Biography
Professor Karen Caeyenberghs is a psychologist and neuroscientist. Her research interests are focused on mechanisms underlying neuroplasticity in brain-injured patients using a multidisciplinary approach, spanning the behavioural sciences and the cognitive neurosciences with a specific focus on the study of brain structure and connectivity using medical imaging technologies. Her contributions include publishing the first studies using diffusion MRI in children with TBI; developing novel home-based training programs for brain injured populations (BrainGames and CogMo); providing the first evidence of chronic cognitive impairments from a disconnection syndrome perspective; and publishing some of the first brain-wide maps of dynamic structural connectivity changes with training and disease progression. She holds an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship, with a focus on the underlying mechanisms of secondary injury of traumatic brain injury. Professor Caeyenberghs is the Program Leader for Microstructural Imaging and Rehabilitative Plasticity at the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and she leads the paediatric moderate-severe TBI consortium (enigma.ini.usc.edu/ongoing/enigma-tbi/) examining the impact of brain injury on the developing brain. She has previously worked at the Australian Catholic University, University of Ghent, Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Center, and Catholic University of Leuven. Professor Caeyenberghs has authored over 90 scientific articles in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Brain, Neuroimage, Developmental Science, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Journal of Neuroscience) and she has acted as a reviewer for over 20 academic journals. She has received over $2.5million in research funding. Bodies that have funded her research include the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Flanders Fund for Scientific Research (FWO).
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Fellowships
Career Development Fellowship level 1 2018
National Health and Medical Research Council
Travel grant for a long stay abroad (CUBRIC, Cardiff University) 2012
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Belgium)
Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Belgium)
Travel grant for a long stay abroad (RMIT University, Melbourne) 2006
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Belgium)
Predoctoral Fellowship 2006
Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Belgium)
Citation metrics
Overall Last 5 years
h-index google-scholar 30 20
Total citations google scholar 2039 2014
h-index scopus 25
Total publications 97 68
First-author papers 23 9
Last-author papers 12 12
Total citations scopus 1598
Affiliations
Honorary Appointments
Epworth Hospital Honorary Appointment, 2017-2019
Honorary Research Affiliate
University of Ghent, 2015-2019
Guest postdoctoral research fellow
Monash Biomedical Imaging lab, Monash University, 2015-2020
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow I
Professional activities
Professional Memberships
Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Society for Cognitive Neuroscience
Publications
Network diffusion modeling predicts neurodegeneration in traumatic brain injury
G Poudel, J Dominguez D, H Verhelst, C Vander Linden, K Deblaere, D Jones, E Cerin, G Vingerhoets, K Caeyenberghs
(2020), Vol. 7, pp. 270-279, Annals of clinical and translational neurology, C1
Christian Hyde, Ian Fuelscher, Peter Enticott, Derek Jones, Shawna Farquharson, Tim Silk, Jacqueline Williams, Karen Caeyenberghs
(2019), Vol. 21, pp. 1-13, NeuroImage: clinical, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Ian Fuelscher, Karen Caeyenberghs, Peter Enticott, Melissa Kirkovski, Shawna Farquharson, Jarrad Lum, Christian Hyde
(2019), Vol. 50, pp. 2877-2892, European journal of neuroscience, Chichester, Eng., C1
Cognitive Training in Young Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Fixel-Based Analysis
H Verhelst, D Giraldo, C Vander Linden, G Vingerhoets, B Jeurissen, K Caeyenberghs
(2019), Vol. 33, pp. 813-824, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, London, Eng., C1
Structural connectivity and weight loss in children with obesity: a study of the 'connectobese'
M Augustijn, M Di Biase, A Zalesky, L Van Acker, A De Guchtenaere, E D?Hondt, M Lenoir, F Deconinck, K Caeyenberghs
(2019), Vol. 43, pp. 2309-2321, International Journal of Obesity, Berlin, Germany, C1
Differences in brain processing of proprioception related to postural control in patients with recurrent non-specific low back pain and healthy controls
N Goossens, L Janssens, K Caeyenberghs, G Albouy, S Brumagne
(2019), Vol. 23, pp. 1-15, NeuroImage: Clinical, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Impulsivity and body fat accumulation are linked to cortical and subcortical brain volumes among adolescents and adults
N Kakoschke, V Lorenzetti, K Caeyenberghs, A Verdejo-Garca
(2019), Vol. 9, pp. 1-11, Scientific Reports, Berlin, Germany, C1
C Szoeke, A Goodwill, A Gorelik, L Dennerstein, K Caeyenberghs, S Simpson, E Hill, S Campbell
