Research Areas

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Researcher Name	Research Focus	Keywords	Laboratories / Institutes
Alyssa Aguirre	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease • Caregiver Mental Health • Aging and Clinical Social Work • Community Engagement Research Technology & Drugs Development • Artificial Intelligence and Identifying Caregiver Needs • Outcomes Research	Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders / Patient centered outcomes / Geriatric Mental Health / Caregiver Support / Interprofessional Teams / Artificial Intelligence	COPE Lab
Adrienne Dula	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurotrauma • Stroke • Imaging	Medical Imaging / Neurology / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Sex Differences
Andrew Gaudet	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroinflammation • Spinal Cord Injury • Biological Clocks • Mood- and Anxiety-like Disorders	Neuroscience / Neuroinflammation / Circadian Rhythms / Behavioral Neuroscience	Gaudet Lab
Audrey Brumback	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurodevelopment • Autism • Electrophysiology • Optogenetics	Neurophysiology / Neuroscience / Animal Models / Pediatrics	Brumback Lab
Audrey Duarte	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Cognitive Neuroscience • Memory & Aging • Neuroimaging • Sleep	Cognitive Aging / Episodic Memory / EEG / fMRI	Memory and Aging Lab
Benjamin Umlauf	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Brain Tumor • Neurological Disorders Technology & Drugs Development • Cancer Drug Therapy • Delivery of Drugs to Solid Tumors	Preclinical Models/ Nanotechnology / Biochemistry	Umlauf Lab
Bonnie Scott	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Clinical neuropsychology • Motivation and goal-directed behavior • Cognitive control and intraindividual variability • Resilience and normal cognitive aging • Neuropsychiatric sequelae of movement disorders • Neurosurgical candidacy evaluations • Social determinants of health Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical and translational neuroscience • Neurophysiological biomarkers and neuromodulation • Neurocognitive biomarkers and technotherapy • Community outreach and engagement in health disparity populations • Cross-cultural and ecological validation of psychometric tools	Aging / Alzheimer Disease & Related Disorders / Neuropsychology /
Caitlin Orsini	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Behavioral Neuroscience • Decision Making • Anxiety Disorders • Substance Use Disorders	Drug addiction / Genetics / Protein Biomarkers / Sex Differences	Orsini Lab
Charles Nemeroff	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Early Life Development • Child Abuse and Neglect • Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Psychopharmacology Technology & Drugs Development • Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry	Psychedelic Research	Institute for Early Life Adversity Research
Corinne Jones	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Motor Learning • Movement Disorders • Neuromodulation • Speech Production Technology & Drugs Development • Wearable Sensors	Swallowing / Swallowing Disorders / Neuromodulation	Swallow Modulation Lab
Cynthia Austin	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) • Concussion/mTBI Technology & Drugs Development • Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment • Telehealth Intervention • Virtual Consultation Clinical Rehabilitation • Cognitive Remediation • Family Problem Solving • Brief Intervention	Pediatric Neuropsychology / Targeted Neuropsychological Assessment / Brain Injury
Daniel Freedman	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pediatric Neurology • Pediatric Epilepsy • Neurophysiology • Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events • Functional Neurological Disorder	Neuroscience / Neuroinflammation
Dave Clarke	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pediatric Epilepsy • Pediatric Neurology • EEG • Video-EEG • Addressing health disparities and inequities in epilepsy a. Primary care education/advocacy b. Community engagement and outreach c. Telehealth Technology & Drugs Development • Virtual access in epilepsy a. Virtual clinics b. Virtual screening tools/questionnaires c. Neuropsychology	Epilepsy
