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Elizabeth Davenport, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Davenport, Ph.D.

Technical Director - M. E. G. Center of Excellence

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Radiology | Advanced Imaging Research Center | Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Programs
Biomedical Engineering
  • Biography

    Elizabeth Moody Davenport, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Radiology and serves as the Technical Director for the Magnetoencephalography Center of Excellence at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering as well as the Advanced Imaging Research Center (AIRC), a tertiary appointment in the Department of Neurology, and is a member of its Radiology Research Division.

    I enjoy working with the multidisciplinary team of world-renowned researchers and clinicians at UT Southwestern.

    Dr. Davenport holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and earned her doctorate in biomedical engineering from Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She then received advanced training in clinical Magnetoencephalography (MEG) as a postdoctoral researcher at UT Southwestern in Joseph Maldjian's Advanced NeuroScience Imaging Research (ANSIR) Lab.

    Dr. Davenport's research interests include subconcussive head impact exposure in contact sports, imaging of traumatic brain injury, imaging of Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias, and the use of magnetoencephalography (MEG) in imaging neuronal function. Her investigations have led to the publication of multiple original articles in peer-reviewed journals, and she has contributed to two book chapters.

    She also holds a patent for developing a system that allows for rapid intraosseous delivery of fluids from a fluid reservoir via an intraosseous port having a tip disposed within a patient's bone marrow.

    Dr. Davenport is an active member of the American Society of Neuroradiology, the American Society for Functional Neuroradiology, and the MEG Data Sharing Committee of the National Institutes of Health.

    She also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for multiple academic journals.

    Personal note

    Dr. Davenport enjoys using her research skills at home as well. She writes, and has been awarded, grants for a nonprofit canine rescue organization. Her passion for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education has led her to mentor future scientists and engineers in the First Lego League and other activities.

     

  • Education
    Undergraduate
    North Carolina St Univ-Raleigh (2011), Biomedical Engineering
    Graduate School
    Va Polytech Ins St Univ (2015), Biomedical Engineering
  • Research Interest
    • Alzheimer's Disease
    • Concussion
    • Epilepsy
    • Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
    • MRI
    • Subconcussive Head Impacts
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

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    Reduced Cortical Excitability is Associated with Cognitive Symptoms in Concussed Adolescent Football Players.
    Yu KC, Wiesman AI, Davenport E, Flashman LA, Urban J, Nagarajan SS, Sai KS, Stitzel J, Maldjian JA, Whitlow CT, medRxiv 2024 Nov
    Cognitive and Salience Network Connectivity Changes following a Single Season of Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in High School Football.
    Kawas MI, Atcheson KM, Flood WC, Sheridan CA, Barcus RA, Flashman LA, McAllister TW, Lipford ME, Kim J, Urban JE, Davenport EM, Vaughan CG, Solingapuram Sai KK, Stitzel JD, Maldjian JA, Whitlow CT, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2024 Jul
    Antidepressant-related microstructural changes in the external capsule.
    Kerpel A, Davenport E, Proskovec AL, Xi Y, Berry JD, Yetkin Z, Maldjian J, Yu FF, Brain Imaging Behav 2024 May
    Magnetoencephalography Atlas Viewer for Dipole Localization and Viewing.
    Fonseca NCD, Bowerman J, Askari P, Proskovec AL, Feltrin FS, Veltkamp D, Early H, Wagner BC, Davenport EM, Maldjian JA, J Imaging 2024 Mar 10 4
    Simultaneous MEG and EEG source imaging of electrophysiological activity in response to acute transcranial photobiomodulation.
    Pruitt T, Davenport EM, Proskovec AL, Maldjian JA, Liu H, Front Neurosci 2024 18 1368172
    Cumulative strain-based metrics for predicting subconcussive head impact exposure-related imaging changes in a cohort of American youth football players.
    Miller LE, Urban JE, Espeland MA, Walkup MP, Holcomb JM, Davenport EM, Powers AK, Whitlow CT, Maldjian JA, Stitzel JD, J Neurosurg Pediatr 2022 Jan 1-10
    Relationship Between Time-Weighted Head Impact Exposure on Directional Changes in Diffusion Imaging in Youth Football Players.
    Puvvada SK, Davenport EM, Holcomb JM, Miller LE, Whitlow CT, Powers AK, Maldjian JA, Stitzel JD, Urban JE, Ann Biomed Eng 2021 Sep