Research & publications

Ramjan, S., Blair Thies, M., Li, Y., Thrope, A., Silverman, L., Welch, J., Kahn, J., Kelly, K.M., Tran, T., Michon, B., Gennarini, L., Bona, K., Park, Y., Cole, P.D., Sands, S. (2025; accepted for publication). Baseline neurocognitive functioning among children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) ALL 16-001 Consortium Study. Pediatric Blood and Cancer (in press).

Ramjan, S., Gohel, S., Blair Thies, M., Wang, J., Holland, A.A., Bledsoe, J., Shaw, D., Vachha, B., Sands, S. (2025, accepted for publication). Functional connectivity differences in posterior fossa tumor survivors and healthy controls. Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology (in press).

Patel, P.K., Blair Thies, M., Moyett, A., Arkin, S., Currin, D., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2025). Avolition predicts variability in optimal risk-taking in early psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 280:15–21. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2025.04.001.

Wang, H.R., Liu, Z., Nakua, H., Hegarty, C., Blair Thies, M., Patel, P.K., Schleifer, C.H., Boeck, T.P., McKinney, R.A., Currin, D., Leathem, L., DeRosse, P., Bearden, C.E., Misic, Bratislav, M., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2025). Decoding Early Psychoses: Unraveling Stable Microstructural Features Associated with Psychopathology Across Independent Cohorts. Biological Psychiatry, 97(2): 167–177.

Ramjan, S., Cole, P., Blair Thies, M., Silverman, L., Frederickson, A., Schembri, A., Welch, J., Kahn, J., Kelly, K., Tran, T., Michon, B., Gennarini, L., Sands, S. (2024). Feasibility of utilizing a brief cognitive battery in three-year-old-patients during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 72(3), doi: 10.1002/pbc.31469.

Blair Thies, M., DeRosse, P., Sarpal, D.K., Argyelan, M., Fales, C.L., Gallego, J.A., Robinson, D.G., Lencz, T., Homan, P., Malhotra, A.K. (2020). Interaction of cannabis use disorder and striatal connectivity in antipsychotic treatment response. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 1(1), 1–8.

Blair, M.A., Stewart, J.L., May, A.C., Reske, M., Tapert, S.F., Paulus, M.P. (2018). Blunted frontostriatal BOLD signals predict stimulant and marijuana use. Biological Psychiatry: CNNI, 3(11), 947–958.

Blair, M.A., Moyett, A., Bato, A., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2018). The role of executive function in adaptive risk-taking on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. Developmental Neuropsychology, 43(7), 566–580.

Blair, M.A., Nitzburg, G.N., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K. (2018). Relationship between executive function, attachment style, and psychotic like experiences in typically developing youth. Schizophrenia Research, 197, 428–433.

DeRosse, P., Nitzburg, G.C., Blair, M.A., Malhotra, A.K. (2017). Dimensional symptom severity and global cognitive function predict subjective quality of life in patients with schizophrenia and healthy adults. Schizophrenia Research, 195, 385–390.

Karlsgodt, K.H., Bato, A.A., Blair, M.A., DeRosse, P., Szeszko, P.R., & Malhotra, A.K. (2015). White matter microstructure in the executive network associated with aggression in healthy adolescents and young adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(9), 1251–1256.

Blair Thies, M. (2024, June). The importance of evaluating social determinants of health in pediatric oncology research. Presentation presented at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Annual Fellowship Symposium. New York, NY.

Blair Thies (2023, December). Relationship between neural connectivity and cognition in pediatric posterior fossa tumor survivors. Presentation presented at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Mid-Year Fellowship Symposium. New York, NY.

Blair Thies, M. (2023, June). Does household material hardship impact neurocognitive functioning in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia? Presentation presented at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Annual Fellowship Symposium. New York, NY.

Blair Thies, M. (2023, January). Differences in neural connectivity in pediatric posterior fossa tumor survivors. Presentation presented at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Mid-Year Fellowship Symposium. New York, NY.

Blair, M.A. (2019, January). Impact of cannabis on neural biomarkers of treatment response in patients with first-episode psychosis. In A. Malhotra (Chair), Neuroimaging of Biomarkers of Treatment Response. Symposium presented at the Winter Conference on Brain Research, Snowmass, Colorado.

Blair, M.A., Stewart, J.L., May, A.C., Reske, M., Tapert, S.F., Paulus, M.P. (2018, February). Neural biomarkers to predict problem stimulant use. Presentation presented at Queens College Annual Neuropsychology Research Day, Flushing, NY.

Blair, M.A. (2018, January). Biomarkers of the transition to problem stimulant use. In A. Malhotra (Chair), Dissecting the Heterogeneity of Clinical Outcomes Associated with Mood-Altering Treatments: From Drugs to Neurostimulation. Symposium presented at the Winter Conference on Brain Research, Whistler, British Columbia.

Blair, M.A. (2017, September). Impact of cannabis on striatal connectivity during antipsychotic treatment. Presentation for Queens College Clinical Psychology Colloquium Series, Flushing, NY.

Ramjan, S., Cole, P.D., Li, Y., Silverman, L., Welch, J., Kahn, J., Kelly, K.M., Thai-Hoa, T., Michon, B., Gennarini, L., Blair Thies, M., Thrope, A., Bona, K., Sands, S. (2024, October). Neurocognitive Functioning at Baseline for Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) ALL 16-001 Consortium Study. Poster presented at the International Society of Pediatric Oncology, Honolulu, HI.

