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Cortico-striatal circuit abnormalities; OCD; Cell/circuit mechanisms; negative reinforcement; Human post-mortem studies; synaptic abnormalities
Ahmari
Susanne
Computational psychiatry; Geriatric mental health; Neuroimaging
Aizenstein
Howard
Dimensional psychopathology; Anxiety and irritability; Modeling aversive learning
Allen
Timothy
Pharmacology and experimental therapeutics
Altamirano-Espinoza
Alain
Accelerated aging in late-life mood disorders; Neural basis of anxiety & depression in late-life; Biomarkers of treatment response
Andreescu
Carmen
Stress-related neural circuitry; Childhood threat and deprivation; Infant neurodevelopment and emotionality
Banihashemi
Layla
Disseminate/implement evidence-based care; Family aggression and child maltreatment; Community engagement in research
Baumann
Barbara
Mental health interventions for autism; Mindfulness/non-pharmacological approaches to pain; Emotion regulation as a treatment target
Beck
Kelly
Aging & Alzheimer's disease; Neuroimaging biomarkers; Fluid biomarkers
Bellaver
Bruna
Computational models to predict mood disorders; Neural mechanisms of mood disorders; Evaluating results in machine learning approaches
Bertocci
Michele
Technological interventions to reduce suicide risk; Health equity
Biernesser
Candice
Bipolar spectrum disorders; Mood and anxiety disorders; Phenomenology, course & treatment
Birmaher
Boris
Biobehavioral oncology; Biobehavioral factors to cancer etiology; Biobehavioral factors to treatment response
Bovbjerg
Dana
Treatment of adolescent depression; Adolescent suicide prevention; Prediction of suicidal risk
Brent
David
Trajectory of cognitive function
Butters
Meryl
Evaluation and neurobiology of insomnia; Sleep and circadian rhythms; Self-report measures of sleep
Buysse
Daniel
Depression risk & developmental neuroscience; Emotional reactivity & regulation, reward process; Multimodal assessment of emotion, transdiagnostic
Bylsma
Lauren
Biopsychosocial risk mechanisms for aggression; Emotion and behavior dysregulation; Emotion socialization
Byrd
Amy
Cognitive & affective systems in adolescence; Adolescent multi-modal neuroimaging; Adolescent neurophysiological development
Calabro
Finnegan
Perinatal health behaviors & mental health; Food insecurity, disordered eating & body weight; Community-engaged research & health equity
Call
Christine
Sensitive periods neurodevelopment; Neural effects of exercise; Neuroplasticity
Cameron
Judy
Computational analysis of behavioral performance; Task-based & resting state neuroimaging analysis; Multivariate analysis techniques
Chase
Henry
Ashwagandha for schizophrenia; Negative symptoms & cognition; Insulin resistance & mental illness
Chengappa
Kadiamada
Endocannabinoid system alterations & schizophrenia; Animal models of cannabinoid exposure; Translational research
Chou
Shinnyi
Schizophrenia; Expansion microscopy; Computational modeling
Chung
Daniel Wonjae
Adolescent substance use; Adolescent cognition & brain development; Adolescent sleep
Clark
Duncan
Auditory neurophysiology in schizophrenia; Non-invasive brain stimulation in psychiatry; Cognitive dysfunction in psychosis
Coffman
Brian
Alzheimer's disease; PET imaging of Alzheimer's disease; Multimodal neuroimaging
Cohen
Ann
Sex & gender / autobiographical memory; rtfMRI neurofeedback
Compere
Laurie
tDCS brain stimulation & combined therapies; Methods to reduce cue-reactivity in smokers
Conklin
Cynthia
Obesity and eating disorders; Children, pregnant women and families; Intervention development and delivery
Conlon
Rachel
Emotion awareness and regulation in autism; Suicidality in autism; Adapting mindfulness for autistic clients
Conner
Caitlin
Modeling of CNS infections using induced pluripote; Modeling schizophrenia using induced pluripotents; Development of three-dimensional neuronal platform
D'Aiuto
Leonardo
Perinatal nicotine, cannabis, and alcohol use; Inequities in reproductive health; Cancer prevention
DeGenna
Natacha
Genetic basis of disease and disorders; Statistical genetics; Genomics, transcriptomics & proteomics
