Richard J. Rushmore, PhD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Current research studies the unique contributions of cerebral and subcortical brain regions to functional activity in connected brain structures, and the link between neural activity in discrete cortical regions and specific behaviors. Further research is directed at understanding the capacity of the brain to undergo adaptive or maladaptive change following injury or reversible deactivation of cerebral cortical areas.

Publications

  • Published 1/2/2026

    Rockland KS, Rushmore RJ. Cortical white matter: no longer a silent partner. Front Neuroanat. 2025; 19:1726067. PMID: 41552372.

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  • Published 9/30/2025

    Descoteaux M, Schilling KG, Aydogan DB, Beaulieu C, Borra E, Chamberland M, Daducci A, Luca A, Dell'Acqua F, Dubois J, Dyrby TB, Farquharson S, Forkel S, Froeling M, Griffa A, Grotheer M, Guevara P, Haber SN, Jangir VK, Leemans A, Lefebvre J, Lin CP, Little G, Zac Lo CY, Maffei C, Mayberg HS, McNab JA, Mukherjee P, O'Donnell LJ, Parent M, Pierpaoli C, Rheault F, Rockland KS, Roebroeck A, Rokem A, Rushmore RJ, Sarubbo S, Schiavi S, Sotiropoulos SN, Szczupak D, de Schotten MT, Tournier JD, Vergani F, Yuan-Mou Yang J, Zhang F, Jones D, Petit L. Millennium Pathways for Tractography: 40 grand challenges to shape the future of tractography. ArXiv. 2025 Sep 30. PMID: 41256884.

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  • Published 8/1/2025

    Hassanzadeh-Behbahani S, Lan Z, Zekelman L, Rushmore RJ, Chen Y, Xue T, Cetin-Karayumak S, Pieper S, Tie Y, Yeterian E, Golby AJ, Makris N, Zhang F, Rathi Y, O'Donnell LJ. The superficial white matter in language processing: Broca's area connections are bilaterally associated with individual performance in children and adults. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 01. PMID: 40766497.

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  • Published 6/19/2025

    Wang S, Zhang F, Zeng Q, Hong H, Zhang Y, Xie L, Lin M, Jiaerken Y, Yu X, Zhang R, Luo X, Li K, Xu X, Hassanzadeh-Behbahani S, Lin B, Rushmore J, Wang C, Rathi Y, Makris N, Huang P, Zhang M, Sun J, O'Donnell L. Association of Superficial White Matter Microstructure With Cortical Pathology Deposition Across Early Stages of the AD Continuum. Neurology. 2025 Jul 22; 105(2):e213666. PMID: 40537069.

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  • Published 5/30/2025

    Borra E, Jones DK, Parent M, Petit L, Rockland KS, Rushmore RJ, Szczupak D. Brain connectivity: complex, not chaotic. Brain Struct Funct. 2025 May 30; 230(5):77. PMID: 40445394.

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Other Positions

  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD
  • Trinity College, BS