Degrees and Educational experience

1993-1997 Brown University Bachelor of Science (1997)

1999-present Washington University MSTP (Neuroscience) MD / PhD expected (2007)

 

Relevant post-baccalaureate experience 

1997-98 Research technician; Brown University, Lab of Drs. John Donoghue and Jerome Sanes

1998 Research consultant; Clinica de Santa Lucia (Rome), Lab of Dr. Sanes

1998-99 Research consultant; Beth-Israel Hospital (Boston), Lab of Dr. Steven Warach

 

Awards

Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Neuroscience (Brown University), 1997

Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship (Washington University / NIH), 1999-2003

Ruth Klingenstein Individual National Research Service Award Fellowship (NINDS/NIH), 2003-2005

 

Memberships

Society for Neuroscience, 1995-present

Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 1999-present

 

 

Journal articles (published and in preparation):

 

Baker JT, Snyder AZ, Snyder LH. The problem of single-unit localization and a solution using magnetic resonance imaging. (in preparation)

 

Baker JT, Snyder LH, Harper TM. Conditional spatial transformations in macaque posterior parietal cortex. (submitted to Nature)

 

Baker JT, Patel GH, Corbetta MC, Snyder LH. Distribution of activity across the monkey cerebral cortical surface, thalamus, and midbrain during rapid, visually-guided saccades. (accepted at Cerebral Cortex)

 

Baker JT, Harper TM, Snyder LH. Spatial memory following shifts of gaze. I. Saccades to memorized world-fixed and gaze-fixed targets. J Neurophysiol 89, 2564-2576. (2003)

 

Baker JT, Sanders AL, Maccotta L, Buckner RL. Neural correlates of verbal memory encoding during semantic and structural orienting tasks. Neuroreport, 12:1251-6. (2001)

 

Baker JT, Donoghue JD, Sanes JN. Gaze direction modulates finger movement activation patterns in human motor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 19: 10044-52. (1999)

 

 

Selected conference abstracts:

 

Baker JT, Patel GH, Corbetta M and Snyder LH. Cortical and Subcortical Substrates for Oculomotor Behavior in Non-Human Primates Explored with fMRI. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 186.2. (2004)

 

Baker JT, Snyder AZ, Snyder LH. A Novel MRI-Based Method For Localizing Electrophysiological Recordings In Non-Human Primates. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 862.15. (2003)

 

Baker JT, White RL, Snyder LH. Reference Frames And Spatial Memory Operations: the Lateral Intraparietal Area And Saccade Behavior. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 57.16. (2002)

 

Baker JT, Harper T, Snyder LH. Representing Invisible Targets During Gaze Shifts in the Lateral Intraparietal Area Of Monkey Cerebral Cortex. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting. (2001)

Baker JT, Harper T, Snyder LH. The Neuronal Representation Of Target Locations In Lateral Intraparietal Area Of Monkey Cortex Is Under Cognitive Control. Neural Control of Movement Society Annual Meeting. (2000)

 

Baker JT, Indovina I, Sanes JN. Tactile Input Enhances Movement Activation Patterns In Human Cerebral Cortex. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 159.8. (1998)

 

Baker JT, Fotenos A, Sanes JN. Freely-Chosen Movements Differentially Activate Human Motor Cortical Areas Of The Medial Wall. Human Brain Mapping, 1520. (1998)

Baker JT, Fellows M, Donoghue JD. Directional Tuning Rotations In Motor Cortical Neurons During Radial Arm Movements. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 607.2. (1997)

 

 

Clinical and teaching experience

 

Teaching Assistant, Graduate Student Systems Neuroscience course (2002-3)

 

Faculty, First-year Medical Student Neuroscience Course (2002-present)

 

Volunteer, Saturday Neighborhood Health Clinic (a free clinic run by Wash U medical students with the supervision of a rotating attending physician)