Devlin
Bernie
Mobile health and wearable device data analysis; Statistical analysis of complex networks
Diaz
Jihui
Decision-making in psychopathology; Reinforcement learning
Dombrovski
Alexandre
Substance use disorders; Psychology of behavior change; HIV and AIDS
Douaihy
Antoine
LGBTQ+ mental health equity; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Trauma-associated neural circuitry
Eckstrand
Kristen
Transcriptomics in human postmortem brain
Enwright
John
Depression & suicide prevention among LGBTQ+; Digital mental health interventions, social media; Mixed methods
Escobar-Viera
César
Biomarkers of schizophrenia & psychosis; Sleep oscillations; Neuromodulation (i.e. TMS, TBS)
Ferrarelli
Fabio
Alterations in GABA circuitry in schizophrenia; Sex differences in circuit alterations; Normal development of primate circuitry
Fish
Kenneth
Clinical affective neuroscience; Reward & emotion neural circuitry in adolescents; Brain development
Forbes
Erika
Sleep, sleep disorders, and sleep deprivation; Affective neuroscience; Adolescence
Franzen
Peter
Activity-dependent local translation in Alzheimers; Dopamine neuron vulnerability; aging & Parkinson's; Antipsychotic drug-induced metabolic syndrome
Freyberg
Zachary
Diagnosis & risk factors; neurocognitive disorders; Assessment of cognition in different populations; Cross-national studies of neurocognitive disorders
Ganguli
Mary
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying OCD; Computational modeling; Optogenetics, In vivo electrophysiology
Geramita
Matthew
Mood & anxiety disorders; Neuroimaging; Computational models for multimodal integration
Gerlach
Andrew
Alzheimer's disease/related dementias; Lithium and neuroprotection; Bipolar disorder & aging
Gildengers
Ariel
Postmortem human brain tissue research; Schizophrenia; Cortical circuitry & mitochondrial alterations
Glausier
Jill
Onset/maintenance of loss of control eating; Pediatric weight regulation; Evidence-based treatments for eating disorders
Goldschmidt
Andrea
Adolescent mood disorders & suicide; Proximal risk factors for suicidal behavior; Psychosocial prevention and intervention
Goldstein
Tina
Parvalbumin interneuron alterations; schizophrenia; Pyramidal neuron alterations in schizophrenia; Cellular basis of working memory & its alterations
Gonzalez-Burgos
Guillermo
Meditation for chronic pain management; Patient-reported outcomes instrument development; Context factors in clinical treatment
Greco
Carol
Dendritic alterations in schizophrenia; Dendritic regression pathways
Grubisha
Melanie
Gujral
Swathi
Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders; Prodromal indicators of risk for psychosis; Etiology & risk for suicide in psychosis
Haas
Gretchen
Bipolar disorders; Neuroimaging; Mindfulness
Hafeman
Danella
Down syndrome and dementia; ADHD in autism spectrum disorder; Parent training in autism spectrum disorder
Handen
Benjamin
Sleep and circadian rhythms; Affective neuroscience; Mood and substance use disorders
Hasler
Brant
Eating disorders; Binge eating
Hildebrandt
Britny
Genetic/epigenetic influences on addiction; Genetic/epigenetic influences on brain structure
Hill
Shirley
Reproductive mental health; Stress response; Intergenerational studies
Hipwell
Alison
Threat dysregulation/social dysfunction & risk; Cognition and affect in adolescence; Ambulatory assessment methodology
Horton
Leslie
Sleep-mediated regulation of reward; Neuroplasticity in drug addiction
Huang
Yanhua
Trauma; Cardiovascular disease risk; Behavioral sleep medicine
Jakubowski
Karen
Prefrontal cortex; interneurons; Novel pharmacology; Alcohol and opioid use disorders
Joffe
Max
Emotion and cognition interactions; Stress and anxiety; Reward and cognition interactions
Jones
Neil
Infant and toddler attention; Early risk signals; neurodevelopmental disorders
Joseph
Heather
Biostatistics
Kang
Chaeryon
Pathological changes in the Alzheimer brain; Blood biomarkers for Alzheimers disease diagnosis
Karikari
Thomas