(2019), Vol. 68, pp. 105-114, Journal of Alzheimer's disease, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
K Braeckman, B Descamps, L Pieters, A Vral, K Caeyenberghs, C Vanhove
(2019), Vol. 21, pp. 1-12, NeuroImage: clinical, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
The structural connectome in traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis of graph metrics
P Imms, A Clemente, M Cook, W D'Souza, P Wilson, D Jones, K Caeyenberghs
(2019), Vol. 99, pp. 128-137, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Cognitive training benefit depends on brain injury location in adolescents with traumatic brain injury: A pilot study
C Vander Linden, H Verhelst, E Deschepper, G Vingerhoets, K Deblaere, K Caeyenberghs
(2019), Vol. 55, pp. 585-594, European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Torino, Italy, C1
Weight loss, behavioral change, and structural neuroplasticity in children with obesity through a multidisciplinary treatment program
M Augustijn, E D?Hondt, A Leemans, L Van Acker, A De Guchtenaere, M Lenoir, F Deconinck, K Caeyenberghs
(2019), Vol. 40, pp. 137-150, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1-1
Do Active Video Games Improve Motor Function in People With Developmental Disabilities? A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
D Hocking, H Farhat, R Gavrila, K Caeyenberghs, N Shields
(2019), Vol. 100, pp. 769-781, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
Prefrontal and temporal cortical thickness in adolescents with traumatic brain injury
C Vander Linden, H Verhelst, G Verleysen, K Caeyenberghs, K Deblaere, G Vingerhoets
(2019), Vol. 61, pp. 672-679, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, London, Eng., C1
Focal application of accelerated iTBS results in global changes in graph measures
D Klooster, S Franklin, R Besseling, J Jansen, K Caeyenberghs, R Duprat, A Aldenkamp, A de Louw, P Boon, C Baeken
(2019), Vol. 40, pp. 432-450, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
K Caeyenberghs, R Duprat, A Leemans, H Hosseini, P Wilson, D Klooster, C Baeken
(2019), Vol. 3, pp. 157-172, Network neuroscience, Cambridge, Mass., C1
R De Pauw, I Coppieters, K Caeyenberghs, J Kregel, H Aerts, D Lenoir, B Cagnie
(2019), Vol. 40, pp. 4266-4278, Human brain mapping, Chichester, Eng., C1
K Braeckman, B Descamps, C Vanhove, K Caeyenberghs
(2019), pp. 1-14, Brain imaging and behavior, New York, N.Y., C1
Hub disruption in patients with chronic neck pain
R De Pauw, H Aerts, R Siugzdaite, M Meeus, I Coppieters, K Caeyenberghs, B Cagnie
(2019), pp. 1-50, Pain, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
The association between mental rotation capacity and motor impairment in children with obesity-an exploratory study
F Deconinck, E D'Hondt, K Caeyenberghs, M Lenoir, M Augustijn
(2019), Vol. 7, pp. 1-20, PeerJ, Corte Madera, Calif., C1
H Lindsey, E Wilde, K Caeyenberghs, E Dennis
(2019), Vol. 10, pp. 1-26, Frontiers in Neurology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
I Fuelscher, K Caeyenberghs, P Enticott, J Williams, J Lum, C Hyde
(2018), Vol. 86, pp. 77-84, Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
ENIGMA pediatric msTBI: Preliminary results from meta-analysis of diffusion MRI
E Dennis, K Caeyenberghs, T Babikian, A Olsen, C Giza, R Asarnow, H Levin, P Kochunov, N Jahanshad, P Thompson, D Tate, E Wilde
(2018), Vol. 10975, pp. 1-7, Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis, Mazatlan, Mexico, E1
Role of Motor Competence and Executive Functioning in Weight Loss: A Study in Children with Obesity
M Augustijn, E D?Hondt, L Van Acker, A De Guchtenaere, M Lenoir, K Caeyenberghs, F Deconinck
(2018), Vol. 39, pp. 642-651, Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, Baltimore, Md., C1
M Li, K Caeyenberghs
(2018), Vol. 92, pp. 304-317, Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Aminov, J Rogers, S Middleton, K Caeyenberghs, P Wilson
(2018), Vol. 15, pp. 1-24, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, London, Eng., C1
K Caeyenberghs, A Clemente, P Imms, G Egan, D Hocking, A Leemans, C Metzler-Baddeley, D Jones, P Wilson
(2018), Vol. 32, pp. 99-114, Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, London, Eng., C1
I Coppieters, R De Pauw, K Caeyenberghs, D Lenoir, K DeBlaere, E Genbrugge, M Meeus, B Cagnie
(2018), Vol. 39, pp. 1721-1742, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
H Verhelst, C Vander Linden, T De Pauw, G Vingerhoets, K Caeyenberghs
(2018), Vol. 39, pp. 2800-2811, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
N Goossens, S Rummens, L Janssens, K Caeyenberghs, S Brumagne
(2018), Vol. 97, pp. 200-211, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baltimore, Md., C1
Hybrid is not a dirty word: Commentary on Wade and Kazeck (2017)
P Wilson, K Caeyenberghs, D Dewey, B Smits-Engelsman, B Steenbergen
(2018), Vol. 57, pp. 510-515, Human Movement Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Augustijn, F Deconinck, E D?Hondt, L Van Acker, A De Guchtenaere, M Lenoir, K Caeyenberghs
(2018), Vol. 12, pp. 1000-1010, Brain Imaging and Behavior, Berlin, Germany, C1
Mapping the functional connectome in traumatic brain injury: What can graph metrics tell us?
