Portrait of Mark Whiting, PhD

Mark Whiting, PhD

Associate Professor, Center for Clinical Imaging Research

Research Interests

  • Post-concussion syndrome
  • Novel therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders
  • Pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Neurotrauma

Education and Training

  • PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007
  • BS, Radford University, 2003

Publications

  • Turtzo LC, Luby M, Jikaria N, Griffin A, Greenman D, Bokkers RPH, Parikh G, Peterkin N, Whiting MD, Latour L. Cytotoxic edema associated with hemorrhage predicts poor outcome after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma, 2021: 19 Sep: doi:10.1089/FNEUR.2021.0037
  • Whiting MD, Dengler B, Rodriguez C, Blodgett D, Cohen A, Januszkiewicz A, Rasmussen T, Brody DL. Prehospital detection of life-threatening intracranial pathology: an unmet need for severe TBI in austere, rural, and remote areas. Front Neurol. 2020;11:1439. doi:10.3389/FNEUR.2020.599268
  • Rizk T, Turtzo LC, Cota M, Van Der Merwe A, Latour L, Whiting MD, Chan L. Traumatic microbleeds persist for up to five years following traumatic brain injury despite resolution of other acute findings on MRI. Brain Inj. March 2020:1-9. doi:10.1080/02699052.2020.1725835
  • Jaiswal S, Knutsen AK, Wilson CM, Fu A, Tucker L, Kim Y, Bittner K, Whiting MD, McCabe JT, Dardzinski BJ. Mild traumatic brain injury induced by primary blast overpressure produces dynamic regional changes in [18F]FDG uptake. Brain Res. 2019;1723. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146400

Academic (or Faculty) Appointments

  • Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor - Research