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Research Labs & Centers

Centers

  • Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy
  • Institute for Early Life Adversity
  • Center for Youth Mental Health
  • Charmaine & Gordon McGill Center for Psychedelic Research & Therapy
  • Dell Medical School Pediatric Neuroscience
  • The Waggoner Center
  • UT CARE

Research Labs

Aphasia Research Treatment Lab (PI: Maya Henry) | cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, cognitive rehabilitation

Brumback Lab | electrophysiology, optogenetic

Chang Lab | signal analysis, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence

CNBI Lab  (PI: José del R. Millán) | BCI, Neuroprosthetics, brain-machine interfaces, brain-computer interfaces, neural engineering, human-robot interaction, artificial intelligence

COPE Lab (PI: Alyssa Aguirre) | memory, aging, caregiver roadmap & support

Dobbs Lab | neural circuits, animal models, polysubstance abuse

Gaudet Lab | neuroinflammation, spinal cord injuries, biological clocks

Hamilton Lab | translational neuroscience, computational neuroscience

Howard Neuro Lab | cellular neurophysiology, translational epilepsy, synaptic transmission and plasticity

Image ARCS Lab (PI: Adrienne Dula) | cerebrovascular neuroimaging, glymphatic imaging

Institute for Early Life Adversity Research (PI: Charles Nemeroff) | early life development, child abuse & neglect, mood and anxiety disorders

Interpersonal Impact of Trauma Lab (PI: Suzannah Creech) | PTSD, trauma, family functioning, military veterans

Kumar Lab | pediatric brain & spine tumors, vascular malformations, developmental anomalies, epilepsy

Laboratory of Affective Neurogenetics (PI: Mbemba Jabbi) | clinical and behavioral neuroscience, mood and affective disorders

Learning, Memory and Emotion Lab (PI: Joseph Dunsmoor) | neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, PTSD

Main Lab (PI: Elizabeth Lippard) | bipolar disorder, alcohol use disorder, stress

Melamed Lab | multiple sclerosis, neuroinflammation

Memory and Aging Lab (PI: Audrey Duarte) | cognitive neuroscience.

Messing Lab | translational neuroscience, addiction, pain, neuroimmune signaling

Molecular Engineering, Design & Discovery Lab (PI: Lief Fenno) | molecular engineering, systems neuroscience, and clinical medicine

Mood Addiction Interaction Neuroscience Lab (PI: Elizabeth Lippard) | mood disorders, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders

MS.io Lab (PI: Leorah Freeman) | multiple sclerosis, neuroimaging, outcome prediction, equity

Neural Circuits & Behavioral Development Lab (PI: Jennifer Donegan) | stress, neurodevelopment

Neurocircuitry of Trauma and PTSD (NeuroTap) Lab (PI: Josh Cisler) | neurocircuitry, PTSD, treatment

Noble-Haeusslein Lab | translational neuroscience, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurorehabilitation

Orsini Lab | behavioral neuroscience, decision-making, sex differences, substance use disorders

Scoop Lab (PI: Samuel E. Cooper)| neuroscience, psychopathologies, trauma, anxiety

Speech Disorders and Technology Lab (PI: Jun Wang) | speech science

Swallow Modulation Lab (SML) (PI: Corinne Jones) | speech production, swallowing disorders, neuromodulation

Technology to Assist with Neurocognitive Symptoms (TechANS) Lab (PI: Jared Benge) | memory, aging, technology

The Neuroscience of Addiction and Motivation (PI: Micky Marinelli) | addiction, dopamine, adolescence

The Physiological Laboratories (PI: David Paydarfar) | mathematical models, machine learning, physiological sensors, rehabilitation, electroceuticals

Translational and Clinical Neuroscience (TrAC Neuro) Lab (PI: Greg Fonzo) | stress, neuromodulation, neuroimaging

Trauma, Neurocognition and Aging Lab (PI: Erin Logue) | neurodegenerative disorders, childhood trauma, maltreatment and adversity, neurocognition

Umlauf Laboratory  | metastatic brain tumors, immunotherapies

Women’s Reproductive Mental Health of Texas (PI: Jeffrey Newport) | reproductive psychiatry

Young Shin Kim Lab (PI: Young Shin Kim) | neurodevelopmental disorders

Zheng Lab (PI: Shuting Zheng) | neurodevelopment, neurodiversity

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Latest News

  • Register Now: Third Annual IMPRES Pediatric Research in Epilepsy Surgery Conference May 20, 2026
  • Fonzo and Melamed Promoted to Associate Professor April 19, 2026
  • Fonzo Team Recognized as Leading Research Achievement by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation March 24, 2026
  • $1.45 Million Dementia Initiative Receives Continued Funding March 16, 2026
  • Howard & Brumback Study How Brain Circuit Processing Is Altered in Neurodevelopmental Disorders February 23, 2026
  • Schwartz Recognized at UT Faculty Authors Reception February 1, 2026

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