Richard J. Rushmore III, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Anatomy & Neurobiology

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



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.

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




Computational Neuroimaging MRI for Studying Early Brain Development with Autism
02/01/2024 - 12/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NIH NIMH
1R01MH133845-01A1

Strengthening the Biomedical Workforce through Excellence in Boston University's Summer Program in Neuroscience
12/09/2023 - 11/30/2028 (Multi-PI)
PI: Richard J. Rushmore III, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
5R25NS125607-03

Mapping of the intrinsic and extrinsic cerebellar connectome at ultra high resolution with expert neuroanatomical curation
06/20/2023 - 03/31/2028 (Subcontract PI)
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. NIH NIMH
5R01MH132610-03

Unraveling the superficial white matter of the primate brain: Tracer-based histology and dMRI tractography validation
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2027 (Multi-PI)
PI: Richard J. Rushmore III, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
5R01NS125307-04

Elucidating the three-dimensional organization of the human cerebellar cortex using histological and ultra-high resolution structural MRI approaches
05/01/2024 - 04/30/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
5R21NS136960-02

Causal Roles of Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Dorsal Premotor Cortex in Perceptual Decision-Making
09/01/2023 - 08/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Richard J. Rushmore III, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
1R21NS135361-01

Collaborative research on the brain of H.M.
10/01/2022 - 03/01/2023 (Subcontract PI)
University of California, Davis The Dana Foundation


Using transcranial brain stimulation to prevent cortical spreading depression
09/30/2014 - 08/31/2017 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
5R21NS084022-02

Parietal and Temporal Circuits in Cognition
02/01/2002 - 01/31/2004 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
5 F31 NS44624 02



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2026 Strengthening the Biomedical Workforce through Excellence in Boston University's Summer Program in Neuroscience 5R25NS125607-03
2025 Elucidating the Three-Dimensional Organization of the Human Cerebellar Cortex Using Histological and Ultra-High Resolution Structural MRI Approaches 5R21NS136960-02
2025 Enhancing Diversity in the Summer Program in Neuroscience at Boston University 5R25NS125607-02
2025 Unraveling the Superficial White Matter of the Primate Brain: Tracer-Based Histology and dMRI Tractography Validation 5R01NS125307-04
2024 Elucidating the three-dimensional organization of the human cerebellar cortex using histological and ultra-high resolution structural MRI approaches 1R21NS136960-01
2024 Enhancing Diversity in the Summer Program in Neuroscience at Boston University 1R25NS125607-01A1
2024 Unraveling the Superficial White Matter of the Primate Brain: Tracer-Based Histology and dMRI Tractography Validation 5R01NS125307-03
2023 Causal Roles of Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Dorsal Premotor Cortex in Perceptual Decision-Making 1R21NS135361-01
2023 Unraveling the Superficial White Matter of the Primate Brain: Tracer-Based Histology and dMRI Tractography Validation 5R01NS125307-02
2022 Unraveling the superficial white matter of the primate brain: Tracer-based histology and dMRI tractography validation 1R01NS125307-01A1
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  1. Zhang F, Rushmore J, Li Y, Cetin-Karayumak S, Song Y, Cai W, Westin CF, Levitt JJ, Makris N, Rathi Y, O'Donnell LJ. Study of sex differences in the whole brain white matter using diffusion MRI tractography and suprathreshold fiber cluster statistics. Neuroimage Clin. 2026; 49:103979. PMID: 41785558; PMCID: PMC12969042; DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2026.103979;
     
  2. Toppa PH, Rushmore RJ, Haggerty K, Papadimitriou G, Dougherty D, Kubicki M, González-Mora JL, Pallanti S, Castañeyra-Perdomo A, Yeterian E, Makris N. Neuroanatomy of substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic, and dorsal raphe serotonergic circuits in the human brain using T1-weighted and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging: A morphometric pilot study with estimate of reliability. bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41726954; PMCID: PMC12918984; DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.12.705574;
     
  3. Rockland KS, Rushmore RJ. Cortical white matter: no longer a silent partner. Front Neuroanat. 2025; 19:1726067.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41552372; PMCID: PMC12808421; DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2025.1726067;
     
  4. Zheng R, Zhang W, Li Y, Zhu X, Lan Z, Rushmore J, Rathi Y, Makris N, O'Donnell LJ, Zhang F. AGFS-tractometry: A novel atlas-guided fine-scale tractometry approach for enhanced along-tract group statistical comparison using diffusion MRI tractography. Med Image Anal. 2026 Mar; 109:103892. PMID: 41380339; DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2025.103892;
     
  5. John O, Wickham A, Jung LB, Mirmajlesi AS, Stearns J, Breedlove K, Kim N, Daneshvar DH, Billah T, Pasternak O, Chamaria A, Coleman MJ, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Bernick C, Balcer LJ, Rushmore RJ, Alosco ML, Koerte IK, Lin AP, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA, Shenton ME, Arciniega H, Bouix S. Shape analysis of the amygdala, hippocampus and thalamus in former American football players. Brain Commun. 2025; 7(6):fcaf440.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41277896; PMCID: PMC12631119; DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf440;
     
  6. Lo Y, Chen Y, Liu D, Zekelman L, Rushmore J, Rathi Y, Makris N, Golby AJ, Zhang F, Cai W, O'Donnell LJ. A Multimodal Deep Learning Approach for White Matter Shape Prediction in Diffusion MRI Tractography. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Nov; 46(16):e70396. PMID: 41171024; PMCID: PMC12576896; DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70396;
     
  7. Lyu J, Ning L, Consagra W, Liu Q, Rushmore RJ, Bilgic B, Rathi Y. Rapid whole brain motion-robust mesoscale in-vivo MR imaging using multi-scale implicit neural representation. Med Image Anal. 2026 Jan; 107(Pt B):103830. PMID: 41072125; DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2025.103830;
     
  8. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41256884; PMCID: PMC12622200
     
  9. Zhang F, Rushmore J, Li Y, Cetin-Karayumak S, Song Y, Cai W, Westin CF, Levitt JJ, Makris N, Rathi Y, O'Donnell LJ. Study of Sex Differences in the Whole Brain White Matter Using Diffusion MRI Tractography and Suprathreshold Fiber Cluster Statistics. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 28. PMID: 41040237; PMCID: PMC12485736; DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.27.679006;
     
  10. He H, Zhu C, Zhang L, Liu Y, Xu X, Chen Y, Zekelman L, Rushmore J, Rathi Y, Makris N, O'Donnell LJ, Zhang F. DeepNuParc: A novel deep clustering framework for fine-scale parcellation of brain nuclei using diffusion MRI tractography. Neuroimage. 2025 Oct 01; 319:121421. PMID: 40902872; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121421;
     
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Bar chart showing 87 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2025

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2017 Boston University School of Medicine: Stanley Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching
2014 Boston University School of Medicine: Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences
2008 Boston University School of Medicine: Educator of the Year in Graduate Sciences
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