Erica Berlin Baller
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Neuroscience Curriculum for Psychiatry Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Training Director of Psychiatry Residency Research, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
3700 Hamilton Walk
Richards Building, 5th floor, Pod A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Richards Building, 5th floor, Pod A
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education
BA (Computer Science and Psychology)
Yale University, 2006.
MS (Physiology and Biophysics)
Georgetown University, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2015.
BA (Computer Science and Psychology)
Yale University, 2006.
MS (Physiology and Biophysics)
Georgetown University, 2010.
MD (Medicine)
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2015.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Psychiatry, Child Track, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2015-2016.
Resident in Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2019.
Fellow in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2019-2020.
T32 NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuropsychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 2020-2023.
Permanent linkIntern in Psychiatry, Child Track, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2015-2016.
Resident in Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2019.
Fellow in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2019-2020.
T32 NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuropsychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 2020-2023.
Description of Research Expertise
Multiple sclerosis and psychiatry, psychiatric neuroimaging, electronic medical recordsSelected Publications
Roalf DR, Moore TM, Stifelman J, Pecsok MK, Atkins A, Baller EB, Calkins ME, De Biasi M, Kohler CG, Mastracchio C, Mordy A, Robinson H, Reddy R, Nanga RPR, Ruparel K, Rush-Goebel S, Wolf DH, Gur RC, Gur RE, Scott JC.: Cannabis use and glutamate across the psychosis spectrum: in vivo evidence from 7T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Mol Psychiatry Jun 2026.Horien C, Mandino F, Corriveau A, Greene AS, O'Connor D, Shen X, Keller AS, Baller EB, Chun MM, Finn ES, Chawarska K, Lake EMR, Scheinost D, Satterthwaite TD, Rosenberg MD, Constable RT.: Feature overlap in transdiagnostic connectome-based models of sustained attention and autism symptoms. medRxiv Jun 2026.
Baller E, Cooper E, Bakhtiar N, Bar-Or A, Brandstadter R, Gur R, Horwath E, Jacobs D, Perrone C, Pritschet L, Roalf D, Satterthwaite T, Shinohara R, Schindler M.: Age and Sex-Specific Patterns of Cognitive Performance During Midlife in People With Multiple Sclerosis. Biological Psychiatry 99(10): S271-S272, May 2026.
E. C. Cooper, N. Bakhtiar, A. Bar-Or, R. B. Brandstadter, R. C. Gur, E. A. Horwath, D. A. Jacobs, C. M. Perrone, D. R. Roalf, K. Ruparel, T. D. Satterthwaite, R. T. Shinohara, M. K. Schindler, E. B. Baller. : Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery Reveals Global and Task-Specific Deficits Across Multiple Cognitive Domains in Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal 32(2 supplement): 20-250, April 2026.
Rubau-Apa N, Hayes C, Francisco A, Rush S, Rana H, Islam M, Hunter L, Pritschet L, Salo T, Senapati S, Hantsoo L, Indrakanti D, Beydler EM, Baller EB, Barzilay R, Calkins ME, Cieslak M, Detre JA, Dhaliwal S, Elliott MA, Huang H, Keller AS, Kirwan CB, Kishton R, Moore TM, Kornfield SL, Scott JC, Taso M, Tisdall MD, Vossough A, White LK, Zafman K, Wolf DH, Roalf DR, Shanmugan S.: The PMADS Project: A Longitudinal Multimodal Cohort Study to Understand Risk for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. bioRxiv Apr 2026.
Brook JBH, Salo T, Luo AC, Bagautdinova J, Rush S, Alexander-Bloch AF, Baller EB, Calkins ME, Cieslak M, Cooper EC, Detre JA, Elliott MA, Fair DA, Freedman P, Gehrman PR, Gur RC, Gur RE, Klein A, Laney N, Laumann TO, Mehta K, Merikangas K, Milham MP, Mitchell JA, Moore TM, Nelson SM, Ruparel K, Sevchik BL, Shanmugan S, Shou H, Taso M, White LK, Wolf DH, Tisdall MD, Roalf DR, Satterthwaite TD.: An open, fully-processed data resource for studying mood and sleep variability in the developing brain. Apert Neuro Jan 2026.
Rauland A, Meisler SL, Alexander-Bloch AF, Bagautdinova J, Baller EB, Gur RE, Gur RC, Luo AC, Moore TM, Popovych OV, Reetz K, Roalf DR, Shinohara RT, Sotardi S, Sydnor VJ, Vossough A, Eickhoff SB, Cieslak M, Satterthwaite TD. : White Matter Bundle Reconstruction From Single-Shell Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Test-Retest Reliability and Predictive Capability Across Orientation Distribution Function Reconstruction Methods. Human Brain Mapping 46(17): e70429, Dec 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/hbm.70429.
Pecsok MK, Shafiei G, Atkins A, Calkins ME, Gur RC, Reddy Nanga RP, Reddy R, Matyi MA, Stifelman J, Robinson H, Baller EB, Shinohara RT, Ruparel K, Linn KA, Wolf DH, Satterthwaite TD, McMillan CT, Roalf D.: Characterizing Spatial Associations Between GluCEST MRI and Neurotransmitter Receptor Density in the Human Cortex. Human Brain Mapping 46: e70442, Dec 2025.
Baller EB, Cooper EC, Schindler MK, Bar-Or A, Fox MD, Shinohara RT, Satterthwaite TD.: Depression as a Disease of White Matter Network Disruption: Learning From Multiple Sclerosis. Biol Psychiatry 99: 1088-1099, Nov 2025.
Erica B. Baller: "Interpreting the Signal" National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative Sep 2025 Notes: https://nncionline.org/course/dr-erica-baller-interpreting-the-signal/