Cat Chong, Ph.D.

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• Biomarker Signature to Predict the Persistence of Post-traumatic Headache Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The purpose of this study is to identify brain imaging and clinical feature biomarkers using machine-learning algorithms that distinguish individuals at high risk for developing persistent post-trauma headache (PPTH) from patients who are likely to acutely recover from PTH prior to three months.

• Sex-Specific Profiles of White Matter Damage and Repair following Concussion: A Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study in Young Athletes and Other Concussions Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The purpose of this study is evaluate changes in male and female athletes’ brains following concussion injury and recovery, and to see whether female athletes demonstrate a different pattern of recovery compared to male athletes.

   

• Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Patients with Headache Disorders Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The purpose of this study is to use structural and functional neuroimaging to compare what regional brain changes are similar or distinctly different between migraines and TAC ( trigeminal autonomic cephalagias).

• White Matter Hyperintensities in Migraine: A Multi-modal Imaging Project to Classify Disease Pathology Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The purpose of this research is to better understand brain white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in women with migraine. We will accomplish this by comparing brain imaging and clinical assessments of women with migraine, small vessel ischemic (SVI) disease, and multiple sclerosis (MS).