K Caeyenberghs, H Verhelst, A Clemente, P Wilson
(2017), Vol. 160, pp. 113-123, NeuroImage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
C Metzler-Baddeley, S Foley, S De Santis, C Charron, A Hampshire, K Caeyenberghs, D Jones
(2017), Vol. 29, pp. 1509-1520, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cambridge, Mass., C1
H Verhelst, C Vander Linden, G Vingerhoets, K Caeyenberghs
(2017), Vol. 6, pp. 28-38, Games for Health Journal, New Rochelle, N.Y., C1
P Wilson, B Smits-Engelsman, K Caeyenberghs, B Steenbergen, D Sugden, J Clark, N Mumford, R Blank
(2017), Vol. 59, pp. 1117-1129, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, London, Eng., C1
K Kamagata, A Zalesky, T Hatano, R Ueda, M Di Biase, A Okuzumi, K Shimoji, M Hori, K Caeyenberghs, C Pantelis, N Hattori, S Aoki
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 3704-3722, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
Is traumatic and non-traumatic neck pain associated with brain alterations? - A systematic review
R De Pauw, I Coppieters, M Meeus, K Caeyenberghs, L Danneels, B Cagnie
(2017), Vol. 20, pp. 245-260, Pain Physician, Paducah, Ky., C1
D Drijkoningen, S Chalavi, S Sunaert, J Duysens, S Swinnen, K Caeyenberghs
(2017), Vol. 34, pp. 1022-1034, Journal of neurotrauma, New Rochelle, N.Y., C1
K Caeyenberghs, M Pijnenburg, N Goossens, L Janssens, S Brumagne
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 183-191, American journal of neuroradiology, Oak Brook, Ill., C1
S Ruddock, K Caeyenberghs, J Piek, D Sugden, C Hyde, S Morris, D Rigoli, B Steenbergen, P Wilson
(2016), Vol. 109, pp. 84-95, Brain and cognition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
C Metzler-Baddeley, K Caeyenberghs, S Foley, D Jones
(2016), Vol. 130, pp. 48-62, NeuroImage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Brain networks under attack: Robustness properties and the impact of lesions
H Aerts, W Fias, K Caeyenberghs, D Marinazzo
(2016), Vol. 139, pp. 3063-3083, Brain, Oxford, Eng., C1
L Serbruyns, I Leunissen, P van Ruitenbeek, L Pauwels, K Caeyenberghs, E Solesio-Jofre, M Geurts, K Cuypers, R Meesen, S Sunaert, A Leemans, S Swinnen
(2016), Vol. 37, pp. 4084-4098, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
I Coppieters, M Meeus, J Kregel, K Caeyenberghs, R De Pauw, D Goubert, B Cagnie
(2016), Vol. 17, pp. 949-962, Journal of Pain, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Motor imagery training enhances motor skill in children with DCD: A replication study
P Wilson, I Adams, K Caeyenberghs, P Thomas, B Smits-Engelsman, B Steenbergen
(2016), Vol. 57, pp. 54-62, Research in Developmental Disabilities, C1
K Caeyenberghs, T Taymans, P Wilson, G Vanderstraeten, H Hosseini, H van Waelvelde
(2016), Vol. 19, pp. 599-612, Developmental Science, London, Eng., C1
Revealing hot executive function in children with motor coordination problems: What's the go?
