Katherine E Lawrence

Title(s)Assistant Professor Of Research Neurology
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
Address2025 Zonal Ave.
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90033
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-0156-353X Additional info
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    University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)PhD2019Neuroscience

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    The overarching aim of my research is to improve our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental conditions, with the long-term goal of contributing to personalized medicine approaches for interested individuals. My work leverages large-scale multimodal neuroimaging data -- including diffusion-weighted MRI and resting-state functional MRI -- together with advanced imaging and statistical methods. My primary line of research characterizes the neurobiological underpinnings of brain-based conditions such as autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In my other main branch of research, I investigate typical brain development and moderating factors in large-scale population-based samples.
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    Neural Mechanisms and Developmental Trajectories of ASD and ADHD
    NIH F32MH122057Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Impact of Cumulative Genetic Risk on Brain Connectivity in ASD
    NIH F31MH110140Mar 1, 2017 - Feb 29, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Predicting ADHD and Depressive Symptom Severity in Youth with ADHD using Reward Brain Activity
    Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Momental Foundation Mistletoe Research Fellowship
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Infant Subcortical Brain Volumes Associated with Maternal Obesity and Diabetes: A Large Multicohort Study. medRxiv. 2025 Mar 27. Alex AM, Rasmussen JM, Tuulari JJ, Sigurðardottir JN, Buss C, Donald KA, Edwards AD, Entringer S, Gilmore JH, Groenewold NA, Karlsson H, Karlsson L, Lawrence KE, Mattilla I, Stein DJ, Styner M, Thompson PM, Wadhwa PD, Zar HJ, Zhu X, de Los Campos G, Knickmeyer RC, Luo S. PMID: 40196260; PMCID: PMC11974981.
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    2. Mapping Along-Tract White Matter Microstructural Differences in Autism. bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 24. Kim GS, Chandio BQ, Benavidez SM, Feng Y, Thompson PM, Lawrence KE. PMID: 40196471; PMCID: PMC11974747.
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    3. A worldwide study of white matter microstructural alterations in people living with Parkinson's disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2024 Aug 11; 10(1):151. Owens-Walton C, Nir TM, Al-Bachari S, Ambrogi S, Anderson TJ, Aventurato ÍK, Cendes F, Chen YL, Ciullo V, Cook P, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Dirkx MF, Druzgal J, Emsley HCA, Guimarães R, Haroon HA, Helmich RC, Hu MT, Johansson ME, Kim HB, Klein JC, Laansma M, Lawrence KE, Lochner C, Mackay C, McMillan CT, Melzer TR, Nabulsi L, Newman B, Opriessnig P, Parkes LM, Pellicano C, Piras F, Piras F, Pirpamer L, Pitcher TL, Poston KL, Roos A, Silva LS, Schmidt R, Schwingenschuh P, Shahid-Besanti M, Spalletta G, Stein DJ, Thomopoulos SI, Tosun D, Tsai CC, van den Heuvel OA, van Heese E, Vecchio D, Villalón-Reina JE, Vriend C, Wang JJ, Wu YR, Yasuda CL, Thompson PM, Jahanshad N, van der Werf Y. PMID: 39128907; PMCID: PMC11317500.
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    4. Sex Differences in the Brain's White Matter Microstructure during Development assessed using Advanced Diffusion MRI Models. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2024 Jul; 2024:1-7. Benavidez SM, Abaryan Z, Kim GS, Laltoo E, McCracken JT, Thompson PM, Lawrence KE. PMID: 40039411.
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    5. Sex Differences in the Brain's White Matter Microstructure during Development assessed using Advanced Diffusion MRI Models. bioRxiv. 2024 Apr 30. Benavidez SM, Abaryan Z, Kim GS, Laltoo E, McCracken JT, Thompson PM, Lawrence KE. PMID: 38352346; PMCID: PMC10862784.
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    6. Salience network connectivity is altered in 6-week-old infants at heightened likelihood for developing autism. Commun Biol. 2024 04 22; 7(1):485. Tsang T, Green SA, Liu J, Lawrence K, Jeste S, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M. PMID: 38649483; PMCID: PMC11035613.
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    7. Associations among prenatal exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus, brain structure, and child adiposity markers. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 11; 31(11):2699-2708. Luo S, Hsu E, Lawrence KE, Adise S, Pickering TA, Herting MM, Buchanan T, Page KA, Thompson PM. PMID: 37840377; PMCID: PMC11025497.
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    8. Releasing and tracking the distribution of adventive Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in Virginia. Environ Entomol. 2023 08 18; 52(4):583-592. Bergh JC, Talamas EJ, Brandt SN, Edwards A, MacRae L, Monger G, Bowen J, Lawrence K, Reed K, Pottorff S. PMID: 37300305.
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    9. Few-Shot Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder using Site-Agnostic Meta-Learning and Brain MRI. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2023 07; 2023:1-6. Dhinagar NJ, Santhalingam V, Lawrence KE, Laltoo E, Thompson PM. PMID: 38082874.
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    10. Few-Shot Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder using Site-Agnostic Meta-Learning and Brain MRI. ArXiv. 2023 Mar 14. Dhinagar NJ, Santhalingam V, Lawrence KE, Laltoo E, Thompson PM. PMID: 36994159; PMCID: PMC10055488.
