Frank Hillary

Associate Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neurology

Frank Hillary

Research Summary

Effects of brain injury and disease on functional brain organization; EEG and MRI-based examination of neuroplasticity in healthy and disrupted neural systems, including traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis.

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Cognitive Reserve in Individuals Aging with Traumatic Brain Injury: Independent and Interactive Effects on Cognitive Functioning

Umesh Venkatesan, Amanda Rabinowitz, Frank Hillary, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

A population-based study of pre-existing health conditions in traumatic brain injury.

Kristine Dell, Peter Arnett, Christopher Engeland, Frank Hillary, Neurotrauma Reports

Duration of Post-traumatic Amnesia Is Uniquely Associated with Memory Functioning in Chronic Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Umesh Venkatesan, Amanda Rabinowitz, Frank Hillary, Neurorehabilitation

Depression Associated with APOE Status and Hippocampal Volume but not Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with a History of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Samantha Vervoordt, Peter Arnett, Christopher Engeland, Frank Hillary, Neuropsychology

Hippocampal network connectivity and episodic memory in individuals aging with traumatic brain injury

Catherine M. Carpenter, Hollie A. Mullin, Andrew Cwiek, Emily Carter, Samantha Vervoordt, Xinhui Lan, Nancy A. Dennis, Amanda Rabinowitz, Umesh M. Venkatesan, Frank G. Hillary, 2025, Brain Imaging and Behavior on p. 433-445

Characterizing Intimate Partner Violence-Related Head Trauma in Community-Recruited Women

Carrie Esopenko, Divya Jain, Amelia J. Hicks, Emily Carter, Ella Carlsson, Andrew Cwiek, Katherine Dorman, Adriana P. Méndez-Fernández, Emma N. Read, Elizabeth Rebuck, Philine Rojczyk, Carmen Velez, Inga K. Koerte, Alexander P. Lin, David F. Tate, Frank G. Hillary, Elisabeth A. Wilde, Amy Dyanna Marshall, 2025, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Decentralized ComBat-Mega for Harmonizing FNC Data in Coinstac

Sunitha Basodi, Charles A. Ellis, Biozid Bostami, Frank G. Hillary, Sandeep Panta, Vince D. Calhoun, 2025,

Accelerated Aging after Traumatic Brain Injury: An ENIGMA Multi-Cohort Mega-Analysis

Emily L. Dennis, Samantha Vervoordt, Maheen M. Adamson, Amiri Houshang, Erin D. Bigler, Karen Caeyenberghs, James H. Cole, Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Evelyn M. Deutscher, Ekaterina Dobryakova, Helen M. Genova, Jordan H. Grafman, Asta K. Håberg, Torgeir Hellstrøm, Andrei Irimia, Vassilis E. Koliatsos, Hannah M. Lindsey, Abigail Livny, David K. Menon, Tricia L. Merkley, Abdalla Z. Mohamed, Stefania Mondello, Martin M. Monti, Virginia F.J. Newcombe, Mary R. Newsome, Jennie Ponsford, Amanda Rabinowitz, Hanne Smevik, Gershon Spitz, Umesh M. Venkatesan, Lars T. Westlye, Ross Zafonte, Paul M. Thompson, Elisabeth A. Wilde, Alexander Olsen, Frank G. Hillary, 2024, Annals of Neurology on p. 365-377

ENIGMA's simple seven: Recommendations to enhance the reproducibility of resting-state fMRI in traumatic brain injury

Karen Caeyenberghs, Phoebe Imms, Andrei Irimia, Martin M. Monti, Carrie Esopenko, Nicola L. de Souza, Juan F. Dominguez D, Mary R. Newsome, Ekaterina Dobryakova, Andrew Cwiek, Hollie A.C. Mullin, Nicholas J. Kim, Andrew R. Mayer, Maheen M. Adamson, Kevin Bickart, Katherine M. Breedlove, Emily L. Dennis, Seth G. Disner, Courtney Haswell, Cooper B. Hodges, Kristen R. Hoskinson, Paula K. Johnson, Marsh Königs, Lucia M. Li, Spencer W. Liebel, Abigail Livny, Rajendra A. Morey, Alexandra M. Muir, Alexander Olsen, Adeel Razi, Matthew Su, David F. Tate, Carmen Velez, Elisabeth A. Wilde, Brandon A. Zielinski, Paul M. Thompson, Frank G. Hillary, 2024, NeuroImage: Clinical

