Mary
Middle Name
R.
Newsome, Ph.D.
Middle Name
R.
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Positions
- Associate Professor
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Physical Medicine and Rehab
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Research Health Scientist
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Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Addresses
- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (Office)
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Neurosensory Building
Houston, TX 77030
United States
(713) 791-1414
mnewsome@bcm.edu
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine
- 01/2003 - Houston, Texas United States
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Rice University
- 10/2001 - Houston, Texas United States
- Cognitive Neuropsycholgy
- PhD from Princeton University
- 10/1999 - Princeton, New Jersey United States
- Cognitive Psychology
- AB from Kent State University
- 08/1991 - Kent, Ohio United States
- Psychology, English
Professional Statement
I research effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on brain activation during cognitive tasks and on functional connectivity to understand the nature of neuroplasticity. My research interests include resilience of brain structures and function. My grants investigate the neural mechanisms involved in TBI and PTSD before and after novel treatments in veterans exposed to blast.Websites
The Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research Center is a resource to help students and faculty address the broad range of analytical problems posed by the complexity of high throughput biological datasets. The goal of the center is to help bridge the translational gap from data to models, and from models to drug discovery and personalized therapy by fostering collaborations and developing original quantitative approaches to biological and clinical problems.
Selected Publications
- Wilde EA, Bouix S, Tate DF, Lin AP, Newsome MR, Taylor BA, Stone JR, Montier J, Gandy SE, Biekman B, Shenton ME, York G. "Advanced neuroimaging applied to veterans and service personnel with traumatic brain injury: state of the art and potential benefits.." 2015 September ; 9 (3): 367-402. Pubmed PMID: 26350144
- Newsome MR, Durgerian S, Mourany L, Scheibel RS, Lowe MJ, Beall EB, Koenig KA, Parsons M, Troyanskaya M, Reece C, Wilde EA, Fischer BL, Jones SE, Agarwal R, Levin HS, and Rao SM "Disruption of caudate working memory activation in chronic blast-related traumatic brain injury." NeuroImage: Clinical. 2015 8 : 543-53. Pubmed PMID: 26110112
- Avci, G., Hanten, G., Schmidt, A. T., Li, X., Orsten, K., Post, M., Faber, J. F., and Newsome, M. R "Cognitive contributors to resilience in youth from underserved populations: a brief report." Journal of Public Mental Health. 2013 12 (3): 165 - 170.
- Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Mayer AR, Chu ZD, Wilde EA, Hanten G, Steinberg JL, Lin X, Li X, Merkley TL, Hunter JV, Vasquez AC, Cook L, Lu H, Vinton K, Levin HS. "How functional connectivity between emotion regulation structures can be disrupted: preliminary evidence from adolescents with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.." J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2013 19 (8): 911-24. Pubmed PMID: 23981357
- Schmidt, A. T., Avci, G., Hanten, G. R., Li, X., Orsten, K. D., and Newsome, M. R "Relating resilience factors and decision-making skills in two groups of underserved adolescents: implications for intervention." Journal of Juvenile Justice. 2013 2 (2): 63-72.
- Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Chu Z, Hunter JV, Li X, Wilde EA, Lu H, Wang ZJ, Lin X, Steinberg JL, Vasquez AC, Cook L, Levin HS "The relationship of resting cerebral blood flow and brain activation during a social cognition task in adolescents with chronic moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a preliminary investigation.." Int. J. Dev. Neurosci.. 2012 May ; 30 (3): 255-66. Pubmed PMID: 22120754
- Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Hanten G, Chu Z, Steinberg JL, Hunter JV, Lu H, Vasquez AC, Li X, Lin X, Cook L, Levin HS "Brain activation while thinking about the self from another person's perspective after traumatic brain injury in adolescents.." Neuropsychology. 2010 March ; 24 (2): 139-47. Pubmed PMID: 20230107
- Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Seignourel PJ, Steinberg JL, Troyanskaya M, Li X, Levin HS "Effects of methylphenidate on working memory in traumatic brain injury: a preliminary FMRI investigation.." Brain Imaging Behav. 2009 September ; 3 (3): 298-305. Pubmed PMID: 22005992