Karlsgodt, K.H., Blair Thies, M., Moyett, A., DeRosse, A. (2023, December). Negative Symptom Clusters in Youth with Psychosis. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Tampa, FL.

Blair Thies, M., Ramjan, S., Gohel, S., Kim, S., Li, Y., Vachha, B., Shaw, D., Wang, J., Sands, S. (2023, June). Relationship between neural connectivity and neuropsychological functioning in pediatric posterior fossa tumor survivors. Poster presented at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Blair Thies, M., DeRosse, P., Vadhan, N., Gallego, J., Marzouk, T., Muscat, W., Kang, S., Watson, P., Malhotra, A. (2022, February). Relationship of nicotine and cannabis to neuropsychological predictors of treatment response in first-episode psychosis. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting. Virtual due to COVID-19.

Mckinney, R.A., Blair Thies, M., Moyett, A., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2021, September). Patterns and correlates of cognitive heterogeneity in youth with psychosis spectrum disorders. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Meeting. Virtual due to COVID-19.

Blair Thies, M., Moyett, A., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K. (2020, June). Utility of The Behavior Rating Inventory for Executive Function (BRIEF) in adolescents with serious mental illness. Poster accepted for presentation at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Cancelled due to COVID-19.

Blair Thies, M., DeRosse, P., Sarpal, D., Robinson, D., Gallego, J., Lencz, T., Malhotra, A.K. (2020, February). The role of striatal connectivity in neuropsychological functioning and treatment outcomes for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Patel, P., Blair, M.A., Moyett, A., Arkin, S., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K. (2019, May). Neural and clinical correlates of optimal risk-taking in early psychosis. Poster presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Arkin, S., Moyett, A., Blair, M.A., Patel, P., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K. (2019, May). Load-dependent working memory circuitry in early-onset psychosis. Poster presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Blair, M.A., Stewart, J.L., May, A.C., Reske, M., Tapert, S.F., Paulus, M.P. (2018, May). Frontostriatal biomarkers predict stimulant and marijuana use. Poster presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Blair, M.A., Moyett, A., Bato, A., DeRosse, P., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2018, February). Neuropsychological correlates of adaptive risk-taking in adolescence. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Blair, M.A., Stewart, J.L., May, A.C., Reske, M., Tapert, S.F., Paulus, M.P. (2017, November). Neural biomarkers of risk and reward predict problem stimulant use. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Minara, K., Malhotra, A., Bennett, N., Morell, C., Blair, M.A., Braga, R., Zhang, J., DeRosse, P. (2017, September). Diagnostic clarification and confidence using a multi-expert consensus panel. Poster presented at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Clinical Research Coordinator Poster Session, Lake Success, NY.

Blair, M.A., Stewart, J.L., May, A.C., Reske, M., Tapert, S.F., Paulus, M.P. (2017, May). Use of biomarkers to predict problem stimulant use. Poster presented at City University of New York Graduate Center Annual All-Psychology Research Day, New York, NY.

Karlsgodt, K., DeRosse, P., Blair, M.A., Moyett, A., & Malhotra, A. (2017, May). Structural and Functional Connectivity in Adolescent Psychosis. Poster presented at Society for Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Karlsgodt, K.H., Bato, A.B., Blair, M.A., Derosse, P.D., Malhotra, A.K. (2016, May). Connectivity to executive and salience networks in adolescent psychosis. Poster presented at the annual meeting for Society of Biological Psychiatry, Atlanta, GA.

Karlsgodt, K.H., Bato, A.B., Blair, M.A., Sarpal, D., Szeszko, P., Malhotra, A.K. (2015, June). Risk taking behaviors relate to resting state functional connectivity in adolescence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Honolulu, HI.

Karlsgodt, K.H., Bato, A.B., Blair, M.A., Sarpal, D., Szeszko, P., Malhotra, A.K. (2015, March). Diffusion tensor imaging of the executive and reward networks: Relationship to risk taking behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, CO.

Karlsgodt, K.H., Blair, M.A., Bato, A.B., Szeszko, P., Malhotra, A.K. (2014, December). Risk taking behavior in adolescents with psychosis: Relationship of laboratory and real life behavioral measures to executive function. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Phoenix, AZ.

Blair, M.A., Bato, A.A., Malhotra, A.K., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2014, November). Does working memory capacity mediate age and performance on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART)? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

Bato, A.A., Sarpal, D., Blair, M.A., Beecher, K., Naidich, J., Malhotra, A.K., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2014, November). Risk-taking behaviors relate to functional connectivity in striatal and fronto-parietal networks in adolescence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

Blair, M.A., Bato, A.A., Malhotra, A.K., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2014, September). Does working memory capacity mediate age and performance on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART)? Poster presented at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Clinical Research Coordinator Poster Session, Lake Success, NY.

Bato, A.A., Sarpal, D., Blair, M.A., Beecher, K., Naidich, J., Malhotra, A.K., Karlsgodt, K.H. (2014, September). Risk-taking behaviors relate to functional connectivity in striatal and fronto-parietal networks in adolescence. Poster presented at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Clinical Research Coordinator Poster Session, Lake Success, NY.