riedel, B.C., Ching, C.R.K., Rashid, F., Thomopoulos, S.I., Saremi, A., Harrison, M.B., Ragothaman, A., et al.(2019). Altered Cortical Brain Structure and Increased Risk for Disease Seen Decades after Perinatal Exposure to Maternal Smoking: A Study of 9000 Adults in the UK Biobank . Cerebral Cortex. 29. (12). p. 5217-5233.
(2018). Uncovering Biologically Coherent Peripheral Signatures of Health and Risk for Alzheimer's Disease in the Aging Brain . Frontiers in aging neuroscience.
Heaps-Woodruff, J.M., Joska, J., Cabeen, R., Baker, L.M., Salminen, L.E., Hoare, J., Laidlaw, D.H., Wamser-Nanney, R., Peng, C.-Z., Engelbrecht, S., et al.(2018). White matter fiber bundle lengths are shorter in cART naive HIV: an analysis of quantitative diffusion tractography in South Africa . Brain Imaging and Behavior. 12. (5). p. 1229-1238.
Paul, R.H., Phillips, S., Hoare, J., Laidlaw, D.H., Cabeen, R., Olbricht, G.R., Su, Y., Stein, D.J., Engelbrecht, S., Seedat, S., et al.(2017). Neuroimaging abnormalities in clade C HIV are independent of Tat genetic diversity . Journal of NeuroVirology. 23. (2). p. 319-328.
Baker, L.M., Cooley, S.A., Cabeen, R.P., Laidlaw, D.H., Joska, J.A., Hoare, J., Stein, D.J., Heaps-Woodruff, J.M., Salminen, L.E., Paul, R.H.(2017). Topological Organization of Whole-Brain White Matter in HIV Infection . Brain Connectivity. 7. (2). p. 115-122.
Salminen, L.E., Schofield, P.R., Pierce, K.D., Bruce, S.E., Griffin, M.G., Tate, D.F., Cabeen, R.P., Laidlaw, D.H., Conturo, T.E., Bolzenius, J.D., et al.(2017). Vulnerability of white matter tracts and cognition to the SOD2 polymorphism: A preliminary study of antioxidant defense genes in brain aging . Behavioural Brain Research. 329. p. 111-119.
Baker, L.M., Laidlaw, D.H., Cabeen, R., Akbudak, E., Conturo, T.E., Correia, S., Tate, D.F., Heaps-Woodruff, J.M., Brier, M.R., Bolzenius, J., et al.(2017). Cognitive reserve moderates the relationship between neuropsychological performance and white matter fiber bundle length in healthy older adults . Brain Imaging and Behavior. 11. (3). p. 632-639.
Salminen, L.E., Schofield, P.R., Pierce, K.D., Zhao, Y., Luo, X., Wang, Y., Laidlaw, D.H., Cabeen, R.P., Conturo, T.E., Tate, D.F., et al.(2016). Neuromarkers of the common angiotensinogen polymorphism in healthy older adults: A comprehensive assessment of white matter integrity and cognition . Behavioural Brain Research. 296. p. 85-93.
Salminen, L.E., Conturo, T.E., Laidlaw, D.H., Cabeen, R.P., Akbudak, E., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., Bolzenius, J.D., Baker, L.M., Cooley, S., et al.(2016). Regional age differences in gray matter diffusivity among healthy older adults . Brain Imaging and Behavior. 10. (1). p. 203-211.
Bolzenius, J.D., Laidlaw, D.H., Cabeen, R.P., Conturo, T.E., McMichael, A.R., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., Salminen, L.E., Baker, L.M., Scott, S.E., et al.(2015). Brain structure and cognitive correlates of body mass index in healthy older adults . Behavioural Brain Research. 278. p. 342-347.
Bolzenius, J.D., Roskos, P.T., Salminen, L.E., Paul, R.H., Bucholz, R.D.(2015). Cognitive and self-reported psychological outcomes of blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury in veterans: A preliminary study . Applied Neuropsychology:Adult. 22. (2). p. 79-87.
Behrman-Lay, A.M., Usher, C., Conturo, T.E., Correia, S., Laidlaw, D.H., Lane, E.M., Bolzenius, J., Heaps, J.M., Salminen, L.E., Baker, L.M., et al.(2015). Fiber bundle length and cognition: a length-based tractography MRI study . Brain Imaging and Behavior. 9. (4). p. 765-775.
