COGNITIVE AND
SENSORY IMAGING
(CASI) LABORATORY
Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, PhD
Director, CASI Laboratory, Boys Town National Research Hospital
Assistant Clinical Professor, Creighton UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow – University of Nebraska Medical Center (2017)
PhD – Neuroscience, University of Nebraska - Omaha (2015)
BS – Psychology, Creighton University (2010)
Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, PhD, is the Director of the Cognitive and Sensory Imaging (CASI) Laboratory at the Institute for Human Neuroscience, who has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications. Her work utilizes advanced neuroimaging methods such as magnetoencephalography (MEG) and structural MRI to identify the dynamics of brain function and dysfunction in children and adults. She has substantial experience in the identification and characterization of oscillatory cortical responses associated with attention, working memory, executive function, auditory processing, and motor control.
Dr. Heinrichs-Graham also has an extensive collaborative history and has provided MEG expertise to various teams examining cognitive processing in patients with various neurological and psychiatric disorders, in addition to a wealth of studies focusing on healthy brain development throughout the lifespan. Her current research focuses on the impact of mild-to-severe hearing loss and the amount and quality of hearing intervention on cognitive and neural development in children and adolescents.
Publications: 85+
Augusto Diedrich, BA
Graduate Student
CASI Lab BA – Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University
Augusto is a graduate research assistant in the CASI Lab, and his role in the lab includes participant recruitment, acquisition of neuropsychological, audiometric, and neuroimaging data, and data analysis. His current research interests involve identifying and characterizing the underlying neural dynamics of mental disorders and flexible behavior, including higher-order dynamic cognitive processes such as memory, attention, and learning. Outside of work, Augusto loves to play chess and violin, watch anime, and eat Nashville hot chicken!
Jack Carroll, MSc
Research Assistant
CASI LabMSc – Developmental Science, University of Edinburgh
BS – Psychology, Emmanuel College
As a Research Assistant in the CASI Lab, Jack is involved in participant recruitment, acquisition and scoring of neuropsychological and audiometric tests, and data analysis. He is interested in developmental cognitive psychology and developmental neuroscience, especially cognitive development in young children and the effects of psychological and environmental stressors. In his free time, Jack enjoys running, photography (particularly film photography), traveling, and visiting art museums.
Mike Shen, BS
Research Assistant
CASI LabBS – Neuroscience/Cognitive Science, University of Arizona
Zhiying (Mike) is a research assistant in the CASI Lab, where his role involves participant recruitment, data acquisition, and data analysis for children with normal hearing and bilateral hearing loss. Current research interests include how cognitive abilities (especially language) develop in conjunction with the brain, and what factors influence and mediate these developments. When not working, he does home gardening to supply his kitchen with fresh herbs and likes to wander into nature sporadically.