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Richard J. Genik II

Director, Emergent Technology Research Division
Interim Director, Transportation Imaging Laboratory
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor Adjunct
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
 

E mail: rgenik@med.wayne.edu

Website: http://brain.wayne.edu/rgenik/

EDUCATION

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Physical Society
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Society of Automotive Engineers

HONORS AND AWARDS
Wayne State University Merit Scholar, 1985 – 1989.
Wayne State University Honors Program, 1985 – 1989.
Appointed Member of Users Facilities Advisory Council (Fermilab) 1992 – 1997.
Finalist for University Research Associates’ (Fermilab) "Thesis of the Year", 1998.
Research Fellowship, CLRC/PPARC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, U.K., 1999 – 2001.
Research Fellowship, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2002 – 2003.

TEACHING

1.Years at Wayne State – 2002 to present

2. Years at other colleges/universities
Michigan State University Graduate Teaching Assistant 1989-1992
Michigan State University Graduate Research Associate 1992-1998
Michigan State University Postdoctoral Research Associate 1999
Lancaster University, United Kingdom Postdoctoral Research Associate 1999-2001

GRANT SUPPORT

5 R37 AG005233-17 Freedman (PI) 4/01/88-4/30/06
NIH/NIA
Behavioral Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flashes
This study employs high-field functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to investigate the neural correlates of induced hot flashes in climacteric and control populations.
Role: Paid consultant

5 R01 MH059299-06 Rosenberg (PI) 8/20/99-5/31/08
NIH/NIMH
Brain Chemistry and Treatment Responses in Pediatric OCD
This study employs Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to investigate the underlying neurobiology of pediatric control and clinically diagnosed OCD populations before, during, and after treatment.
Role: Consultant

5 R01 MH065122-04 Rosenberg (PI) 8/16/01-7/31/06
NIH/NIMH
Brain Chemistry and Treatment Responses in Pediatric MDD
This study employs Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to investigate the underlying neurobiology of pediatric control and clinically diagnosed MDD populations before, during, and after treatment.
Role: Consultant

Non-federal support Genik (PI) … 12/17/04 – 1/31/06
Ford Motor Company
Neural Correlates of Change Blindness in a Driving Simulation
The goal of this study is to determine differential neural responses in a normal population between successful and unsuccessful visual event detection and hand and/or foot responses.
Role: Principle Investigator

Non-federal support Coleman (PI) … 6/01/04 – 5/31/06
Del Harder Foundation / Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit, MI
Neural Correlates of Driving in a Sample of TBI Survivors Using Real-time fMRI
This study employs functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to investigate neural reorganization in a sample of diffuse axonal traumatic brain injury survivors.
Role: Paid consultant

Non-federal support Hsieh (PI) … 9/01/04 – 12/31/05
Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership
Neural Correlates of Driving Decisions Under Stress
The goal of this project is to determine differential brain regions activated in a dual-task condition.
Role: Co-Principle Investigator

Non-federal support Green (PI) 8/01/04 – 1/31/07
Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
Neural Correlates of Subjective Experience
The goal of this project is to execute pilot studies to determine neural correlates of decision-making.
Role: Paid consultant

United States Army Green (PI) 9/11/03 – 7/31/05
National Defense University (NDU)
Real-time Brain Imaging Indicates that Culture, Language, Emotions, Learning & Experience Impact Decisions Important to Defense Policy
The goal of this project is to investigate neural correlates of decisions-under-stress and the impact of various aspects of prior human experience.
Role: Paid consultant

Non-federal support Green (PI) … 5/21/02 – 10/31/05
General Motors Foundation
Transportation Imaging Initiatives in the Brain and Behavior Institute
This project investigates neural functioning of normal driving behavior.
Role: Paid consultant

Non-federal support Hsieh (PI) … 9/15/05 – 9/31/08
Michigan Economic Development Corporation / Technology Tri-Corridor (MTTC)
Investigations of neural mechanisms of driving safety and speech distraction using fMRI and MEG imaging
Role: Paid consultant

Pending Applications (as of 19 Nov 2005)

DARPA Lathan(PI)/Genik(WSU PI) … 3/01/06 – 9/30/08
Multi-modal functional neuroimaging in applications important for defense policy.

NDU Armstrong(PI)/Green(WSU PI) … 1/15/06 – 7/31/09
Neuroimaging applications related to defense and homeland security policy.

Recent Activity

DARPA (Lathan/Green) - …/1 yr. - Functional brain correlates in methodological deception (June 2005).
German Government – …/1 yr. – Imaging Alexithymia in Holocaust survivors (May 2005).
Favored Nations LLC – …/1 yr. – Music and the mind (April 2005).
Spinal Cord Research Institute – …/6 mos. – Neuroimaging of cervical injury (March 2005), re-submitted in current funding cycle.
GM Foundation – …/3 yr – Transportation initiatives (Feb. 2005), re-submitted to GM Corp.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Refereed journals (10 selected of 127 publications in 12 years)

R.R. Freedman, M.D. Benton, R.J. Genik II, F.X. Graydon, "Cortical activation during menopausal hot flashes", (in press), Fertility and Sterility.

R.A. Young, L. Hsieh, F.X. Graydon, R.J. Genik II, C.C. Green, S.M. Bowyer, J. Moran, N. Tepley, "Mind-on-the-Drive: Real-time Functional Neuroimaging of Cognitive Brain Mechanisms Underlying Driver Performance and Distraction", Proceedings of the Society of Automotive Engineering, 2005-01-436, 2005.

