CV

Table of Contents

• Education
• Work experience
• Skills
• Publications
• Talks

Education

Work experience

• September 2016 – present
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Children’s Learning Institute; Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Supervisor: Linda Ewing-Cobbs, Ph.D
• October 2007 – August 2016
  • Research Assistant
  • Dept. of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Supervisor: Michael Rivkin, M.D.

Skills

Publications

Adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries repaired in early infancy demonstrate reduced white matter microstructure associated with clinical risk factors

Rivkin, Michael J and Watson, Christopher G and Scoppettuolo, Lisa A and Wypij, David and Vajapeyam, Sridhar and Bellinger, David C and DeMaso, David R and Robertson Jr, Richard L and Newburger, Jane W (2013). Adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries repaired in early infancy demonstrate reduced white matter microstructure associated with clinical risk factors. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 146(3):543-549.

White matter microstructure and cognition in adolescents with congenital heart disease

Rollins, Caitlin K and Watson, Christopher G and Asaro, Lisa A and Wypij, David and Vajapeyam, Sridhar and Bellinger, David C and DeMaso, David R and Robertson, Richard L and Newburger, Jane W and Rivkin, Michael J (2014). White matter microstructure and cognition in adolescents with congenital heart disease. The Journal of Pediatrics. 165(5):936-944.

Relationship of white matter network topology and cognitive outcome in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries

Panigrahy, Ashok and Schmithorst, Vincent J and Wisnowski, Jessica L and Watson, Christopher G and Bellinger, David C and Newburger, Jane W and Rivkin, Michael J (2015). Relationship of white matter network topology and cognitive outcome in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries. NeuroImage. Clinical. 7:438-448.

Altered gray matter in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries

Watson, Christopher G and Asaro, Lisa A and Wypij, David and Robertson, Richard L and Newburger, Jane W and Rivkin, Michael J (2016). Altered gray matter in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries. The Journal of Pediatrics. 169:36-43.

Predictors of stroke after transient ischemic attack in children

Lehman, Laura L. and Watson, Christopher G. and Kapur, Kush and Danehy, Amy R. and Rivkin, Michael J. (2016). Predictors of stroke after transient ischemic attack in children. Stroke. 47(1):88-93.

Neuropsychological status and structural brain imaging in adolescents with single ventricle who underwent the Fontan procedure

Bellinger, David C and Watson, Christopher G and Rivkin, Michael J and Robertson, Richard L and Roberts, Amy E and Stopp, Christian and Dunbar-Masterson, Carolyn and Bernson, Dana and DeMaso, David R and Wypij, David and others (2015). Neuropsychological status and structural brain imaging in adolescents with single ventricle who underwent the Fontan procedure. Journal of the American Heart Association. 4(12):e002302.

Arterial spin labeling perfusion magnetic resonance imaging performed in acute perinatal stroke reveals hyperperfusion associated with ischemic injury

Watson, Christopher G. and Dehaes, Mathieu and Gagoski, Borjan A. and Grant, P. Ellen and Rivkin, Michael J. (2016). Arterial spin labeling perfusion magnetic resonance imaging performed in acute perinatal stroke reveals hyperperfusion associated with ischemic injury. Stroke. 47(6):1514-1519.

Organizational topology of brain and its relationship to ADHD in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries

Schmithorst, Vincent J and Panigrahy, Ashok and Gaynor, J William and Watson, Christopher G and Lee, Vince and Bellinger, David C and Rivkin, Michael J and Newburger, Jane W (2016). Organizational topology of brain and its relationship to ADHD in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries. Brain and Behavior. 6(8):e00504.

The potential for advanced magnetic resonance neuroimaging techniques in pediatric stroke research

Domi, Trish and Vossough, Arastoo and Stence, Nicholas V. and Felling, Ryan J. and Leung, Jackie and Krishnan, Pradeep and Watson, Christopher G. and Grant, P. Ellen and Kassner, Andrea (2017). The potential for advanced magnetic resonance neuroimaging techniques in pediatric stroke research. Pediatric Neurology. 69:24-36.

Reduced cortical volume and thickness and their relationship to medical and operative features in post-Fontan children and adolescents

Watson, Christopher G and Stopp, Christian and Wypij, David and Newburger, Jane W and Rivkin, Michael J (2017). Reduced cortical volume and thickness and their relationship to medical and operative features in post-Fontan children and adolescents. Pediatric Research. 81(6):881-890.

Graph theory analysis of cortical thickness networks in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries

Watson, Christopher G. and Stopp, Christian and Newburger, Jane W. and Rivkin, Michael J. (2018). Graph theory analysis of cortical thickness networks in adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries. Brain and Behavior. 8(2):e00834.

Altered white matter microstructure correlates with IQ and processing speed in children and adolescents post-Fontan

Watson, Christopher G. and Stopp, Christian and Wypij, David and Bellinger, David C. and Newburger, Jane W. and Rivkin, Michael J. (2018). Altered white matter microstructure correlates with IQ and processing speed in children and adolescents post-Fontan. The Journal of Pediatrics. 200:140-149.e4.

