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Andrew Gerlach

Assistant Professor
gerlachar@upmc.edu
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Dr. Andrew Gerlach is a nuclear engineer by training, now applying his computational expertise to multimodal neuroimaging integration. His focus is on exploring the underlying neurobiology and treatment response of late-life depression and anxiety. In his free time, he enjoys just about anything that will take him and his family into wild spaces, especially rock climbing.

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PhD, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

MSE, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

BSE, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

gerlach, A., Karim, H.T., kolobaric, A., boyd, B., Kahru, K., Krafty, R., Ajilore, O., Talyor, W., & Andreescu, C. (2024). Network homeostasis: functional brain network alterations and relapse in remitted late-life depression. In Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5005391/v1.

McGaffey, A., Castelli, G., Friedlander, M.P., Proddutur, S., Simpkins, C., Middleton, D.B., Spencer, K.O., Taormina, J.M., Gerlach, A., & Nowalk, M.P. (2024). Going (Anti)Viral: Improving HIV and HCV Screening and HPV Vaccination in Primary Care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf, 50(9), 645-654.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.06.002.

Kazan, J., Gerlach, A.R., Mizuno, A., Andreescu, C., Aizenstein, H.J., Ward, S., Buente, K.J., & Stahl, S.T. (2023). Depressive symptoms anticipate behavioral and emotional factors among older adults: A prospective cross-lagged panel design. Psychiatry Res Commun, 3(1), 100096.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100096.

Szymkowicz, S.M., Gerlach, A.R., Homiack, D., & Taylor, W.D. (2023). Biological factors influencing depression in later life: role of aging processes and treatment implications. Transl Psychiatry, 13(1), 160.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02464-9.

Wilson, J.D., Gerlach, A.R., Karim, H.T., Aizenstein, H.J., & Andreescu, C. (2023). Sex matters: acute functional connectivity changes as markers of remission in late-life depression differ by sex. Mol Psychiatry, 28(12), 5228-5236.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02158-0.

Gerlach, A.R., Karim, H.T., Peciña, M., Ajilore, O., Taylor, W.D., Butters, M.A., & Andreescu, C. (2022). MRI predictors of pharmacotherapy response in major depressive disorder. Neuroimage Clin, 36, 103157.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103157.

Kazan, J., Gerlach, A.R., Mizuno, A., Andreescu, C., Aizenstein, H.J., Ward, S., Buente, K.J., & Stahl, S.T. (2022). Depressive symptoms anticipate behavioral and emotional factors among older adults: A prospective cross-lagged panel design. 2022.08.31.22279439.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2022.08.31.22279439.

Gerlach, A.R., Karim, H.T., Kazan, J., Aizenstein, H.J., Krafty, R.T., & Andreescu, C. (2021). Networks of worry-towards a connectivity-based signature of late-life worry using higher criticism. Transl Psychiatry, 11(1), 550.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01648-5.

Cao, L., Gerlach, A., Xu, Y., Downar, T., & Lee, J.C. (2015). Neutronics modeling of the SPERT III E-Core critical experiments with MPACT and KENO. ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 80, 207-218.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.anucene.2015.02.013.

Gerlach, A., Wilson, J., Karim, H., Aizenstein, H., & Andreescu, C. (2022). Sex Moderates the Relationship Between Functional Connectivity and Remission in Late-Life Depression. In NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 47, (pp. 285-286).

Gerlach, A., Karim, H., Krafty, R., Aizenstein, H., & Andreescu, C. (2021). Neural Markers of Worry - Functional Connectivity Correlations Using Higher Criticism. In NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 46(SUPPL 1), (p. 110).

Kazan, J., Gerlach, A., Mizuno, A., Aizenstein, H., & Stahl, S. (2021). Temporal Relations Among Emotional and Behavioral Factors in Late-Life Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 46(SUPPL 1), (pp. 77-78).