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    11. White matter microstructure shows sex differences in late childhood: Evidence from 6797 children. Hum Brain Mapp. 2023 02 01; 44(2):535-548. Lawrence KE, Abaryan Z, Laltoo E, Hernandez LM, Gandal MJ, McCracken JT, Thompson PM. PMID: 36177528; PMCID: PMC9842921.
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    12. Impact of autism genetic risk on brain connectivity: a mechanism for the female protective effect. Brain. 2022 03 29; 145(1):378-387. Lawrence KE, Hernandez LM, Fuster E, Padgaonkar NT, Patterson G, Jung J, Okada NJ, Lowe JK, Hoekstra JN, Jack A, Aylward E, Gaab N, Van Horn JD, Bernier RA, McPartland JC, Webb SJ, Pelphrey KA, Green SA, Bookheimer SY, Geschwind DH, Dapretto M, GENDAAR Consortium. PMID: 34050743; PMCID: PMC8967090.
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    13. Age and sex effects on advanced white matter microstructure measures in 15,628 older adults: A UK biobank study. Brain Imaging Behav. 2021 Dec; 15(6):2813-2823. Lawrence KE, Nabulsi L, Santhalingam V, Abaryan Z, Villalon-Reina JE, Nir TM, Ba Gari I, Zhu AH, Haddad E, Muir AM, Laltoo E, Jahanshad N, Thompson PM. PMID: 34537917; PMCID: PMC8761720.
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    14. Sex Differences in Salience Network Connectivity and its Relationship to Sensory Over-Responsivity in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Res. 2020 09; 13(9):1489-1500. Cummings KK, Lawrence KE, Hernandez LM, Wood ET, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, Green SA. PMID: 32860348; PMCID: PMC8351910.
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    15. Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity of the Salience, Default Mode, and Central Executive Networks in Youth with ASD. Cereb Cortex. 2020 07 30; 30(9):5107-5120. Lawrence KE, Hernandez LM, Bowman HC, Padgaonkar NT, Fuster E, Jack A, Aylward E, Gaab N, Van Horn JD, Bernier RA, Geschwind DH, McPartland JC, Nelson CA, Webb SJ, Pelphrey KA, Green SA, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, GENDAAR Consortium. PMID: 32350530; PMCID: PMC7391269.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 40     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Neural responsivity to social rewards in autistic female youth. Transl Psychiatry. 2020 06 02; 10(1):178. Lawrence KE, Hernandez LM, Eilbott J, Jack A, Aylward E, Gaab N, Van Horn JD, Bernier RA, Geschwind DH, McPartland JC, Nelson CA, Webb SJ, Pelphrey KA, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, GENDAAR Consortium. PMID: 32488083; PMCID: PMC7266816.
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    17. Social Attention in Autism: Neural Sensitivity to Speech Over Background Noise Predicts Encoding of Social Information. Front Psychiatry. 2020; 11:343. Hernandez LM, Green SA, Lawrence KE, Inada M, Liu J, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M. PMID: 32390890; PMCID: PMC7194032.
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    18. Imaging-genetics of sex differences in ASD: distinct effects of OXTR variants on brain connectivity. Transl Psychiatry. 2020 03 03; 10(1):82. Hernandez LM, Lawrence KE, Padgaonkar NT, Inada M, Hoekstra JN, Lowe JK, Eilbott J, Jack A, Aylward E, Gaab N, Van Horn JD, Bernier RA, McPartland JC, Webb SJ, Pelphrey KA, Green SA, Geschwind DH, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, GENDAAR Consortium. PMID: 32127526; PMCID: PMC7054353.
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    19. Distinct Patterns of Neural Habituation and Generalization in Children and Adolescents With Autism With Low and High Sensory Overresponsivity. Am J Psychiatry. 2019 12 01; 176(12):1010-1020. Green SA, Hernandez L, Lawrence KE, Liu J, Tsang T, Yeargin J, Cummings K, Laugeson E, Dapretto M, Bookheimer SY. PMID: 31230465; PMCID: PMC6889004.
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    20. Atypical longitudinal development of functional connectivity in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Res. 2019 01; 12(1):53-65. Lawrence KE, Hernandez LM, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M. PMID: 30375176; PMCID: PMC6325013.
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    21. Aberrant Dynamic Connectivity for Fear Processing in Anorexia Nervosa and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9:273. Rangaprakash D, Bohon C, Lawrence KE, Moody T, Morfini F, Khalsa SS, Strober M, Feusner JD. PMID: 29997532; PMCID: PMC6028703.
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    22. Hemispheric brain asymmetry differences in youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Neuroimage Clin. 2018; 18:744-752. Douglas PK, Gutman B, Anderson A, Larios C, Lawrence KE, Narr K, Sengupta B, Cooray G, Douglas DB, Thompson PM, McGough JJ, Bookheimer SY. PMID: 29876263; PMCID: PMC5988460.
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    23. White matter microstructure in subjects with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their siblings. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 Apr; 52(4):431-440.e4. Lawrence KE, Levitt JG, Loo SK, Ly R, Yee V, O'Neill J, Alger J, Narr KL. PMID: 23582873; PMCID: PMC3633105.
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