Craig Ferris
Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering
Professor, Psychology
Contact
- c.ferris@northeastern.edu
- 125 Nightingale Hall
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 617.373.3083
Research Focus
Mild head injury and brain clearance of waste
Education
- Postdoctoral Training, Neuroendocrinology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1980-1981
- PhD, Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, 1976-1979
- MS, Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 1974-1976
- BS, Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1970-1974
Research Overview
Mild head injury and brain clearance of waste
Center for Translational NeuroImaging
small animal magnetic resonance imaging in the areas of drug discovery and neurodegenerative diseases.
Selected Publications
- Sadaka AH*, Ozuna AG*, Ortiz RJ, Kulkarni P, Johnson CT, Bradshaw HB, Cushing BS, Li AL, Hohmann AG, Ferris CF. Cannabidiol has a unique effect on global brain activity: a pharmacological, functional MRI study in awake mice. J Translational Medicine. 2021 PMID: 34030718
- Ferris CF. Rethinking the Conditions and Mechanism for Glymphatic Clearance Frontiers Neuroscience 2021 PMID:33897347
- Alkislar I*, Miller AR*, Hohmann AG, Sadaka AH*, Cai X, Kulkarni P, Ferris CF. Inhaled Cannabis Suppresses Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Nociception by Decoupling the Raphe Nucleus: A Functional Imaging Study in Rats Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2021 PMID: 33622657
- J. Qiao, C.M. Lawson, K.F.G. Rentrup, P. Kulkarni, C.F. Ferris, Evaluating Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in a Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes, Journal of Translational Medicine, 18, 2020, 256
- T.E. Ziegler, P. Kulkarni, H. Ash, X. Cai, M. Elizabeth Mayerand, B. Rauch, C.F. Ferris, Novel Imaging Technology and Procedures for Studying Brain Function in Preadolescent Awake Marmosets, J Neurosci Methods, 343, 2020, 108823
- X. Cai, J. Qiao, P. Kulkarni, I.C. Harding, E. Ebong, C.F. Ferris, Imaging the Effect of the Circadian Light-Dark Cycle on the Glymphatic System in Awake Rats, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 117(1), 2020, 668-676
- C.F. Ferris, X. Cai, J. Qiao, B. Switzer, J. Baun, T. Morrison, S. Iriah, D. Madularu, K.W. Sinkevicius, P. Kulkarni, Life Without a Brain: Neuroradiological and Behavioral Evidence of Neuroplasticity Necessary to Sustain Brain Function in the Face of Severe Hydrocephalus, Scientific Reports, 9, 2019, 16479
- P. Kulkarni, T.R. Morrison, X. Cai, S. Iriah, N. Simon, J. Sabrick, L. Neuroth, C.F. Ferris Neuroradiological Changes Following Single or Repetitive Mild, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 13, 2019, 34
May 22, 2024
Bioengineering PhD Develops and Commercializes Breakthrough MRI Technology
Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD’16, bioengineering, co-founded Imaginostics, commercializing a novel technology called QUTE-CE MRI, which is a platform technology for non-invasive imaging that transforms any MRI machine into a powerful quantitative diagnostic tool. Imaginostics was recognized as a finalist among more than 4,500 participants of Hello Tomorrow, a prestigious competition for deep tech startups.
Apr 05, 2024
Using Machine Learning To Revolutionize Drug Discovery
Xuezhu Cai, PhD’20, bioengineering, used her LEADERs fellowship with Merck to develop a new machine learning pipeline to ensure accurate data in drug discovery. She is now a senior scientist there.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those […]
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]
Jun 11, 2020
Making Her Mark
Her research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She also had an internship at Sanofi and is part of the Experiential PhD program.
Mar 23, 2017
FY18 TIER 1 Award Recipients
21 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY18 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 12 different projects representing $600K dollars of investment in research.
Apr 06, 2011
FY12 TIER 1 Award Recipients
28 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY12 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different research projects.