Benjamin Jung
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Staff Scientist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
BSc (Biology)
McGill University, 2016.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Brown University, 2024.
BSc (Biology)
McGill University, 2016.
PhD (Neuroscience)
Brown University, 2024.
Post-Graduate Training
Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellow, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 2017-2019.
Pre-doctoral Intramural Research Training Award Fellow, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2020-2024.
NRSA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brain-Gene-Development Lab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2024-2025.
Permanent linkPost-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellow, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 2017-2019.
Pre-doctoral Intramural Research Training Award Fellow, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2020-2024.
NRSA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brain-Gene-Development Lab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2024-2025.
Selected Publications
Jung B, Schmitt JE, Seidlitz J, Schabdach JM, Karandikar S, Crowley TB, Dorfschmidt L, Mandal AS, Zimmerman D, Williams RMS, Prem S, Levitis E, Gardner M, Cyr K, Padmanabhan V, Taylor JH, Ruparel K, Boen R, Bearden CE, Ching CRK, Pasaniuc B, Anderson S, McGinn D, Zackai E, Emanuel B, Hopkins S, Chadehumbe M, Low KJ, Cole TJ, Bethlehem RAI, Shinohara RT, Gaynor JW, Roalf DR, Gur RE, McDonald-McGinn DM, Alexander-Bloch A.: Charting Brain Structure in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome with Clinical Neuroimaging. medRxiv January 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1101/2025.11.25.25339898.Mercedes L, Buczek MJ, Kafadar E, DiDomenico G, Jung B, Zimmerman D, Schabdach JM, Himes MM, Sotardi S, Vossough A, Driesbaugh KH, Moore T, Barzilay R, Calkins ME, Gur RE, Roalf DR, Satterthwaite TD, White LK, Alexander-Bloch A.: A prospective protocol for remotely investigating brain-behaviour-genetics associations in adolescent patients in a paediatric health system with pre-existing clinical brain MRIs. BMJ Open 15(10): e106431, October 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106431.
Zimmerman D, Mandal AS, Jung B, Buczek MJ, Schabdach JM, Karandikar S, Kafadar E, Gardner M, Daniali M, Mercedes L, Kohler S, Abdel-Qader L, Gur RE, Roalf DR, Satterthwaite TD, Williams R, Padmanabhan V, Seidlitz J, White LK, Sotardi S, Schmitt JE, Vossough A, Alexander-Bloch A.: Systematic protocol to identify 'clinical controls' for paediatric neuroimaging research from clinically acquired brain MRIs. BMJ Open 15(10): e106428, October 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106428.
Roalf D, Atkins A, Czernuszenko A, Pecsok MK, McDonald-McGinn DM, Schmitt JE, Roeske MJ, Hopkins S, Freedman P, Alexander-Bloch A, Schabdach J, Jung B, Crowley TB, Gallagher RS, McGinn DE, Moberg PJ, Ruparel K, Shinohara RT, Turetsky BI, White L, Zackai EH, Gur RC, Gur RE.: Presence, Severity, and Functional Associations of Incomplete Hippocampal Inversion in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging August 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.04.009. Epub ahead of print.
Sha Z, Sun KY, Jung B, Barzilay R, Moore TM, Almasy L, Forsyth JK, Prem S, Gandal MJ, Seidlitz J, Glessner JT, Alexander-Bloch AF: Copy Number Variant Architecture of Child Psychopathology and Cognitive Development in the ABCD Study. Am J Psychiatry 182(8): 763-778, August 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240445. Epub 2025 Jun 11.
Jung, B., Schmitt, J.E., Schabdach, J., Crowley, T.B., Karandikar, S., Mandal, A., Zimmerman, D., Williams, R., Ching, C., Padmanabhan, V., Giunta, V., McGinn, D. E., Zackai, E. H., Emanuel, B. S., Hopkins, S., Chadehumbe, M., Gur, R. E., Roalf, D., Seidlitz, J., Bearden, C., McDonald-McGinn, D. M., Alexander-Bloch, A.: 22q-ENIGMA Consortium. Integrating clinical and research imaging to uncover neuroanatomic deviations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2025 Meeting, Brisbane, Australia June 2025.
Mandal AS, Shinohara RT, Jung B, Gardner M, Akouri HE, Yerys BE, Guthrie W, Janke KM, Herrington JD, Hocking MC, Ball G, Payne JM, North KN, Muhlert N, Garg S, Seidlitz J, Fisher MJ, Alexander-Bloch A.: NF1-specific growth charts for head circumference over the first three years of life. medRxiv 106(2): e214480, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000214480.
Daniali M, Karandikar S, Zimmerman D, Schmitt JE, Buczek MJ, Jung B, Mercedes L, Seidlitz J, Troiani V, Dorfschmidt L, Kafadar E, Williams R, Sotardi S, Vossough A, Haag S, Schabdach JM, Alexander-Bloch A.: Language Models for Automated Classification of Brain MRI Reports and Growth Chart Generation. arXiv March 2025 Notes: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.12143.
Saulsbury ML, Gligorovic SN, Jung B, Jiao MG, Jean JC, Sudre G, Shaw P, Norman LJ.: A Large-Scale Examination of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Behaviors and Family Functioning Over Time Using Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Modeling. JAACAP Open 3(4): 899-910, January 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jaacop.2024.10.007.
Shastri GG, Sudre G, Ahn K, Jung B, Kolachana B, Auluck PK, Elnitski L, Shaw P.: Examining epigenetic aging in the post-mortem brain in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Front Genet 15: 1480761, October 2024 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1480761.