Andrew Murphy, MD, PhD, completed his
PhD in the Complex Systems Group at
the University of Pennsylvania, working
with Dani Bassett, PhD on the use
of non-invasive neurostimulation for
neuropsychiatric disorders. His dissertation
project focused on characterizing how
individual differences in functional and
structural brain connections contribute
to variations in behavior. His primary
results suggest that personalizing
neurostimulation protocols based on
the particular structural and functional
connections of each individual’s brain may
facilitate more predictable therapeutic
results. Dr. Murphy has eleven publications
to date, most notably first author papers
in Nature Communications (Murphy,
Andrew C., et al. “Multimodal network
dynamics underpinning working memory.”
Nature communications 11.1 (2020):
1-13.), and PLoS Biology (Murphy, A.
C., Muldoon, S. F., Baker, D., Lastowka,
A., Bennett, B., Yang, M., & Bassett,
D. S. (2018). Structure, function, and
control of the human musculoskeletal
network. PLoS biology, 16(1)). He has
presented his work at multiple national
and international conferences. Most
notably, he spoke at the 2018 meeting of
IRTG2150 in Aachen, Germany. Relevant
to his studies, this meeting focused on
the neuroscience of neuromodulation for
disorders of aggression and impulsivity.
The high caliber of his work is further
reflected in his receipt of the 2017
William F. Jeffers Prize for meritorious
research related to neurology, and in his
appointment to a NIMH-funded T32.
