Anne Louise Wheeler
Title:
Senior Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health
Designations:
PhD
Email:
anne.wheeler@sickkids.ca
Alternate Contact Name:
Diana
Arthurs
Alternate Phone:
416 813-7654 ext. 309451
Alternate Email:
diana.arthurs@sickkids.ca
U of T Positions:
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
Biography
Research
Dr. Wheeler’s research program applies advanced neuroimaging methods to characterize brain connectivity and how changes in connectivity driven by traumatic injury, psychopathology, development, and genetics affect behaviour and cognition.
Visit the Wheeler Lab Website
Education and experience
- 2004: B.Sc, Department of Biology, McGill, Montreal, QC
- 2011: PhD, Neuroscience, University of Toronto, ON
- 2012–2015: Postdoctoral fellow, Neuroimaging, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
Achievements
- 2011: Frist-Jus Annual Memorial Award in Neuropsychopharmacology
Publications
- Nishat E, Scratch SE, Ameis SH, Wheeler AL. Disrupted Maturation of White Matter Microstructure After Concussion Is Associated With Internalizing Behavior Scores in Female Children. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 16;. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.01.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38237797.
- Gazdzinski LM, Mellerup M, Wang T, Adel SAA, Lerch JP, Sled JG, Nieman BJ, Wheeler AL. White Matter Changes Caused by Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice Evaluated Using Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Aug 15;37(16):1818-1828. doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.6992. Epub 2020 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 32242488.
- Stojanovski S, Felsky D, Viviano JD, Shahab S, Bangali R, Burton CL, Devenyi GA, O'Donnell LJ, Szatmari P, Chakravarty MM, Ameis S, Schachar R, Voineskos AN, Wheeler AL. Polygenic Risk and Neural Substrates of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Youths With a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Mar 1;85(5):408-416. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.06.024. Epub 2018 Jul 12. PubMed PMID: 30119875; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6330150.