EdSON Amaro Jr
Positions and Employment
1988-1993: Graduation Medicine
1994-1996: Residency, Radiology, University of São Paulo, Brazil
1996-1997: Chief of Residents, Institute of Radiology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2003-2019: Chief Deputy, Neuroradiology Magnetic Resonance Lab, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2002-present Neuroradiologist, Hospital Albert Einstein, Brazil
2003-2014: Neuroradiologist, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo - USP, Brazil
2007-present: Associate Professor of Radiology, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2008-2012: Head, Brain Institute, Hospital Albert Einstein, Brazil
2016-present: Consultant in Neuroscience, PENSI Institute, Brazil
2018-present: Head Big Data Analytics, Hospital Albert Einstein, Brazil
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1994-present: Member of the Radiological Society for North America - RSNA (https://www.rsna.org)
1999-present: Member of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping - OHBM (https://ohbmbrainmapping.org)
2012-present: Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - ISMRM (https://www.ismrm.org).
2013-1015: Chair of Latin America Brain Mapping Network - LABMAN (OHBM Chapter)
2018-2020: Member of the Educational Program Committee of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping - OHBM
2021-present: Handling Editor - Aperture
2021-present: Review Editor - Frontiers in System Biology
Contribution to Science
In my first years as researchers I have addressed various aspects of medical imaging quantification, starting from my experience in DNA quantification based coding C++ algorithms for stoichiometry, image analysis for video-frames in X-Ray dynamic exams and air pollution effects. In the following years I have started functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in Brasil. I conducted the first fMRI experiments in 1994, about 2 years after the publication of the first study describing the BOLD effect in humans. In this days, I had to program the pulse sequences in the MR scanner, implement algorithms for data analysis and also design the visual stimulation device for MR environment. This brought the expertise I’d use in the next 20+ years, during which I dedicated most of my time working with some of the leaders in this field. In 1998 I have incorporated the event-related technique at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, which was used by many researchers since then. Particularly, in 1999 I have designed a pulse-sequence to deal with scanner acoustic noise, which provided the means to other psychiatrists study important psychotic symptoms, such as auditory hallucinations. I served as co-applicant, PI and post-doc in these studies.
Amaro Junior, E., G. Barker. 2006. Study Design in fMRI: Basic Principles In Brain and Cognition. v.60, 220-32
Allen, P., E. Amaro Junior, C. H. Y. Fu, S. C. R. Williams, M. J. Brammer, L. C. Johns, P. K. Mcguire. 2005. Neural correlates of the misattribution of self-generated speech in patients with hallucinations In Human Brain Mapping.v.26, 44-53
Philips, M., L. Gregory, S. Cullen, S. Coen, V. Ng, C. Andrew, V. Giampietro, E. Bullmore, F. Zelaya, E. Amaro Junior, D. Thompson, A. Hobson, S. Williams, M. Brammer, Q. Aziz. 2003. The effect of negative emotional context on neural and behavioural responses to oesophageal estimulation In Brain.v.126, 669- 684
Ellis, C., J. Suckling, E. Amaro Junior, E. Bullmore, A. Simmons, S. Williams, P. Leigh. 2001. Volumetric analysis reveals corticospinal tract degeneration and extramotor involvement in ALS In Neurology. v.13, 1571-1578.
Amaro Junior, E., S. Williams, S. Shergill, C. Fu, M. Mcsweeney, M. Picchioni, M. Brammer, P. Mcguire. 2002. Acoustic noise and functional magnetic resonance imaging: current strategies and future prospects In Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. v.16, 497-510
In the last 15 years of my carrier I have started working with validation of MR imaging techniques and findings and large datasets from children and community dwelling subjects owning to collaborations with PIs from Epidemiology and Public Health at USP and from Latin America. In those projects I had the opportunity to interact with a broader research community. I served as co-applicant, PI and post-doc in these studies. Particularly I was involved in a cohort of 700 children from community schools in two large cities of Brazil (Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul). My role in this project was designing MRI acquisition protocols and analysis.
Sato, J R; Biazoli, CE; Salum, GA; Gadelha, A; Crossley, N; Vieira, G; Zugman, A; Picon, FA; Pan, PM; Hoexter, M.Q.; Amaro Jr, E.; Anés, M; Moura, LM; Del’Aquilla, MAG; McGuire, P; Rohde, LA; Miguel, EC; Jackowski, AP; Bressan, RA. Association between abnormal brain functional connectivity in children and psychopathology: A study based on graph theory and machine learning. World Jnl Biol Psyc. v.19, p.119 - 129, 2018.
Kilimann, I., Grothe, M., Heinsen, Helmut., Alho, E., Grinberg, L., Amaro Jr., E., Santos, G. A. B., Silva, R. E., Mitchell, A. J., Frisoni, G. B.], Bokde, A. L., Fellgiebel, A. , Flippi, M.; Hampel, H., Kloppel, S.; Teipel, S. J. Subregional Basal Forebrain Atrophy in Alzheimer's Disease: A Multicenter Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, v. 40, p. 687-700, 2014.
Lukasova, K., Sommer, J., Nucci-da-Silva, M P., Vieira, G., Blanke, M., Bremmer, F, Sato, J R. ; Kircher, T., Amaro, E. Test-retest reliability of fMRI activation generated by different saccade tasks. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, v. 40, p.37-46, 2013.
Uludag K ; Evans, A. C. ; Della-Maggiore, V. ; Kochen, S. ; Amaro Jr, E ; Sierra, O. ; Valdes-Hernandez, P. ; Medina, V. ; Valdés-Sosa, P. Latin American Brain Mapping Network (LABMAN). NeuroImage (Orlando), v. 47, p. 312-313, 2009.
Busch Tde A, Duarte YA, Pires Nunes D, Lebrão ML, Satya Naslavsky M, dos Santos Rodrigues A, Amaro E Jr. Factors associated with lower gait speed among the elderly living in a developing country: a cross-sectional population-based study. BMC Geriatr. 2015 Apr 1;15:35.
Complete List of Published Work in Lattes CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5927371795409877