Salminen, L.E., Schofield, P.R., Pierce, K.D., Luo, X., Zhao, Y., Laidlaw, D.H., Cabeen, R.P., Conturo, T.E., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., et al.(2015). Genetic markers of cholesterol transport and gray matter diffusion: a preliminary study of the CETP I405V polymorphism . Journal of Neural Transmission. 122. (11). p. 1581-1592.
Cooley, S.A., Heaps, J.M., Bolzenius, J.D., Salminen, L.E., Baker, L.M., Scott, S.E., Paul, R.H.(2015). Longitudinal change in performance on the montreal cognitive assessment in older adults . Clinical Neuropsychologist. 29. (6). p. 824-835.
Cooley, S.A., Cabeen, R.P., Laidlaw, D.H., Conturo, T.E., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., Bolzenius, J.D., Baker, L.M., Salminen, L.E., Scott, S.E., et al.(2015). Posterior brain white matter abnormalities in older adults with probable mild cognitive impairment . Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 37. (1). p. 61-69.
Salminen, L.E., Schofield, P.R., Pierce, K.D., Conturo, T.E., Tate, D.F., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., Bolzenius, J.D., Baker, L.M., Akbudak, E., et al.(2014). Impact of the AGTR1 A1166C polymorphism on subcortical hyperintensities and cognition in healthy older adults . Age. 36. (4).
Paul, R.H., Joska, J.A., Woods, C., Seedat, S., Engelbrecht, S., Hoare, J., Heaps, J., Valcour, V., Ances, B., Baker, L.M., et al.(2014). Impact of the HIV Tat C30C31S dicysteine substitution on neuropsychological function in patients with clade C disease . Journal of NeuroVirology. 20. (6). p. 627-635.
Salminen, L.E., Paul, R.H.(2014). Oxidative stress and genetic markers of suboptimal antioxidant defense in the aging brain: A theoretical review . Reviews in the Neurosciences. 25. (6). p. 805-819.
Salminen, L.E., Schofield, P.R., Pierce, K.D., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., Bolzenius, J.D., Baker, L.M., Luo, X., Paul, R.H.(2014). Triallelic relationships between the serotonin transporter polymorphism and cognition among healthy older adults . International Journal of Neuroscience. 124. (5). p. 331-338.
Baker, L.M., Laidlaw, D.H., Conturo, T.E., Hogan, J., Zhao, Y., Luo, X., Correia, S., Cabeen, R., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., et al.(2014). White matter changes with age utilizing quantitative diffusion MRI . Neurology. 83. (3). p. 247-252.
Bolzenius, J.D., Laidlaw, D.H., Cabeen, R.P., Conturo, T.E., McMichael, A.R., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., Salminen, L.E., Baker, L.M., Gunstad, J., et al.(2013). Impact of body mass index on neuronal fiber bundle lengths among healthy older adults . Brain Imaging and Behavior. 7. (3). p. 300-306.
Salminen, L.E., Schofield, P.R., Lane, E.M., Heaps, J.M., Pierce, K.D., Cabeen, R., Laidlaw, D.H., Akbudak, E., Conturo, T.E., Correia, S., et al.(2013). Neuronal fiber bundle lengths in healthy adult carriers of the ApoE4 allele: A quantitative tractography DTI study . Brain Imaging and Behavior. 7. (3). p. 274-281.
OTHER
Salminen, L.E., Wang, X., Petkus, A.J., Fennema-Notestine, C., Elman, J.A., Hagler, D.J., Kaufman, J.D., Millstein, J., Braskie, M.N., Liu, J., et al.(2025). Air Pollution is Linked to Divergent Cortical Thickness Patterns in Brain Regions Vulnerable to Alzheimer's Disease . Ssrn.
Steele, N., Morey, R.A., Hussain, A., Russell, C., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Pozzi, E., Jameei, H., Schmaal, L., Veer, I.M., Waller, L., et al.(2025). Image-Based Meta- and Mega-Analysis (IBMMA): A Unified Framework for Large-Scale, Multi-Site, Neuroimaging Data Analysis . Biorxiv.
Harnett, N.G., Joshi, S., Kumar, P., Russell, C., Dillon, D.G., Baker, J.T., Pizzagalli, D.A., Kaufman, M.L., Nickerson, L.N., Jahanshad, N., et al.(2025). Structural covariance of early visual cortex is negatively associated with PTSD symptoms: A Mega-Analysis from the ENIGMA PTSD workgroup . Medrxiv.
van Velzen, L.S., Colic, L., Ceja, Z., Dauvermann, M.R., Villa, L.M., Savage, H.S., Toenders, Y.J., Dehestani, N., Zhu, A.H., Campos, A.I., et al.(2024). Transdiagnostic alterations in white matter microstructure associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours in the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium . Medrxiv.
Nir, T.M., Villalón-Reina, J.E., Salminen, L., Haddad, E., Zheng, H., Thomopoulos, S.I., Jack, C.R., Weiner, M.W., Thompson, P.M., Jahanshad, N.(2023). Cortical microstructural associations with CSF amyloid and pTau . Medrxiv.
Puckett, O.K., Fennema-Notestine, C., Hagler, D.J., Braskie, M.N., Chen, J.-C., Finch, C.E., Kaufman, J.D., Petkus, A.J., Salminen, L.E., Thompson, P.M., et al.(2023). Ambient Air Pollution Exposure is Associated with Lower Mri-Assessed Locus Coeruleus Integrity . Ssrn.
Wang, X., Salminen, L.E., Petkus, A.J., Driscoll, I., Millstein, J., Beavers, D.P., Espeland, M.A., Erus, G., Braskie, M.N., Thompson, P.M., et al.(2023). Association between late-life air pollution exposure and medial temporal lobe atrophy in older women . Medrxiv.
Petkus, A.J., Salminen, L.E., Wang, X., Driscoll, I., Millstein, J., Beavers, D.P., Espeland, M.A., Braskie, M.N., Thompson, P.M., Casanova, R., et al.(2023). Alzheimer’s Related Neurodegeneration Mediates Air Pollution Effects on Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy . Medrxiv.
Xie, H., O'Leary, E., Shih, C.-H., Cotton, A., Wall, J., Chen, T., Liu, R., Xu, K., Abdallah, C., Andrew, E., et al.(2022). A mega-analysis of vertex and gyral cortical thickness differences in adults with and without PTSD . Research Square.
Zhu, X., Kim, Y., Ravid, O., He, X., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Zilcha-Mano, S., Lazarov, A., Lee, S., Abdallah, C.G., Angstadt, M., et al.(2022). Multimodal Imaging-Based Classification of PTSD Using Data-Driven Computational Approaches: A Multisite Big Data Study from the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Consortium . Biorxiv.
Huggins, A.A., Baird, C.L., Briggs, M., Laskowitz, S., Foudra, S., Haswell, C., Sun, D., Salminen, L.E., Jahanshad, N., Thomopoulos, S.I., et al.(2022). Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup . Biorxiv.
Sun, D., Rakesh, G., Haswell, C.C., Logue, M., Baird, C.L., O'Leary, B.M., Cotton, A.S., Xie, H., Tamburrino, M., Chen, T., et al.(2021). A comparison of methods to harmonize cortical thickness measurements across scanners and sites . Biorxiv.
Van Velzen, L.S., Dauvermann, M.R., Colic, L., Villa, L.M., Savage, H.S., Toenders, Y.J., Zhu, A.H., Bright, J.K., Campos, A.I., Salminen, L., et al.(2021). Structural brain alterations associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people: Results across 21 international studies from the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium . Medrxiv.
Dennis, E.L., Disner, S.G., Fani, N., Salminen, L.E., Logue, M., Clarke, E.K., Haswell, C.C., Averill, C.L., Baugh, L.A., Bomyea, J., et al.(2019). Altered White Matter Microstructural Organization in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder across 3,049 Adults: Results from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD Consortium . bioRxiv.
Salminen, L.E., Sämann, P.G., Zheng, Y., Dennis, E.L., Clarke-Rubright, E.K., Jahanshad, N., Iglesias, J.E., Whelan, C.D., Bruce, S.E., Hayes, J.P., et al.(2019). Hippocampal subfield volumes are uniquely affected in PTSD and depression: International analysis of 31 cohorts from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD Working Group . bioRxiv.
Salminen, L.E., Wilcox, R.R., Zhu, A.H., Riedel, B.C., Ching, C.R.K., Rashid, F., Thomopoulos, S.I., Saremi, A., Harrison, M.B., Ragothaman, A., et al.(2018). Altered cortical brain structure and increased risk for disease seen decades after perinatal exposure to maternal smoking: A study of 9,000 adults in the UK Biobank . bioRxiv.
Salminen, L.E., Morey, R.A., Riedel, B.C., Jahanshad, N., Dennis, E.L., Thompson, P.M.(2018). Adaptive Identification of Cortical and Subcortical Imaging Markers of Early Life Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder . bioRxiv.
Salminen, L.E., Morey, R.A., Riedel, B.C., Jahanshad, N., Dennis, E.L., Thompson, P.M.(2018). Adaptive Identification of Cortical and Subcortical Imaging Markers of Early Life Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder . bioRxiv.
Grasby, K.L., Jahanshad, N., Painter, J.N., Colodro-Conde, L., Bralten, J., Hibar, D.P., Lind, P.A., Pizzagalli, F., Ching, C.R.K., McMahon, M.A.B., et al.(2018). The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex . bioRxiv.
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Andrew J. Petkus, Lauren E. Salminen, Xinhui Wang, Ira Driscoll, Joshua Millstein, Daniel P. Beavers, Mark A. Espeland, Meredith N. Braskie, Paul M. Thompson, Ramon Casanova, et al. (2023). Alzheimer’s Related Neurodegeneration Mediates Air Pollution Effects on Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy .
Xinhui Wang, Lauren E. Salminen, Andrew J. Petkus, Ira Driscoll, Joshua Millstein, Daniel P. Beavers, Mark A. Espeland, Guray Erus, Meredith N. Braskie, Paul M. Thompson, et al. (2023). Association between late-life air pollution exposure and medial temporal lobe atrophy in older women .
Ashley A. Huggins, C. Lexi Baird, Melvin Briggs, Sarah Laskowitz, Samar Foudra, Courtney Haswell, Delin Sun, Lauren E. Salminen, Neda Jahanshad, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, et al. (2022). Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup .
(2019). Hippocampal subfield volumes are uniquely affected in PTSD and depression: International analysis of 31 cohorts from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD Working Group . [].
Lauren E. Salminen, Philipp G. Sämann, Yuanchao Zheng, Emily L. Dennis, Emily K. Clarke-Rubright, Neda Jahanshad, Juan E. Iglesias, Christopher D. Whelan, Steven E. Bruce, Jasmeet P. Hayes, et al. (2019). Hippocampal subfield volumes are uniquely affected in PTSD and depression: International analysis of 31 cohorts from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD Working Group .
(2019). ENIGMA and Global Neuroscience: A Decade of Large-Scale Studies of the Brain in Health and Disease across more than 40 Countries . [].
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Lauren E. Salminen, Rajendra A. Morey, Brandalyn C. Riedel, Neda Jahanshad, Emily L. Dennis, Paul M. Thompson (2018). Adaptive Identification of Cortical and Subcortical Imaging Markers of Early Life Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder .
Lauren E. Salminen, Rand R. Wilcox, Alyssa H. Zhu, Brandalyn C. Riedel, Christopher R. K. Ching, Faisal Rashid, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Arvin Saremi, Marc B. Harrison, Anjanibhargavi Ragothaman, et al. (2018). Altered cortical brain structure and increased risk for disease seen decades after perinatal exposure to maternal smoking: A study of 9,000 adults in the UK Biobank .
CONFERENCE PAPER
Zeng, L.-L., Ching, C.R.K., Abaryan, Z., Thomopoulos, S.I., Gao, K., Zhu, A.H., Ragothaman, A., Rashid, F., Harrison, M., Salminen, L.E., et al.(2020). A Deep Transfer Learning Framework for 3D Brain Imaging Based on Optimal Mass Transport . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics. 12449 LNCS. p. 169-176.
Zeng, L.-L., Ching, C.R.K., Abaryan, Z., Thomopoulos, S.I., Gao, K., Zhu, A.H., Ragothaman, A., Rashid, F., Harrison, M., Salminen, L.E., et al.(2020). Deep transfer learning of brain shape morphometry predicts body mass index (BMI) in the UK Biobank . Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 11583.
Obafemi-Ajayi, T., Al-Jabery, K., Salminen, L., Laidlaw, D., Cabeen, R., Wunsch, D., Paul, R.(2017). Neuroimaging biomarkers of cognitive decline in healthy older adults via unified learning . 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence Ssci 2017 Proceedings. 2018-January. p. 1-9.
BOOK CHAPTER
Thompson, P.M., Ching, C.R.K., Dennis, E.L., Salminen, L.E., Turner, J.A., van Erp, T.G.M., Jahanshad, N.(2020). Big data initiatives in psychiatry: Global neuroimaging studies . Neuroimaging in Schizophrenia. p. 411-426.
Salminen, L.E., Paul, R.H.(2020). Gene × Environment Interactions . Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology Biological Bases of Health Behavior Volume 1 the Social Bases of Health Behavior Volume 2 Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Volume 3 Special Issues in Health Psychology Volume 4. p. V1-339.