Donald Rojas, Ph.D. (303) 315-8624  Don.Rojas@uchsc.edu      Dr. Rojas's research is concerned with understanding brain development in children with pervasive developmental disorders like autism and fragile X syndrome, as well as psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia.  Modern non-invasive imaging tools such as magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are combined with traditional behavioral techniques (psychophysics, neuropsychology) to study cortical network development and its relationship to behavioral development.  Studies to date have focused on the identification of markers of neurodevelopmental abnormalities in adults and young children, with the ultimate aim of conducting functional imaging on the at-risk fetus to improve our ability to predict long-term outcomes and develop early interventions. Recent Publications: 1. Rojas, D. C., Teale, P., Sheeder, J. L. & Reite, M. L. (2000). Neuromagnetic alpha suppression during an auditory Sternberg task: Evidence for a serial, self-terminating search of short-term memory.  Cognitive Brain Research, 10, 85-89. 2. Teale, P., Reite, M., Rojas, D. C., Sheeder, J. & Arciniegas, D. (2000).  Fine structure of the auditory M100 in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 48, 1109-1112. 3. Rojas, D. C., Teale, P., & Reite, M. (2000). Magnetoencephalography.  In M. Ernst & J. Rumsey (Eds.), The foundation and future of functional neuroimaging in child psychiatry.  Boston: Cambridge University Press, 77-95. 4. Rojas, D. C., Sheeder, J. L., Teale, P., Walker, J. R., Robertson, B. A., Selig, S., & Reite, M.  (2000).  MEG measurement of auditory sensory memory persistence via the M100 in children and adults.  In C. Aine, Y. Okada, G. Stroink, S. Swithenby, and C. Wood (Eds.), Advances in Biomagnetism Research: Biomag96, New York:  Springer-Verlag, 856-859. 5. Rojas, D. C., Teale, P., Sheeder, J., & Reite, M. (1999).  Sex differences in the refractory period of the 100-ms latency auditory evoked magnetic field.  Neuroreport, 10 (16), 3321-3325. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY Department of Psychiatry  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center  Denver, CO 80262 For additional Information E-mail: Martin.Reite@UCHSC.edu If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to E-mail:  Linda.Greco-Sanders@UCHSC.edu