Karianne Sretavan Wong

Entering Class - 2021

E-MAIL:  [email protected]

Undergraduate Institution and Major:

University of Rochester, B.S. in Neuroscience, 2018

Graduate Research:

My thesis focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the ventral anterior limb of the internal capsule (vALIC) region for individuals with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Specifically, my work involves the integration of ultra-high field diffusion tractography from humans and non-human primate models with patient-specific computational modeling techniques to elucidate vALIC white matter organization and quantify the neural and behavioral responses induced by pathway-specific electrical stimulation.

Graduate Advisor

Matthew Johnson, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering
Noam Harel, Ph.D., Department of Radiology

Thesis Committee Members

Alik S. Widge, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (Chair) 
Matt D. Johnson, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering (Advisor) 
Noam Harel, Ph.D., Department of Radiology (Advisor) 
Christine Conelea, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 
Christophe Lenglet PhD., Department of Radiology

Graduate Publications

  • Sretavan K, Braun H, Liu Z, Bullock D, Palnitkar T, Patriat R, Chandrasekaran J, Brenny S, Johnson MD, Widge AS., Harel N, Heilbronner S. A reproducible pipeline for parcellation of the anterior limb of the internal capsule. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2024 July 22; 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.07.008.
  • Patriat R, Palnitkar T, Chandrasekaran J, Sretavan K, Braun H, Yacoub E, McGovern RA 3rd, Aman J, Cooper SE, Vitek JL, Harel N. DiMANI: diffusion MRI for anatomical nuclei imaging-Application for the direct visualization of thalamic subnuclei. Front Hum Neurosci. 2024 Feb 19;18:1324710.

Graduate Awards:

University of Minnesota Informatics Institute-MnDrive PhD Assistantship 2023-2024 
MnDRIVE Neuromodulation Graduate Research Fellowship 2024-2025
Sping and Ying Ngoh Lin Award 2024 The Stark Award for Advance Scholarship 2024

Undergraduate Publications

  • Chou T, Deckersbach T, Guerin B, Sretavan Wong K, Borron BM, Kanabar A, Hayden A, Long M, Daneshzand M, Pace-Scott EF, Dougherty DD. Transcranial focused ultrasound of the amygdala modulates fear network activation and resting-state functional connectivity. Brain Stimulation. 2024 Mar 4;17(2):312-320.
  • Wong KS, Chou T, Peters AT, Ellard KK, Nierenberg AA, Dougherty DD, Deckersbach T. Convergence between behavioral, neural, and self-report measures of cognitive control: The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale in bipolar disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Jun;150:317-323. 
  • Sretavan Wong K, Migó M, Dougherty DD, Ghaemi SN. Neural correlates of citalopram and placebo response in acute bipolar depression: A randomized trial. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Jun;138:463-466.

 

Undergraduate Awards:

Neuroscience Departmental Honors 2018 
National Conference of Undergraduate Research Travel Award 2018 
West Virginia University Blanchette Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute SURI Award 2017 
Dean’s List 2015-2018

Sretavan Wong