Joseph Stujenske, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering

Areas of Expertise

  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience
Joseph Stujenske, MD, PhD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Brain mechanisms underlying safety; Fear & anxiety

Selected Publications

  1. Stujenske JM, O'Neill P, Fernandes-Henriques C, Nahmoud I, Goldburg SR, Singh A, Diaz L, Labkovich M, Hardin W, Bolkan SS, Reardon TR, Spellman TJ, Salzman CD, Gordon JA, Liston C, Likhtik E (2022). Prelimbic cortex drives discrimination of non-aversion via amygdala somatostatin interneurons. Neuron 110:2258-2267.e11
  2. Bolkan SS, Stujenske JM, Parnaudeau S, Spellman TJ, Gordon JA, Kellendonk C (2017). Thalamo-prefrontal inhibition disrupts prefrontal delay period activity supporting working memory. Nature Neuroscience 20:987-996. PMCID: PMC5501395
  3. Likhtik E, Stujenske JM, Topiwalla MA, Harris AZ, Gordon JA (2013) Prefrontal inputs to the amygdala signal safety in learned fear and innate anxiety. Nature Neuroscience 17:106-13. PMCID: PMC4035371

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Education
PhD, Neuroscience, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency
Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center

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