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Translational Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Lab | University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine | Clinical Neuroimaging + Medical Informatics. https://ericaballer.wixsite.com/baller-lab
Excited to share that our new review, "Depression as a disease of white matter network disruption: Learning from Multiple Sclerosis," is out now in Biological Psychiatry! We propose MS as a powerful model for studying how white matter network changes contribute to depression.
Depression as a disease of white matter network disruption: Learning from Multiple Sclerosis
Depression is a common and debilitating psychiatric disorder that is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. For nearly 40 years, scientists have attempted to localize depression in the b...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m excited to share my new paper “From Billing Codes to Breakthroughs: Filtering Signal From Noise in Electronic Medical Records–Based Research” out in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences now: doi.org/10.1176/appi...!
From Billing Codes to Breakthroughs: Filtering Signal From Noise in Electronic Medical Records–Based Research | The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
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doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Baller Lab is thrilled to announce that @elenaccooper.bsky.social just had her first first-author publication! “Investigating mood and cognition in people with multiple sclerosis: a prospective cross-sectional study protocol” is now published on BMJ Open: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5/e094733! 🧠
Investigating mood and cognition in people with multiple sclerosis: a prospective cross-sectional study protocol
Introduction Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated neurological disorder that affects one million people in the USA. Up to 50% of patients with MS experience depression, yet the mechanisms of ...
bmjopen.bmj.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Reposted by Baller Lab
You can read our full Comment at the link above or here for a pre-proof version: singlesp.github.io/papers/natmh...

s/o to the amazing sypres team: Brooke Sevchik, @vandyatvandy.bsky.social, Eric Strain, Sandeep Nayak, Bob Dworkin, @jcobbscott.bsky.social, & @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social
singlesp.github.io
January 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Amazing, Zach!!!
My incredible co-resident @zachrosenthal.bsky.social giving his first (but likely not last) talk at #acnp2024 on his awesome research. Go check out his poster tomorrow M202
December 9, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Reposted by Baller Lab
Super cool work by @zachrosenthal.bsky.social showing slow depolarizing waves following some ECT sessions. Huge potential to further understand ECT and improve treatment! #ACNP2024
December 9, 2024 at 1:58 AM
I'm Erica Baller, PI of the Baller Lab, and I am looking forward to #ACNP2024! Excited to present our recent work linking anxiety to uncinate lesion burden in MS (12/11 Poster Session, #22)!!

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 8, 2024 at 1:59 PM