studies the neuroanatomy and molecular mechanisms of addiction and reward
Dr. Francesca Sargolini
studies the neuronal basis of spatial cognition
Dr. Lillian Brady
studies sex differences and hormonal regulation of neural circuit activity underlying environmental context-reward associations in substance use disorders
Dr. Sepiedeh Keshavarzi
studies the neural underpinnings of the sense of self-motion and orientation in space.
Dr. Maria Geffen
studies neuronal circuits that support auditory perception and learning
Dr. Jessica Osterhout
studies neuro-immune interactions and the neural circuits underlying sickness symptoms.
Dr. Mary Kay Lobo
studies basal ganglia and reward circuitry that regulate motivation and repetitive behaviors.
Dr. Vanessa Stempel
studies the neural circuits and mechanisms that govern instinctive behavior in mice
Dr. Karine Fénelon
studies the neural circuits underlying sensorimotor gating
Dr. Rebecca Shansky
studies the role of sex and hormones on stress- and fear-related behaviors and neural circuitry
Dr. Rocio Servin
studies the roles of mechanotransduction in gastrointestinal function
Dr. Isabella Wagner
studies how the human brain allows us to flexibly adapt to new experiences, learn new information and form long-lasting memories
Dr. Elizabeth Heller
studies the gene regulatory mechanisms that underlie psychiatric disease using rodents models of drug use and chronic stress
Dr. Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana
uses experimentation and modeling to uncover the neural computations underlying complex cognition in health and disease
Dr. Andrea Carmine Belin
studies primary headache disorders such as cluster headache by identifying and characterizing genetic markers
Dr. Donna Calu
studies how neural systems encode for motivation and behavioral flexbility using in vivo recordings of neural activity within rat based reward-learning tasks.
Dr. Jyoti Mishra
Dr. Jyoti Mishra integrates neuroimaging, digital health and clinical translation approaches for next-generation mental healthcare solutions
Dr. Camilla Bellone
studies molecular, synaptic and circuit level mechanisms underlying social behaviors and reward processing
Dr. Karen Szumlinski
studies the the impact of drugs of abuse on neurochemical signaling in the brain using mouse models
Dr. Autumn Ivy
studies how early-life exercise can influence the development of cognitive functions