S Rahimi-Golkhandan, B Steenbergen, J Piek, K Caeyenberghs, P Wilson
(2016), Vol. 106, pp. 55-64, Brain and Cognition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Dynamics of the Human Structural Connectome Underlying Working Memory Training
K Caeyenberghs, C Metzler-Baddeley, S Foley, D Jones
(2016), Vol. 36, pp. 4056-4066, Journal of Neuroscience, London, Eng., C1
S Ruddock, J Piek, D Sugden, S Morris, C Hyde, K Caeyenberghs, P Wilson
(2015), Vol. 36, pp. 244-255, Research in developmental disabilities, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Drakesmith, K Caeyenberghs, A Dutt, G Lewis, A David, D Jones
(2015), Vol. 118, pp. 313-333, NeuroImage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
D Drijkoningen, I Leunissen, K Caeyenberghs, W Hoogkamer, S Sunaert, J Duysens, S Swinnen
(2015), Vol. 36, pp. 4897-4909, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
D Drijkoningen, K Caeyenberghs, C Vander Linden, K Van Herpe, J Duysens, S Swinnen
(2015), Vol. 32, pp. 1324-1332, Journal of Neurotrauma, New York, N.Y., C1
J Sidlauskaite, K Caeyenberghs, E Sonuga-Barke, H Roeyers, J Wiersema
(2015), Vol. 9, pp. 506-512, NeuroImage: Clinical, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Dynamics of the connectome in Huntington's disease: A longitudinal diffusion MRI study
O Odish, K Caeyenberghs, H Hosseini, S Van Den Bogaard, R Roos, A Leemans
(2015), Vol. 9, pp. 32-43, NeuroImage: Clinical, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Drakesmith, K Caeyenberghs, A Dutt, S Zammit, C Evans, A Reichenberg, G Lewis, A David, D Jones
(2015), Vol. 36, pp. 2629-2643, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
Hyperconnectivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: A network analysis
K Caeyenberghs, H Powell, R Thomas, L Brindley, C Church, J Evans, S Muthukumaraswamy, D Jones, K Hamandi
(2015), Vol. 7, pp. 98-104, NeuroImage: Clinical, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
D Drijkoningen, K Caeyenberghs, I Leunissen, C Vander Linden, S Sunaert, J Duysens, S Swinnen
(2015), Vol. 7, pp. 240-251, NeuroImage: Clinical, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Serbruyns, J Gooijers, K Caeyenberghs, R Meesen, K Cuypers, H Sisti, A Leemans, S Swinnen
(2015), Vol. 220, pp. 273-290, Brain Structure and Function, Berlin, Germany, C1
Deficient motor timing in children with neurofibromatosis type 1
J Debrabant, E Plasschaert, K Caeyenberghs, G Vingerhoets, E Legius, S Janssens, H Van Waelvelde
(2014), Vol. 35, pp. 3131-3138, Research in Developmental Disabilities, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Hemispheric lateralization of topological organization in structural brain networks
K Caeyenberghs, A Leemans
(2014), Vol. 35, pp. 4944-4957, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
Task switching in traumatic brain injury relates to cortico-subcortical integrity
I Leunissen, J Coxon, K Caeyenberghs, K Michiels, S Sunaert, S Swinnen
(2014), Vol. 35, pp. 2459-2469, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
I Leunissen, J Coxon, K Caeyenberghs, K Michiels, S Sunaert, S Swinnen
(2014), Vol. 51, pp. 67-81, Cortex, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
J Gooijers, A Leemans, S Van Cauter, S Sunaert, S Swinnen, K Caeyenberghs
(2014), Vol. 219, pp. 1627-1638, Brain structure and function, Berlin, Germany, C1
Altered structural networks and executive deficits in traumatic brain injury patients
K Caeyenberghs, A Leemans, I Leunissen, J Gooijers, K Michiels, S Sunaert, S Swinnen
(2014), Vol. 219, pp. 193-209, Brain Structure and Function, Berlin, Germany, C1
K Caeyenberghs, A Leemans, I Leunissen, K Michiels, S Swinnen
(2013), Vol. 7, pp. 1-11, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
M Heitger, D Goble, T Dhollander, P Dupont, K Caeyenberghs, A Leemans, S Sunaert, S Swinnen
(2013), Vol. 8, pp. 1-16, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Calif., C1
J Gooijers, K Caeyenberghs, H Sisti, M Geurts, M Heitger, A Leemans, S Swinnen
(2013), Vol. 34, pp. 241-252, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
Disruption of cerebral networks and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer disease
Y Reijmer, A Leemans, K Caeyenberghs, S Heringa, H Koek, G Biessels
(2013), Vol. 80, pp. 1370-1377, Neurology, Minneapolis, Minn., C1
Disturbed cortico-subcortical interactions during motor task switching in traumatic brain injury
I Leunissen, J Coxon, M Geurts, K Caeyenberghs, K Michiels, S Sunaert, S Swinnen
(2013), Vol. 34, pp. 1254-1271, Human Brain Mapping, London, Eng., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Structural connectomes in traumatic brain injury: Can secondary disease progression be stopped and cognitive deficits be reversed?
Prof Karen Caeyenberghs
NHMRC CDF - Career Development Fellowship
- 2020: $46,854
Industry and Other Funding
The microstructural basis of DCD and its co-occurrence with ADHD: an advanced constrained deconvolution
Dr Christian Hyde, Prof Karen Caeyenberghs, Dr Jacqueline Williams, Dr Ian Fuelscher, Dr Tim Silk, A/Prof Jeffrey Craig, A/Prof Jarrad Lum
- 2019: $82,134
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report