CHOIR Psychophysiological Core (PPC)

Leadership

  • Kate Jochimsen, PhD, ATC  (Co-lead)

  • Christine B. Sieberg, PhD, EdM, MA (Co-lead)

Mission

Incorporate mechanistic and objective physiological outcome measures into behavioral and lifestyle interventions, and to provide training and education on physiological outcome measurement data collection and data interpretation.

Priorities

  1. Incorporate psychophysiological measures into grant applications (e.g., mechanistic aims or objective outcomes).

  2. Offer educational and training opportunities to expand the use of mechanistic and objective physiological measures into biobehavioral and lifestyle intervention projects.

  3. Develop and disseminate resources to encourage engagement with the PPC and interest in mechanistic-based studies.

  4. Continue to sustain and build available lab space and equipment available for the PPC through equipment grants and philanthropy.

PPC Events

NIRSport2 Training Workshop

October 16th, 2024 at MGH

Invited speakers:

Mr. Angelo Herrera, Dr. Androu Abdalmalak - NIRx Medical Technologies, LLC

Dr. Benedict Alter - University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Meredith Pecukonis - MGH Lurie Center for Autism

 

Workshop Agenda:

  • Greetings & Brief Introduction

  • Presentation by the NIRx Medical Technologies Technical Team

    • Review of general fNIRS concepts

    • Examples of applications in pain rehabilitation, gait, motion capture, hyperscanning, and post-surgical measures

    • General analysis concepts with examples

    • A fun and interactive live demo showcasing an example of hyperscanning

  • Brief talk by Dr. Benedict Alter (University of Pittsburgh)

    • Chronic pain management, brain modulation of pain

  • Brief talk by Dr. Meredith Pecukonis (MGH Lurie Center for Autism)

    • The neural bases of language processing in both neurotypical and autistic preschoolers during social and non-social contexts

  • Q&A session

  • Touring

  • Sample data collection