F.X. Graydon, R.A. Young, M.D. Benton, R.J. Genik II, S. Posse, L. Hsieh and C.C. Green, "Visual Event Detection During Simulated Driving: Identifying the Neural Correlates with Functional Neuroimaging", Transportation Research Part F: Traffic and Transport Psychology, 7:271-286, 2004.

DØ Collaboration (V.M. Abazov et al.), "A Precision Measurement of the Mass of the Top Quark", Nature 429:638-642, 2004.

DØ Collaboration (V.M. Abazov et al.), "Search for Pair Production of Light Scalar Top Quarks in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV", Physical Review Letters 93:011801, 2004.

DØ Collaboration (V.M. Abazov et al.), "Search for 3- and 4-body Decays of the Scalar Top Quark in Proton Anti-proton Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV", Physics Letters B581:147-155, 2004.

DØ Collaboration (V.M. Abazov et al.), "Search for Narrow t anti-t Resonances in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV", Physical Review Letters 92:221801, 2004.

DØ Collaboration (B. Abbott et al.), "Search for Dilepton Signatures from Minimal Low-Energy Supergravity in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV", Physical Review D63:091102, 2001.

DØ Collaboration (S. Abachi et al.), "Observation of the Top Quark", Physical Review Letters 74:2632-2637, 1995.

R.J. Genik II, "A DSP Based Electromagnetic Trigger for the DØ Detector", Proc. of the 1995 IEEE Conf. on Real Time Computer Applications in Nuclear, Particle, and Plasma Physics, East Lansing, MI (1995).

Citation summary of peer-reviewed publications in physics (5,819 citations from 125 papers).

2. Review Articles (3)

C.C. Green, R.J. Genik II, R.E. Armstrong, "Watching People Think" & "Scientific Methods That May Predict Behaviors" & “Potential Implications of Brain Imaging Research” in: Biotechnology Trends Relevant to Warfare Initiatives, pp 75-84 and 114-122, Avoiding Surprise in an Era of Global Technology Advances, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council/ National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2005.

3. Book Chapters (2)

R.J. Genik II, L. Hsieh, C.C. Green, Emergent Functional Brain Imaging and Driver Rehabilitation. In J. M. Pellerito (Ed.), Driver Rehabilitation and Community Mobility: Principles and Practice, Elsevier, pp 499-519, 2005.

R.J. Genik II, C.C. Green, R.E. Armstrong, F.X. Graydon, "Cognitive Avionics and Watching Spaceflight Crews Think: Generation-after-next Research Tools in Functional Neuroimaging", In A. A. Harrison (Ed.), Spaceflight Behavioral Health, supplement to Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, June 2005.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (last 5 years)

F.X. Graydon, M.D. Benton, R.J. Genik II, R.A. Young, C.C. Green, "Functional neuroanatomy of event detection requiring foot and hand responses: An event-related fMRI study", Human Brain Mapping, Toronto, Canada, June 2005.

M.D. Benton, M. Shad, V.A. Diwadkar, R.P. Rajarethinam, R.J. Genik II, J.A. Stanley, F.X. Graydon, M.S. Keshavan, "Neural circuitry underlying impaired insight in schizophrenia", Human Brain Mapping, Toronto, Canada, June 2005.

F.X. Graydon, M.D. Benton, R.J. Genik II, R.A. Young, C.C. Green, "Visual event detection requiring foot responses: Identifying the neural correlates with fMRI", Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2004.

PRESENTATIONS

1.Invited and/or refereed international or national meetings

ELECTRON IDENTIFICATION WITH THE DØ DETECTOR Prepared for the 1995 Joint Meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Washington D.C., 18-21 April 1995.

AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRIGGER FOR THE DØ EXPERIMENT Prepared for the 1995 IEEE Conference on Real Time Computer Applications of Computers in Nuclear, Particle, and Plasma Physics, East Lansing, MI, 22-25 May 1995. Proc. 31-35.

RECENT SUSY RESULTS FROM DØ Prepared for Phenomenology 1996, Madison, WI, April 1996.

SEARCHES FOR NEW PHYSICS AT DØ Prepared for Lake Louise Winter Institute: Particles and the Universe (LLWI 97), Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 16-22 Feb 1997. In Lake Louise 1997, Particles and the Universe 401-412.

DILEPTON SIGNATURES OF SQUARKS AND GLUINOS AT DØ Prepared for the 1998 Joint Meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Columbus, Ohio, 18-21 April 1998.

THE SEARCH FOR SUSY AT THE TEVATRON Prepared for XXXIV Rencontres de Moriond, QCD and Hadronic Interactions, Les Arcs 1800, France, 20-27 March 1999. Proc. 383-386.

DILEPTON SIGNATURES Prepared for DPF2000, Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, Columbus, OH, 9-12 August 2000.

TRIGGERING EXTERNAL fMRI STIMULUS Prepared for the 2004 North American IDEA Users Groups Meeting, Chicago, IL, 14-16 July 2004.

EXPERTS PANEL, 2005 North American IDEA Users Group Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 4-7 November, 2005.

4. Invited Seminars in the last 5 years

“Emergent Technology Research Division: fMRI Program” Prepared for the Wayne State University School of Medicine fMRI Workshop, 1 November 2005.

"Workshop report: Diffusion imaging in human brains" Prepared for the Brain Research and Imaging Neuroscience (BRAINs) seminar, 17 May 2005.

"Technical report: IDEA and recent advances in MR sequence programming" Prepared for the Brain Imaging Research Division (BIRD) seminar, April 2003.

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