Damien Fair

Assistant Professor
Oregon Health and Science University

Damien Fair is professor and director of the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

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Conceptual illustration of a group of brain scans.
Brain imaging

Boosting brain power: A conversation with Damien Fair

By Giorgia Guglielmi
25 October 2022 | 5 min read
Two doctors look at a brain scan with a 'fingerprint' pattern over the grey matter area.
Spectrum

Unique brain ‘fingerprints’ may narrow search for autism subtypes

By Damien Fair, Oscar Miranda Dominguez
10 July 2018 | 5 min read
Spectrum from The Transmitter.
Spectrum

Graph theory

By Damien Fair
22 March 2013 | 3 min read

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