Verbal Learning and Memory Deficits across Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Insights from an ENIGMA Mega Analysis

Eamonn Kennedy, Spencer W. Liebel, Hannah M. Lindsey, Shashank Vadlamani, Pui-Wa Lei, Maheen M. Adamson, Martin Alda, Silvia Alonso-Lana, Tim J. Anderson, Celso Arango, Robert F. Asarnow, Mihai Avram, Rosa Ayesa-Arriola, Talin Babikian, Nerisa Banaj, Laura J. Bird, Stefan Borgwardt, Amy Brodtmann, Katharina Brosch, Karen Caeyenberghs, Vince D. Calhoun, N Chiaravolloti, Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, David X. Cifu, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, John C. Dalrymple-Alford, K Dams-O'Connor, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Udo Dannlowski, David Darby, Nicholas Davenport, John DeLuca, Covadonga M. Diaz-Caneja, Seth G. Disner, Ekaterina Dobryakova, Stefan Ehrlich, Carrie Esopenko, Fabio Ferrarelli, Lea E. Frank, Carol E. Franz, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, H Genoza, Helen Genova, Christopher C. Giza, Janik Goltermann, Dominik Grotegerd, Marius Gruber, Alfonso Gutierrez-Zotes, Minji Ha, Jan Haavik, Charles Hinkin, Kristen R. Hoskinson, Daniela Hubl, Andrei Irimia, Andreas Jansen, Michael Kaess, Xiaojian Kang, Kimbra Kenney, Barbora Keřková, B Kerkova, M Khilf, Mohamed Salah Khlif, Minah Kim, Jochen Kindler, Tilo Kircher, K Knizkova, Karolina Knížková, K Kolskar, Knut K. Kolskår, Denise Krch, William S. Kremen, Taylor Kuhn, Veena Kumari, Junsoo Kwon, Roberto Langella, Sarah Laskowitz, Jungha Lee, Jean Lengenfelder, Victoria Liou-Johnson, Sara M. Lippa, Marianne Løvstad, M Lovstad, Astri J. Lundervold, Cassandra Marotta, Craig A. Marquardt, Paulo Mattos, Ahmad Mayeli, Carrie R. McDonald, Susanne Meinert, Tracy R. Melzer, J Merchan-Naranjo, Jessica Merchán-Naranjo, Chantal Michel, Rajendra A. Morey, Benson Mwangi, Daniel J. Myall, I Nenadic, Igor Nenadić, Mary R. Newsome, Abraham Nunes, Terence O’Brien, T O'Brien, Viola Oertel, John Ollinger, Alexander Olsen, Victor Ortiz García de la Foz, V Ortiz-Garcia de la Foz, Mustafa Ozmen, Heath Pardoe, Marise Parent, Fabrizio Piras, Federica Piras, Edith Pomarol-Clotet, Jonathan Repple, Geneviève Richard, Jonathan Rodriguez, Mabel Rodriguez, Kelly Rootes-Murdy, Jared Rowland, Nicholas P. Ryan, Raymond Salvador, Anne Marthe Sanders, Andre Schmidt, Jair C. Soares, G Spalletta, Gianfranco Spalleta, Filip Španiel, F Spaniel, Scott R. Sponheim, Alena Stasenko, Frederike Stein, Benjamin Straube, April Thames, Florian Thomas-Odenthal, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Erin B. Tone, Ivan Torres, Maya Troyanskaya, Jessica A. Turner, Kristine M. Ulrichsen, Guillermo Umpierrez, Daniela Vecchio, Elisabet Vilella, Lucy Vivash, William C. Walker, Emilio Werden, Lars T. Westlye, Krista Wild, Adrian Wroblewski, Mon Ju Wu, Glenn R. Wylie, Lakshmi N. Yatham, Giovana B. Zunta-Soares, Paul M. Thompson, Mary Jo Pugh, David F. Tate, Frank G. Hillary, Elisabeth A. Wilde, Emily L. Dennis, 2024, Brain Sciences on p. 669

