Brianna Doherty, MD, PhD, MSc
HS Clinical Instructor
Neurology
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Clarendon Scholarship, University of Oxford, 2013
• Rhodes Scholarship, 2012

Education & Training

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• MD UCSF School of Medicine 05/2021
• PhD Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience University of Oxford 05/2017
• MSc Neuroscience University of Oxford 09/2013
• BS Cognitive Neuroscience Brown University 05/2012

Interests

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• lead exposure
• autism
• fragile x syndrome
• neurodevelopmental disabilities

Publications (13)

Top publication keywords:
Alpha RhythmIndividualityPhobia, SocialAutistic DisorderSocial PerceptionAttentionFragile X SyndromeMemoryPattern Recognition, VisualVisual PerceptionAttentional BiasReaction TimeAutism Spectrum DisorderCognitionAttention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

• in Duraiappah, A.K., van Atteveldt, N.M., Borst, G., Bugden, S., Ergas, O., Gilead, T., Gupta, L., Mercier, J., Pugh, K., Singh, N.C. and Vickers, E.A. (eds.) Reimagining Education: The International Science and Evidence Based Assessment
  Identifying and supporting children with learning disabilities 2022 Linzarini, A., Bugden, S., Merkley, R., Gaab, N., Siegel, L.S., Aldersey, H., Anderson, J., Araya, B.M., Barnes, M.A., Boyle, C., Clasby, B., Doherty, B., Edyburn, D.L., Fishstrom, S., Gaurav, N., …
• Partners in Health: Implementing Supported Healthcare Decision-Making for Users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Regents of the University of California
  Partners in Health: Implementing Supported Healthcare Decision-Making for Users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Regents of the University of California 2021 Kripke, C.C., Crisp-Cooper, M., Doherty, B
• Understanding attention, memory and social biases in fragile X syndrome: Going below the surface with a multi-method approach.
  Research in developmental disabilities 2020 Guy J, Ng-Cordell E, Doherty BR, Duta M, Scerif G
• Disentangling autism spectrum and attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms over development in fragile X syndrome.
  Research in developmental disabilities 2020 Doherty BR, Longhi E, Cole V, Karmiloff-Smith A, Cornish K, Scerif G
• Preoperative Narcotic Use, Impaired Ambulation Status, and Increased Intraoperative Blood Loss Are Independent Risk Factors for Complications Following Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Surgery.
  Neurospine 2019 Badiee RK, Chan AK, Rivera J, Molinaro A, Doherty BR, Riew KD, Chou D, Mummaneni PV, Tan LA

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• The functional consequences of social attention on memory precision and on memory-guided orienting in development.
  Developmental cognitive neuroscience 2019 Doherty BR, Fraser A, Nobre AC, Scerif G
• The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics.
  Journal of cognitive neuroscience 2019 Doherty BR, van Ede F, Fraser A, Patai EZ, Nobre AC, Scerif G
• Visual search and autism symptoms: What young children search for and co-occurring ADHD matter.
  Developmental science 2018 Doherty BR, Charman T, Johnson MH, Scerif G, Gliga T, BASIS Team
• Genetic syndromes and developmental risk for autism spectrum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders: Insights from fragile X syndrome
  Child Development Perspectives 2017 Doherty, B., & Scerif, G
• Attention allocation and social worries predict interpretations of peer-related social cues in adolescents.
  Developmental cognitive neuroscience 2017 Haller SPW, Doherty BR, Duta M, Kadosh KC, Lau JYF, Scerif G
• The functional consequences of social distraction: Attention and memory for complex scenes.
  Cognition 2016 Doherty BR, Patai EZ, Duta M, Nobre AC, Scerif G
• In Cicchetti, D. (Ed.) Developmental Psychopathology
  Fragile X syndrome as a multilevel model for understanding behaviourally defined disorders 2016 Karmiloff-Smith, A., Doherty, B., Cornish, K. & Scerif, G
• In J. Van Herwegen & D. Riby (Eds.), Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Research Challenges and Solutions
  Genetic disorders as models of high neurocognitive risk: Evidence from fragile X syndrome 2015 Doherty, B., Shimi, A., & Scerif, G