- Newsome MR, Steinberg JL, Scheibel RS, Troyanskaya M, Chu Z, Hanten G, Lu H, Lane S, Lin X, Hunter JV, Vasquez C, Zientz J, Li X, Wilde EA, Levin HS "Effects of traumatic brain injury on working memory-related brain activation in adolescents.." Neuropsychology. 2008 July ; 22 (4): 419-25. Pubmed PMID: 18590353
- Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Hunter JV, Wang ZJ, Chu Z, Li X, Levin HS "Brain activation during working memory after traumatic brain injury in children.." Neurocase. 2007 February ; 13 (1): 16-24. Pubmed PMID: 17454685
- Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Steinberg JL, Troyanskaya M, Sharma RG, Rauch RA, Li X, Levin HS "Working memory brain activation following severe traumatic brain injury.." Cortex. 2007 January ; 43 (1): 95-111. Pubmed PMID: 17334210
- Scheibel RS, Newsome MR, Steinberg JL, Pearson DA, Rauch RA, Mao H, Troyanskaya M, Sharma RG, Levin HS "Altered brain activation during cognitive control in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.." Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 21 (1): 36-45. Pubmed PMID: 17172552
- Scheibel RS, Newsome MR, Troyanskaya M, Lin X, Steinberg JL, Radaideh M, Levin HS "Altered brain activation in military personnel with one or more traumatic brain injuries following blast.." J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2012 January ; 18 (1): 89-100. Pubmed PMID: 22132942
- Scheibel RS, Newsome MR, Wilde EA, McClelland MM, Hanten G, Krawczyk DC, Cook LG, Chu ZD, Vásquez AC, Yallampalli R, Lin X, Hunter JV, Levin HS "Brain activation during a social attribution task in adolescents with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.." Soc Neurosci. 2011 October ; 6 (41400): 582-98. Pubmed PMID: 21777109
- Wilde EA, Newsome MR, Bigler ED, Pertab J, Merkley TL, Hanten G, Scheibel RS, Li X, Chu Z, Yallampalli R, Hunter JV, Levin HS "Brain imaging correlates of verbal working memory in children following traumatic brain injury.." Int J Psychophysiol. 2011 October ; 82 (1): 86-96. Pubmed PMID: 21565227
- Bigler ED, Abildskov TJ, Wilde EA, McCauley SR, Li X, Merkley TL, Fearing MA, Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Hunter JV, Chu Z, Levin HS "Diffuse damage in pediatric traumatic brain injury: a comparison of automated versus operator-controlled quantification methods.." Neuroimage. 2010 April 15; 50 (3): 1017-26. Pubmed PMID: 20060915
- Wilde EA, Chu Z, Bigler ED, Hunter JV, Fearing MA, Hanten G, Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Li X, Levin HS "Diffusion tensor imaging in the corpus callosum in children after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.." J. Neurotrauma. 2006 October ; 23 (10): 1412-26. Pubmed PMID: 17020479
- Levin HS, Wilde E, Troyanskaya M, Petersen NJ, Scheibel R, Newsome M, Radaideh M, Wu T, Yallampalli R, Chu Z, Li X "Diffusion tensor imaging of mild to moderate blast-related traumatic brain injury and its sequelae.." J. Neurotrauma. 2010 April ; 27 (4): 683-94. Pubmed PMID: 20088647
- Scheibel RS, Newsome MR, Troyanskaya M, Steinberg JL, Goldstein FC, Mao H, Levin HS "Effects of severity of traumatic brain injury and brain reserve on cognitive-control related brain activation.." J. Neurotrauma. 2009 September ; 26 (9): 1447-61. Pubmed PMID: 19645622
- Wilde EA, Hunter JV, Newsome MR, Scheibel RS, Bigler ED, Johnson JL, Fearing MA, Cleavinger HB, Li X, Swank PR, Pedroza C, Roberson GS, Bachevalier J, Levin HS "Frontal and temporal morphometric findings on MRI in children after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.." J. Neurotrauma. 2005 March ; 22 (3): 333-44. Pubmed PMID: 15785229
- Newsome, M. R. and Johnson-Laird, P. N "How falsity dispels fallacies." Thinking and Reasoning. 2006 12 : 214-234.
- Wilde EA, Bigler ED, Hunter JV, Fearing MA, Scheibel RS, Newsome MR, Johnson JL, Bachevalier J, Li X, Levin HS "Hippocampus, amygdala, and basal ganglia morphometrics in children after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury.." Dev Med Child Neurol. 2007 April ; 49 (4): 294-9. Pubmed PMID: 17376141
- Newsome MR, Glucksberg S "Older adults filter irrelevant information during metaphor comprehension.." Exp Aging Res. 28 (3): 253-67. Pubmed PMID: 12079577
- Jusczyk PW, Houston DM, Newsome M "The beginnings of word segmentation in english-learning infants.." Cogn Psychol. 39 (41337): 159-207. Pubmed PMID: 10631011
Funding
- Neuroimaging Meditation Therapy in Veterans with Co-morbid Mild TBI and PTSD Department of Veterans Affairs
- Neuroimaging Group Based Exposure Therapy’s Impact on Veterans with mTBI and PTSD South Central VA Healthcare Network Veterans Health Administration
- Predicting Resilience in At-Risk Youth: Assessing Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Neuroimaging Contributors Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
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