Scientific Advisory Board
Cameron Carter, MD
University of California-Davis Director, Imaging Research Center Director, Center for Neuroscience Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology Research Interests Neural mechanisms of attention and memory and the pathophysiological processes underlying clinical disorders that involve these cognitive systems through the integration of behavioral, computational and functional neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, ERP) |
Amit Etkin, MD, PhD
Stanford University Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Investigator in the VA Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the Palo Alto VA Research Interests Neurobiology and treatment of of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress, including: (a) which domains of neural/mental functions are involved, (b) how different existing treatment approaches yield their effects on the brain, and (c) whether emerging tools for mapping and modulating neural circuits can remediate brain abnormalities that may not be affected by current treatments |
Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin Matthew P. Nemeroff Endowed Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director, Institute for Early Life Adversity Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Interests Biological basis of affective disorders, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders, and clinical research focused on the use of genetic, neuroendocrine, neuroimaging and neurochemical methods to comprehensively understand the pathophysiology of depression |
Mary Phillips, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Professor of Psychiatry Co-Director of the Brain Imaging Research Centre (BIRC) Kings College, Institute of Psychiatry Professor of Neuroscience and Emotion Research Interests Application of fMRI techniques to examine the neural basis of emotion processing in healthy and psychiatric populations, specifically, the identification of neural correlates that underlie the symptoms of abnormalities in emotion processing in people with mood disorders |
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Interests Molecular and cellular mechanisms of fear learning and the process of extinction of fear in mouse models to improve our understanding of and advance treatments for fear-based disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder |
Larry Schramm, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Whiting School of Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Research Interests Spinal systems that affect arterial pressure before and after spinal injury, with the goal of identifying and understanding these systems to predict potential cardiovascular dysfunction in the event of inappropriate regeneration of pathways during spinal cord regeneration |
Murray Stein, MD, MPH, FRCPC
University of California-San Diego Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Family & Preventive Medicine Vice Chair for Clinical Research in Psychiatry, Anxiety & Traumatic Stress Disorders Program Research Interests Epidemiology, neurobiology, and the treatment of anxiety and trauma and stress-related disorders, especially social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder |