Jason Lerch
Professor of Neuroscience
I am the director of Preclinical Imaging at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) at the University of Oxford (and retain my affiliations in Canada as an adjunct scientist at the Mouse Imaging Centre (MICe) of the Hospital for Sick Children and an associate professor in medical biophysics at the University of Toronto).
My primary research interests are:
- parsing autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions
- understanding how sex and gender shape the brain and how that drives sex disparities in multiple mental health conditions
- figuring out the bases of MRI detectable brain plasticity
Underlying these research interests is a keen desire to improve our acquisition, processing, and analysis methods. This relates in particular to how we can combine mechanistic experiments in model species, in particular the mouse, with human patient and population studies.
DPHIL projects
I have regular DPhil opportunities for candidates with a background in neuroscience, engineering, computer science, or physics. Projects will usually be designed collaboratively with the candidate. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss possible projects, including an up-to-date CV.
Key publications
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Ellegood J. et al, (2015), Mol Psychiatry, 20, 118 - 125
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Beauchamp A. et al, (2022), eLife, 11
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Qiu LR. et al, (2018), Nat Commun, 9
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Kushki A. et al, (2019), Transl Psychiatry, 9
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Other
Lerch JP. et al, (2017), Nature Neuroscience, 20, 314 - 326
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Lerch JP. et al, (2011), Neuroimage, 54, 2086 - 2095
Recent publications
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Yeung J. et al, (2024), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121
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Vandewouw MM. et al, (2024), Hum Brain Mapp, 45
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Bedford SA. et al, (2024), Biol Psychiatry
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Rivera-Olvera A. et al, (2024), Mol Psychiatry
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Vandewouw MM. et al, (2024), Neuroimage
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