Dr. Timothy Roberts
Dr. Roberts obtained his PhD from Cambridge University, England in 1992 (BA, Cambridge University, 1988). He has subsequently been on the faculty at UCSF (Radiology, 1994-2002, Asst. & Assoc. Prof) and the University of Toronto (Medical Imaging, 2002-2005, Assoc. and Full Prof) and is presently holder of the Oberkircher Family Chair in Pediatric Radiology and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Radiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as Professor of Radiology and Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania. He directs the Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center at CHOP (one of the larger clinical and research MEG facilities in the USA, with 3 MEG devices and a staff of approximately 25-30 faculty, postdocs, graduate students, research assistants and technologists). His work in multimodal, 4D/5D functional imaging using biomagnetic recording (magnetoencephalography, MEG) as well as advanced MRI techniques (such as diffusion tensor imaging and edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy), specifically in the study of auditory processing and language in autism spectrum disorders has been supported by the National Alliance for Autism Research and is presently supported by Autism Speaks, the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Simons Foundation, the Dept. of Defense and NIH. He additionally has served/is serving as the primary mentor of 5 junior faculty who are supported by NIH “K”-awards (Edgar, Leitman, Berman, Chen, Bloy) and has active research endeavors, beyond the field of autism, in Schizophrenia, TBI and Parkinson’s Disease, as well as methodological development. He has published in excess of 300 scientific papers, 30+ book chapters and given a large number of international invited presentations, mostly in the field of physiologic and functional imaging, reviews grant proposals for NIH (standing member, DBD 2008-12) and several equivalent international agencies (UK, Germany, Austria, Singapore, Israel, Cyprus, Canada, Holland), and serves on the executive committee of the American Society for Neuroradiology, the American Society for Functional Neuroradiology (President 2009-10) and the International Society for the Advancement of Clinical MEG (President 2009-11).

Related Publications
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Abnormal auditory mismatch fields in adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Matsuzaki J, Ku M, Berman JI, Blaskey L, Bloy L, Chen YH, Dell J, Edgar JC, Kuschner ES, Liu S, Saby J, Brodkin ES, Roberts TPL. Neurosci Lett. 2019 Apr 17;698:140-145. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.12.043. PMID: 30599264
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Matsuzaki J, Kuschner ES, Blaskey L, Bloy L, Kim M, Ku M, Edgar JC, Embick D, Roberts TPL. Autism Res. 2019 Aug;12(8):1225-1235. doi: 10.1002/aur.2136. Epub 2019 May 28. PMID: 31136103
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Ross JL, Bloy L, Roberts TPL, Miller J, Xing C, Silverman LA, Zinn AR. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2019 Oct;180(7):471-482. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32745. Epub 2019 Jun 3. PMID: 31161682
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Gofshteyn JS, Le T, Kessler S, Kamens R, Carr C, Gaetz W, Bloy L, Roberts TPL, Schwartz ES, Marsh ED. Epilepsy Res. 2019 Sep;155:106151. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2019.106151. Epub 2019 Jun 17. PMID: 31247475
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Sensorimotor Cortical Oscillations during Movement Preparation in 16p11.2 Deletion Carriers.
Hinkley LBN, Dale CL, Luks TL, Findlay AM, Bukshpun P, Pojman N, Thieu T, Chung WK, Berman J, Roberts TPL, Mukherjee P, Sherr EH, Nagarajan SS. J Neurosci. 2019 Sep 11;39(37):7321-7331. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3001-17.2019. Epub 2019 Jul 3. PMID: 31270155
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Abnormal Auditory Mismatch Fields in Children and Adolescents with 47,XYY Syndrome.
Matsuzaki J, Bloy L, Blaskey L, Miller J, Kuschner ES, Ku M, Dipiero M, Airey M, Edgar JC, Embick D, Ross JL, Roberts TPL. Dev Neurosci. 2019;41(1-2):123-131. doi: 10.1159/000500799. Epub 2019 Jul 5. PMID: 31280271
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Roberts TPL, Matsuzaki J, Blaskey L, Bloy L, Edgar JC, Kim M, Ku M, Kuschner ES, Embick D. Mol Autism. 2019 Aug 15;10:34. doi: 10.1186/s13229-019-0283-3. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31428297
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Edgar JC, Dipiero M, McBride E, Green HL, Berman J, Ku M, Liu S, Blaskey L, Kuschner E, Airey M, Ross JL, Bloy L, Kim M, Koppers S, Gaetz W, Schultz RT, Roberts TPL. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Aug 1;40(11):3288-3298. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24598. PMID: 30977235
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A Spectrotemporal Correlate of Language Impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Bloy L, Shwayder K, Blaskey L, Roberts TPL, Embick D. J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Aug;49(8):3181-3190. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04040-x. PMID: 31069618
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Auditory evoked response delays in children with 47,XYY syndrome.
Bloy L, Ku M, Edgar JC, Miller JS, Blaskey L, Ross J, Roberts TPL. Neuroreport. 2019 May 1;30(7):504-509. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001233. PMID: 30896674