Most-Cited Papers

ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

Paul M. Thompson, Neda Jahanshad, Christopher R.K. Ching, Lauren E. Salminen, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Joanna Bright, Bernhard T. Baune, Sara Bertolín, Janita Bralten, Willem B. Bruin, Robin Bülow, Jian Chen, Yann Chye, Udo Dannlowski, Carolien G.F. de Kovel, Gary Donohoe, Lisa T. Eyler, Stephen V. Faraone, Pauline Favre, Courtney A. Filippi, Thomas Frodl, Daniel Garijo, Yolanda Gil, Hans J. Grabe, Katrina L. Grasby, Tomas Hajek, Laura K.M. Han, Sean N. Hatton, Kevin Hilbert, Tiffany C. Ho, Laurena Holleran, Georg Homuth, Norbert Hosten, Josselin Houenou, Iliyan Ivanov, Tianye Jia, Sinead Kelly, Marieke Klein, Jun Soo Kwon, Max A. Laansma, Jeanne Leerssen, Ulrike Lueken, Abraham Nunes, Joseph O’ Neill, Nils Opel, Fabrizio Piras, Federica Piras, Merel C. Postema, Elena Pozzi, Frank G. Hillary, 2020, Translational Psychiatry

Injured Brains and Adaptive Networks: The Benefits and Costs of Hyperconnectivity

Frank G. Hillary, Jordan H. Grafman, 2017, Trends in Cognitive Sciences on p. 385-401

Hyperconnectivity is a fundamental response to neurological disruption

Frank G. Hillary, Cristina A. Roman, Umesh Venkatesan, Sarah M. Rajtmajer, Ricardo Bajo, Nazareth D. Castellanos, 2015, Neuropsychology on p. 59-75

Graph theory approaches to functional network organization in brain disorders: A critique for a brave new small-world

Michael N. Hallquist, Frank G. Hillary, 2018, Network Neuroscience on p. 1-26

Chronology and chronicity of altered resting-state functional connectivity after traumatic brain injury

Umesh M. Venkatesan, Nancy A. Dennis, Frank G. Hillary, 2015, Central Nervous System Trauma on p. 252-264

The evolution of cost-efficiency in neural networks during recovery from traumatic brain injury

Arnab Roy, Rachel A. Bernier, Jianli Wang, Monica Benson, Jerry J. French, David C. Good, Frank G. Hillary, 2017, PLoS One

A global collaboration to study intimate partner violence-related head trauma: The ENIGMA consortium IPV working group

Carrie Esopenko, Jessica Meyer, Elisabeth A. Wilde, Amy D. Marshall, David F. Tate, Alexander P. Lin, Inga K. Koerte, Kimberly B. Werner, Emily L. Dennis, Ashley L. Ware, Nicola L. de Souza, Deleene S. Menefee, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Dan J. Stein, Erin D. Bigler, Martha E. Shenton, Kathy S. Chiou, Judy L. Postmus, Kathleen Monahan, Brenda Eagan-Johnson, Paul van Donkelaar, Tricia L. Merkley, Carmen Velez, Cooper B. Hodges, Hannah M. Lindsey, Paula Johnson, Andrei Irimia, Matthew Spruiell, Esther R. Bennett, Ashley Bridwell, Glynnis Zieman, Frank G. Hillary, 2021, Brain Imaging and Behavior on p. 475-503

ENIGMA brain injury: Framework, challenges, and opportunities

Emily L. Dennis, David Baron, Brenda Bartnik-Olson, Karen Caeyenberghs, Carrie Esopenko, Frank G. Hillary, Kimbra Kenney, Inga K. Koerte, Alexander P. Lin, Andrew R. Mayer, Stefania Mondello, Alexander Olsen, Paul M. Thompson, David F. Tate, Elisabeth A. Wilde, 2020, Human Brain Mapping

Race and ethnicity considerations in traumatic brain injury research: Incidence, reporting, and outcome

Einat K. Brenner, Emily C. Grossner, Benjamin N. Johnson, Rachel A. Bernier, José Soto, Frank G. Hillary, 2020, Brain Injury on p. 799-808

Diminished neural network dynamics after moderate and severe traumatic brain injury

Nicholas Gilbert, Rachel A. Bernier, Vincent D. Calhoun, Einat Brenner, Emily Grossner, Sarah M. Rajtmajer, Frank G. Hillary, 2018, PLoS One