Matthew Glasser MD, PhD

Matthew F. Glasser, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of radiology at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Glasser is best known for his work mapping the 180 areas of each human cerebral cortical hemisphere using multiple MRI modalities as a part of the Human Connectome Project (HCP). This decade-long effort required a wholesale reimagining of many brain imaging acquisition, analysis, and data-sharing methods, which now comprise the HCP’s approach to brain imaging.

Glasser and David Van Essen, PhD, in the Department of Neuroscience, co-direct a brain imaging laboratory now a part of the Computational Imaging Research Center (CIRC). The HCP’s aging connectome project continues as the Adult Aging Brain Connectome (AABC) project that aims to uncover the brain, behavioral, and environmental factors underlying vulnerability and resilience to developing late-life dementia. Glasser co-leads the AABC’s Informatics, Data Analysis, and Statistics Core (IDASC) with the CIRC’s Daniel Marcus, PhD.

Glasser began his research career in 2005 at Emory University in the lab of James Rilling, PhD, where he majored in neuroscience. He then completed a pre-medical post-baccalaureate at Johns Hopkins and joined the Washington University’s MSTP program, where he completed his PhD in Van Essen’s lab. Glasser’s internship was at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO and he completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at MIR. In addition to participating in MIR’s research track, Glasser was MIR’s first resident to participate in the American Board of Radiology’s B. Leonard Holman Research Pathway, enabling him to effectively combine clinical training while continuing his research program. Subsequently, he completed a neuroradiology fellowship at MIR and is now an attending neuroradiologist with special interests in pediatric neuroradiology and advanced imaging.