Prediction of treatment response; Risk assessment in Alzheimer's disease; Novel interventions using TMS
Karim
Helmet
Mobile-health interventions for youth; ADHD-related risk for alcohol use/misuse; Youth resilience and coping
Kennedy
Traci
Circadian rhythms in mood disorders; Epigenetics; Multi-omics
Ketchesin
Kyle
Pharmacotherapy for pain, itch and substance use disorders
Ko
Mei-Chuan
Dissemination and implementation science; Collaborative pediatric health care
Kolko
David
Course & outcome of juvenile depressive disorders; Emotion regulation in depression risk; Health consequences of early-onset depression
Kovacs
Maria
Neurobiology of stress and emotion; Brain-body interaction; Brain aging
Kraynak
Thomas
Neurodevelopment of emotion regulation; Puberty and adolescent brain development; Anxiety and mood disorders
Ladouceur
Cecile
Sleep and circadian rhythms; Biology of aging; Alzheimer's disease
Lehrer
H. Matthew
Sleep interventions; Sleep and mood; Implementation
Levenson
Jessica
Pregnant/postpartum health; Binge eating and disordered eating behavior; Perinatal health equity
Levine
Michele
Schizophrenia; Cognition; Cortical circuitry
Lewis
David
Translational neuroscience; Endocrinology & metabolism
Li
Feng
Neural correlates of sleep; Psychopathology in young adults
Lima Santos
João Paulo
Childhood disruptive behavior disorders; Evidence-based assessment; Research methodology
Lindhiem
Oliver
Neurophysiological mechanisms & onset of psychosis; Phenomenology of auditory refractoriness; Abnormalities in the subcortical auditory pathway
López Caballero
Francisco
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; Neuroimaging biomarkers; Fluid biomarkers in clinical trials
Lukasewicz Ferreira
Pamela
Dopaminergic neurodevelopment; GABA/glutamate neurodevelopment; Neurocognitive development
Luna
Beatriz
Proteomics and protein networks; Schizophrenia relevant spine biology; Protein network alterations in schizophrenia
MacDonald
Matthew
Episodic and working memory; Visual imagery; Depression - obesity interaction
Manelis
Anna
Diagnosis of alcohol & substance use disorders; Clinical course of alcohol & drug problems
Martin
Christopher
Neuroimaging; Sleep; Schizophrenia
Mayeli
Ahmad
Emotion reactivity and regulation; Measure development; Suicide in autism
Mazefsky
Carla
Circadian rhythms in psychiatric disorders; Molecular mechanisms of psychiatric disorders
McClung
Colleen
Implementation science; Children's mental health services; Child maltreatment
McGuier
Elizabeth
Neurobiology of stress & suicide; Peripheral and neural biomarkers; Children, adolescents & young adults
Melhem
Nadine
Etiology, course & treatment of ADHD; Etiology, course & treatment of substance use; Primary care and ADHD treatment
Molina
Brooke
Children at familial risk for depression; Behavior inhibition
Morgan
Judith
Genetic/environmental roots of cognitive variables; Cellular models for psychosis; Neurovirology
Nimgaonkar
Vishwajit
Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography; Biochemistry and structural biology
Ning
Jiying
Mother-child interactions; Social and emotional development; Autism spectrum disorders
Northrup
Jessie
Mental health and addiction
Park
Tae Woo (Ted)
Developmental neuroscience; Neuroeconomics
Parr
Ashley
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; Biomarkers; Aging
Pascoal
Tharick
Neuroimaging predictors of treatment response; Interactions between belief, learning & mood; Computational models of placebo effects
Peciña
Marta
Health inequities in alcohol & substance use; Alcohol response and impulsivity; ADHD
Pedersen
Sarah
Developmental neuroscience; Cortical and striatal development; Autism spectrum disorders
Peixoto
Rui
Behavioral factors in drug use; Methods to test novel treatments; Drug effects promoting dependence
Perkins
Kenneth
Neuroimaging in mood disorders & OCD; Neuromodulation in mood disorders; Infant affective neural circuitry
Phillips
Mary
Personality disorders; Psychometrics; Treatment outcome research
Pilkonis
Paul
Network neuroscience related to risk for psychoses; Multimodal neuroimaging; Schizophrenia treatment clinical trials
