Andrew R Gerlach, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email gerlachar@upmc.edu
Website
Education & Training
PhD
Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, College of Engineering
Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, Idaho National Laboratory
Clinical and Translational Research Training in Late-Life Mood Disorders, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society of Biological Psychiatry
Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Research Interests
Mood & anxiety disorders; Neuroimaging; Computational models for multimodal integration
Selected Research Publications & Products- Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Kahru K, Andreescu C. The desegregation of neural networks during worry induction in late-life: An effective connectivity analysis. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (2025).
- Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Kolobaric A, Boyd BD, Kahru K, Krafty RT, Ajilore O, Taylor WD, Andreescu C. Network homeostasis: Functional brain network alterations and relapse in remitted late-life depression. Neuropsychopharmacology (2025). Https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02138-8
- Szymkowicz SM, Gerlach AR, Homiack D, Taylor WD. Biological factors influencing depression in later life: Role of aging processes and treatment implications. Translational Psychiatry, 13, 160 (2023).
- Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Pecina M, Ajilore O, Taylor W, Butters MA & Andreescu C. MRI predictors of pharmacotherapy response in major depressive disorder.\ NeuroImage: Clinical, 36, 103157 (2022).
- Gerlach AR, Karim HT, Kazan J, Aizenstein HJ, Krafty RT & Andreescu C. Networks of worry - Towards a connectivity-based signature of late-life worry using higher criticism.\" Translational Psychiatry, 11, 550 (2021)."
