Investigator, Asst Prof (M) Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Mass General Research Institute

Assistant Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School

autism spectrum disorder; epigenetics; molecular imaging; mr-pet; neurodevelopmental disorders Nicole Zürcher, PhD, is currently Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, a faculty member at the Martinos Center and the Director of Human Imaging in the Chemical Neuroscience Program. She has a background in biology, behavioral and social neuroscience, and neuroimaging. Dr. Zürcher uses magnetic resonance (MR) and simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET)-MRI to study brain function and dysfunction in health and disease with an emphasis on neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.  Her main disease focus is on autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.