Prasad
Konasale
Synergistic bio-behavioral treatment combinations; Neurocognitive substrates of depression/anxiety; Rapid-acting, neuromodulation & computer treatment
Price
Rebecca
Child & adolescent psychiatry; Neural substrates of suicidality & depression; Cytokines & inflammation
Rengasamy
Manivel
Impact of obesity on the developing brain; Effects of hormones on cardiovascular health; Technological interventions for youth/young adults
Rofey
Dana
Machine learning and big data in psychiatry
Ryan
Neal
Multimodal imaging; Brain deficits in early psychosis; Progressive deficits in psychosis
Salisbury
Dean
Treatment outcomes; Psychiatric neuroimaging; Psychopharmacology; Neuromodulation
Sarpal
Deepak
Suicide and self-injury; Interpersonal dynamics and personality; Emotion regulation
Scott
Lori
Sex differences in psychiatric disorders; Dendritic spine/microglia alterations; depression; Molecular rhythm disruptions in brain disorders
Seney
Marianne
Neural mechanisms of mood disorders; Neural mechanisms of recovery; Targeted interventions
Siegle
Greg
Early stage psychosis; Sensory-perceptual processing in the visual system
Sklar
Alfredo
Depression and suicide prevention; Rest-activity rhythms and health; Wearable/accelerometer-guided behavioral medicine
Smagula
Stephen
Developmental affective neuroscience; Sleep; Mood disorders
Soehner
Adriane
Bereavement, grief, and aging; Rest-activity rhythms and late-life depression; Interventions for late-life depression
Stahl
Sarah
Sleep, sleep duration, and sleep architecture; Cognition; Emotion regulation
Stepan
Michelle
Borderline personality disorder; Preschool emotion regulation; Proximal markers of suicide risk
Stepp
Stephanie
Brain mechanisms underlying safety; Fear & anxiety
Stujenske
Joseph
Bipolar disorder; Maternal depression; Psychotherapy research
Swartz
Holly
Psychosis in Alzheimer's disease; Molecular mechanisms of psychosis; Synaptic alterations in schizophrenia
Sweet
Robert
Cognition & decision-making; suicide; Suicide in late life
Szanto
Katalin
Auditory deficits in schizophrenia; Neural substrate of echoic memory; Adaptation and predictive coding
Teichert
Tobias
LGBT health; Suicidal behavior; HIV prevention
Thoma
Brian
Menopause and cardiovascular disease; Menopause and neurocognitive health; Trauma and cardiovascular disease risk
Thurston
Rebecca
Addiction; Learning and memory processes; Adolescent drug exposure long term effects
Torregrossa
Mary
Suicide; Learning & decision-making; Neurocomputational modeling
Tsypes
Aliona
Neuroimaging studies of age-related pathology; Statistical methods for multimodal imaging studies; Alzheimer's disease
Tudorascu
Dana
Understanding development of personality pathology
Vanwoerden
Salome
Development and treatment of youth depression; Depression treatment targets; Childhood adversity and youth psychopathology
Vaughn-Coaxum
Rachel
Weight/cardiometabolic outcomes; Physical function and mood; Health-related quality of life
Venditti
Elizabeth
Neural correlates of bipolar disorder course; Neuroimaging in adolescents with mTBI; Neural correlates of ADHD
Versace
Amelia
Alzheimer's disease; Nuclear medicine; Disease-specific biomarkers
Villemagne
Victor
Microglial activation in schizophrenia; Cortical circuitry dysfunction in schizophrenia; Animal models; pathophysiology of schizophrenia
Volk
David
Machine learning; Sleep; Methods for NIMH RDoC data
Wallace
Meredith
Alcohol use disorder; Genetics; Adolescent development
Wang
Frances
Mobile cognitive assessment; Alzheimer's disease and dementia; Psychosocial influences on cognition
Weinstein
Andrea
Sleep enhancement methods to promote brain health; Sleep and Alzheimer's disease; Sleep and aging
Wilckens
Kristine
Mechanisms of depression, anxiety & stress; Neurocognitive interventions; Health equity
Woody
Mary
Brain development and aging; Neuroimaging
Wu
Minjie
Neuroimaging; Human brain mapping
Yang
Shaolin
Real-time fMRI neurofeedback; Autobiographical memory; Neural correlates of mood disorders
Young
Kymberly