Ascending aorta size at birth predicts white matter microstructure in adolescents who underwent Fontan palliation

Zaidi, Abbas H. and Newburger, Jane W. and Wypij, David and Stopp, Christian and Watson, Christopher G. and Friedman, Kevin G. and Rivkin, Michael J. and Rollins, Caitlin K. (2018). Ascending aorta size at birth predicts white matter microstructure in adolescents who underwent Fontan palliation. Journal of the American Heart Association. 7(24):e010395.

Graph theory analysis of DTI tractography in children with traumatic injury

Watson, Christopher G. and DeMaster, Dana and Ewing-Cobbs, Linda (2019). Graph theory analysis of DTI tractography in children with traumatic injury. NeuroImage. Clinical. 21:101673.

Post-traumatic stress symptoms after pediatric injury: relation to prefrontal-limbic circuitry

Ewing-Cobbs, Linda and DeMaster, Dana and Watson, Christopher G. and Prasad, Mary R. and Cox, Charles S. and Fischer, Jesse T. and Duque, Gerardo and Swank, Paul R. (2019). Post-traumatic stress symptoms after pediatric injury: relation to prefrontal-limbic circuitry. Journal of Neurotrauma. 36(11):1738-1751.

Challenges and opportunities for neuroimaging in young patients with traumatic brain injury: a coordinated effort towards advancing discovery from the ENIGMA pediatric moderate/severe TBI group

Dennis, Emily L. and Caeyenberghs, Karen and Asarnow, Robert F. and Babikian, Talin and Bartnik-Olson, Brenda and Bigler, Erin D. and Figaji, Anthony and Giza, Christopher C. and Goodrich-Hunsaker, Naomi J. and Hodges, Cooper B. and Hoskinson, Kristen R. and Königs, Marsh and Levin, Harvey S. and Lindsey, Hannah M. and Livny, Abigail and Max, Jeffrey E. and Merkley, Tricia L. and Newsome, Mary R. and Olsen, Alexander and Ryan, Nicholas P. and Spruiell, Matthew S. and Suskauer, Stacy J. and Thomopoulos, Sophia I. and Ware, Ashley L. and Watson, Christopher G. and Wheeler, Anne L. and Yeates, Keith Owen and Zielinski, Brandon A. and Thompson, Paul M. and Tate, David F. and Wilde, Elisabeth A. (2021). Challenges and opportunities for neuroimaging in young patients with traumatic brain injury: a coordinated effort towards advancing discovery from the ENIGMA pediatric moderate/severe TBI group. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 15:555-575.

White Matter Disruption in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Dennis, Emily L. and Caeyenberghs, Karen and Hoskinson, Kristen R. and Merkley, Tricia L. and Suskauer, Stacy J. and Asarnow, Robert F. and Babikian, Talin and Bartnik-Olson, Brenda and Bickart, Kevin and Bigler, Erin D. and Ewing-Cobbs, Linda and Figaji, Anthony and Giza, Christopher C. and Goodrich-Hunsaker, Naomi J. and Hodges, Cooper B. and Hovenden, Elizabeth S. and Irimia, Andrei and K{\"o}nigs, Marsh and Levin, Harvey S. and Lindsey, Hannah M. and Max, Jeffrey E. and Newsome, Mary R. and Olsen, Alexander and Ryan, Nicholas P. and Schmidt, Adam T. and Spruiell, Matthew S. and Wade, Benjamin S.C. and Ware, Ashley L. and Watson, Christopher G. and Wheeler, Anne L. and Yeates, Keith Owen and Zielinski, Brandon A. and Kochunov, Peter and Jahanshad, Neda and Thompson, Paul M. and Tate, David F. and Wilde, Elisabeth A. (2021). White Matter Disruption in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurology. 97(3):e298-e309.

Abnormal Right-Hemispheric Sulcal Patterns Correlate with Executive Function in Adolescents with Tetralogy of Fallot

Morton, Sarah U and Maleyeff, Lara and Wypij, David and Yun, Hyuk Jin and Rollins, Caitlin K and Watson, Christopher G. and Newburger, Jane W and Bellinger, David C and Roberts, Amy E and Rivkin, Michael J and Grant, P Ellen and Im, Kiho (2021). Abnormal Right-Hemispheric Sulcal Patterns Correlate with Executive Function in Adolescents with Tetralogy of Fallot. Cerebral Cortex. 31(10):4670-4680.

Reorganization of the functional connectome from rest to a visual perception task in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Philipp Riedel and Junghee Lee and Christopher G. Watson and Amy M. Jimenez and Eric A. Reavis and Michael F. Green (2022). Reorganization of the functional connectome from rest to a visual perception task in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 327:111556.

Talks

Graph theory analysis of brain networks in pediatric TBI: Changes in connectivity strength, modularity, and efficiency

August 13, 2018

Conference poster at 3rd Joint Symposium of the International and National Neurotrauma Societies, Toronto, ON, CA