Eva-Maria Ratai, PhD

Professional Information

Experience: 

Associate Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital

Education: 

PhD Physical Chemistry, Westfaelische Wilhelms University, Muenster, Germany, 2000

Position: 
Affiliated Faculty

Contact

Mailing Address

149 Thirteenth Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

General Contact Information

ERATAI@mgh.harvard.edu
Phone: 
617-726-1744
Location: 
149-2318

Biosketch

The goals of my research are to advance the understanding of central nervous system (CNS) diseases through the application of advanced neuroimaging techniques, specifically, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and MR spectroscopy MRS.
Currently, am active in a number of research projects related to brain tumors, hypoxic ischemic injury in neonates, neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and neuro-developmental disorders such as autism
 
Publications:
  1. Barry RL, Babu S, Anteraper SA, Triantafyllou C, Keil B, Rowe OE, Rangaprakash D, Paganoni S, Lawson R, Dheel C, Cernasov PM, Rosen BR, Ratai EM, Atassi N. Ultra-high field (7T) functional magnetic resonance imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a pilot study. Neuroimage Clin. 2021 Mar 30; 30:102648. PMID: 33872993.
    Citations: Article has an altmetric score of 7   Fields: 

       

  2. Wiggins CJ, Choi C, Li Y, Lin AP, Thakur SB, Ratai EM. Shimming-the forgotten child of in-vivo MR? MAGMA. 2021 04; 34(2):179-181. PMID: 33768364.
    Citations: Article has an altmetric score of 10   Fields: 

       

  3. Makary MM, Weerasekara A, Rodham H, Hightower BG, Tseng CJ, Chan J, Chew S, Paganoni S, Ratai EM, Zrcher NR, Hooker JM, Atassi N, Babu S. Comparison of Two Clinical Upper Motor Neuron Burden Rating Scales in ALS Using Quantitative Brain Imaging. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2021 03 03; 12(5):906-916. PMID: 33576234.
    Citations: Article has an altmetric score of 7   Fields: 

       

  4. Lin A, Andronesi O, Bogner W, Choi IY, Coello E, Cudalbu C, Juchem C, Kemp GJ, Kreis R, Krk M, Lee P, Maudsley AA, Meyerspeer M, Mlynarik V, Near J, z G, Peek AL, Puts NA, Ratai EM, Tkc I, Mullins PG. Minimum Reporting Standards for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRSinMRS): Experts' consensus recommendations. NMR Biomed. 2021 May; 34(5):e4484. PMID: 33559967.
    Citations: Article has an altmetric score of 36   Fields: 

       

  5. Andronesi OC, Nicholson K, Jafari-Khouzani K, Bogner W, Wang J, Chan J, Macklin EA, Levine-Weinberg M, Breen C, Schwarzschild MA, Cudkowicz M, Rosen BR, Paganoni S, Ratai EM. Imaging Neurochemistry and Brain Structure Tracks Clinical Decline and Mechanisms of ALS in Patients. Front Neurol. 2020; 11:590573. PMID: 33343494.
    Citations: Article has an altmetric score of 7   
  6. Rapalino O, Weerasekera A, Moum SJ, Eikermann-Haerter K, Edlow BL, Fischer D, Torrado-Carvajal A, Loggia ML, Mukerji SS, Schaefer PW, Gonzalez RG, Lev MH, Ratai EM. Brain MR Spectroscopic Findings in 3 Consecutive Patients with COVID-19: Preliminary Observations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 01; 42(1):37-41. PMID: 33122208.
    Citations: Article has an altmetric score of 99   Fields: 

       Translation:Humans

  7. Figueiro Longo MG, Tan CO, Chan ST, Welt J, Avesta A, Ratai E, Mercaldo ND, Yendiki A, Namati J, Chico-Calero I, Parry BA, Drake L, Anderson R, Rauch T, Diaz-Arrastia R, Lev M, Lee J, Hamblin M, Vakoc B, Gupta R. Effect of Transcranial Low-Level Light Therapy vs Sham Therapy Among Patients With Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 09 01; 3(9):e2017337. PMID: 32926117.
    Citations: Article has an altmetric score of 110   Fields: 

       Translation:Humans

  8. Torrado-Carvajal A, Albrecht DS, Lee J, Andronesi OC, Ratai EM, Napadow V, Loggia ML. Inpainting as a Technique for Estimation of Missing Voxels in Brain Imaging. Ann Biomed Eng. 2021 Jan; 49(1):345-353. PMID: 32632531.
    Citations: 1  Article has an altmetric score of 5   Fields: 

       

  9. Jung C, Ichesco E, Ratai EM, Gonzalez RG, Burdo T, Loggia ML, Harris RE, Napadow V. Magnetic resonance imaging of neuroinflammation in chronic pain: a role for astrogliosis? Pain. 2020 07; 161(7):1555-1564. PMID: 31990749.
    Citations: 1  Article has an altmetric score of 27   Fields: 

       Translation:Humans

  10. Mujica-Parodi LR, Amgalan A, Sultan SF, Antal B, Sun X, Skiena S, Lithen A, Adra N, Ratai EM, Weistuch C, Govindarajan ST, Strey HH, Dill KA, Stufflebeam SM, Veech RL, Clarke K. Diet modulates brain network stability, a biomarker for brain aging, in young adults. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 03 17; 117(11):6170-6177. PMID: 32127481.
    Citations: 6  Article has an altmetric score of 846   Fields: 

       Translation:Humans

  11. Deelchand DK, Berrington A, Noeske R, Joers JM, Arani A, Gillen J, Schr M, Nielsen JF, Peltier S, Seraji-Bozorgzad N, Landheer K, Juchem C, Soher BJ, Noll DC, Kantarci K, Ratai EM, Mareci TH, Barker PB, z G. Across-vendor standardization of semi-LASER for single-voxel MRS at 3T. NMR Biomed. 2021 May; 34(5):e4218. PMID: 31854045.
    Citations: 5  Article has an altmetric score of 2   Fields: 

       

  12. Wilson M, Andronesi O, Barker PB, Bartha