About

Dr. Gilmore’s research focuses on early childhood brain development and how it contributes to risk for schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.  Dr. Gilmore leads the ºÚÁÏÍø Early Brain Development Study, a longitudinal study of brain development and its relationship to cognitive and behavioral development in normal and high risk children, as well as in twins.  Over 1000 newborns have had brain imaging and are being followed longitudinally with brain imaging and cognitive and behavioral assessments every two years. Children in the ºÚÁÏÍø EBDS cohort are currently between the ages of 10 and 18 years.  The current focus of the research is 1) the use of artificial intelligence to study the relationship between white matter and functional resting state networks and attention, anxiety and executive function, 2) understanding when in childhood do individual differences in adolescent brain structure and function arise, and 3) the identification of early imaging biomarkers of risk for adolescent psychiatric illness.