Faculty Researchers
Larissa Albantakis, PhD
Phone: Dr. Albantakis’ research is aimed at developing novel computational tools to analyze and model the origins, symptoms, and potential for interventions of mental disorders in a causal, mechanistic manner at the individual and group level.
Rasmus Birn, Ph.D.
Phone: Improving techniques for measuring functional brain organization (specifically, resting-state functional connectivity MRI)
Bradley Christian, Ph.D.
Phone: Development of PET methodologies to investigate neurochemical changes in the brain and studying novel radioligands to characterize neurotransmitter-protein interactions and how they are influenced by development, genes, environment and aging.
Chiara Cirelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: Dr. Cirelli’s research is aimed at investigating the fundamental mechanisms of sleep regulation by using a combination of molecular and genetic approaches.
Roseanne Clark, Ph.D.
Phone: Infant and early childhood mental health and early parent-child relationships
Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.
Phone: Neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices.
Ryan Herringa, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: Dr. Herringa's BRAVE Lab examines developmental brain mechanisms of resilience and vulnerability in youth following traumatic events
Ned H. Kalin, M.D.
Phone: The Kalin Lab combines molecular, preclinical animal models, and human functional imaging studies to understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying anxiety and mood disorders.
Michael Koenigs, Ph.D.
Phone: The goal of Dr. Koenigs’s research is to improve mental healthcare and promote resilience for individuals who are currently or formerly incarcerated.
Janet Lainhart, M.D.
Phone: Dr. Lainhart’s research focuses on understanding brain growth, development, and maturation in individuals with autism from childhood into mid-adulthood.
Virginia Medinilla, MD, PhD
Phone: Contemplative approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychiatric illness, with a focus on substance use and other addictive disorders
David Plante, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: Plante Lab focuses on applied research at the intersections of sleep medicine and psychiatry, with emphasis on disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness and/or sleep duration
Melissa Rosenkranz, Ph.D.
Phone: My program of research is focused on investigating the biology of the bi-directional mind-brain-immune pathways through which emotion and inflammation are mutually influential using a wide range of tools for this purpose, including functional and structural neuroimaging (MRI and PET).
Katherine Schaumberg, Ph.D.
Phone: Investigates both risk factors and behavioral treatments for unhealthy eating and activity patterns
Zachary Stowe, M.D.
Phone: The impact of maternal mental illness, substance abuse, and stress during perinatal period on obstetrical, neonatal, and developmental outcomes.
Giulio Tononi, M.D, Ph.D.
Phone: Dr. Tononi's work involved the development of a comprehensive hypothesis about the function of sleep: the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis (SHY)
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