Kareem Al-Khalil

I work with multimodal MRI data to research the neurobiological markers underlying age-related changes in cognitive and emotional functioning. I am proficient in computational methods and analyzing large neuroimaging datasets. My previous work in translational cognitive neuroscience has focused on functional neural networks in Substance Use Disorders and HIV disease. My experience also includes leading fMRI analysis in studies investigating the neural correlates of emotional modulation in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and examining brain activation changes underlying executive functioning performance and exercise fitness. For a complete list of my work, please visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kareem.al-khalil.1/bibliography/public/

Publications:

Al-Khalil, K., Bell, R. P., Towe, S. L., Cohen, J., Gadde, S., Mu, J., Hall, S.A., & Meade, C. S. (2024). Hub Disruption in HIV Disease and Cocaine Use: a Connectomics Analysis of Brain Function. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 263, 112416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112416

Al-Khalil, K., Bell, R. P., Towe, S. L., Gadde, S., Burke, E., & Meade, C. S. (2023). Cortico-striatal networking deficits associated with advanced HIV disease and cocaine use. Journal of NeuroVirology, 29, 167-179. doi:10.1007/s13365-023-01120-8

Al-Khalil, K., Towe, S.L., Ikner, T.P., & Meade, C.S. (2023). HIV viremia contributes to neurocognitive impairments in persons who use cocaine. Journal of NeuroVirology, 29, 331-336. DOI: 10.1007/s13365-022-01100-4.

Al-Khalil, K., Vakamudi, K., Witkiewitz, K., Claus, E.D. (2021). Neural correlates of alcohol use disorder severity among nontreatment-seeking heavy drinkers: An examination of the incentive salience and negative emotionality domains of the alcohol and addiction research domain criteria. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 45, 1200-1214. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14614.