David Paydarfar	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurodevelopmental Disorders • Neural Circuit Dysregulation • Neural oscillators Technology & Drugs Development • Electroceuticals • Machine Learning • Physiological Sensors • Optimization Algorithms Clinical Rehabilitation • Neuro Modulation and Plasticity	Neural Control of Respiratory, Cardiovascular, & Swallowing Function / Neuroengineering / Computational Neurology / Machine Learning / Physiological Sensors / Electroceuticals/ Mathematical Modeling / Physiological Sensors/	The Physiological Laboratories
Deborah Cohen	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Youth Mental Healthcare • Serious Mental Illness Technology & Drugs Development • Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Improve Care	Early serious mental illness / Pathways to care /Family Involvement / Young adult friendly services / Coordination across systems
Duriel Hardy	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pediatric Neurology • Pediatric Onset Multiple Sclerosis • Pediatric Neuroinflammatory Disorders • Adult Multiple Sclerosis and Related Neuroinflammatory Disorders • Neuroimmunology Transition of Care
Elizabeth Lippard	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Bipolar Disorders • Alcohol Use Disorders • Depression, • Neuroimaging • Developmental neuroscience Technology & Drugs Development • Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring	Bipolar Disorder / Stress	The Main Lab
Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Motor learning • Movement Disorders • Neuromodulation • Speech Production • Neurotrauma, Stroke Technology & Drugs Development • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Neurorehabilitation	Pediatric Neurosurgery / Neurosciences	Elizabeth's bio
Esther Melamed	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroimmunology • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) • COVID-19 autoimmunity • Alcohol in Autoimmunity • Neuroinflamammation	Multiple Sclerosis (MS) / Neuroinflamammation	The Melamed Lab
Ethan Meltzer	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroimmunology • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) • Neuroinflammation	Equity with Multiple Sclerosis / Neuro-Ophthalmology
Greg Fonzo	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • PTSD • Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Neuromodulation Clinical Rehabilitation • Neurorehabilitation	Trauma / Anxiety / Stress / Depression / Brain Imaging / Brain Modulation / Psychedelic Research / Neuromodulation	Translational and Clinical Neuroscience (TrAC Neuro) Lab Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy
Hamidreza (Reza) Saber	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Cerebral Aneurysms • Stroke • Brain Vascular Malformations • Subarachnoid/Cerebral Hemorrhage Technology & Drugs Development • Neurointerventional Devices • Machine Learning • Wearable Sensors Clinical Rehabilitation • Neurorehabilitation	Mechanical thrombectomy / Coiling; Stenting / Data Science / Neurotechnology /
Jabbi Mbemba	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Neurogenetics • Neurotranscriptomics • Neuroanatomy • Lifespan and Aging Technology & Drugs Development • Behavioral Phenotyping • Cellular Studies	Neurobiology of Diseases / Behavioral Genetics / Neuroinflammation / Afffective Functions/Dysfunctions / Mood Functions/Dysfunctions / Brain Imaging / Diagnostics / RNA-Sequencing	Laboratory of Affective Neurogenetics
Jared Benge	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Aging & Neurodegenerative Disorders. • Neuropsychology • Cognitive Disorders Technology & Drugs Development • Assistive Technologies Clinical Rehabilitation • Smartphone Memory Aides	Neuropsychology / Technology and Dementia / Statistics / Patient Centered Outcomes / Alzheimer Disease & Related Disorders / Movement Disorders	TechANS Lab
Jeff Newport	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Reproductive Psychiatry • Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Psychofarmacology Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical Rehabilitation •	Reproductive Psychatry / Postpartum Depression	<a href="https://sites.utexas.edu/tx-wrmh/">Texas Women's Reproductive Mental Health website
Jennifer Donegan	Psychiatric Disorders/ Systems • Neurodevelopmental Disorders • Neural Circuits	Neuroscience / Stress / Neurodevelopment/ Autism / Schizophrenia	<a href="https://sites.utexas.edu/doneganlab/">Neural Circuits & Behavioral Development Lab
Josh Cisler	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • PTSD Technology & Drugs Development • Functional Neuroimaging • Computational Neuroscience Clinical Rehabilitation • Treatments	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)) / Neurocircuitry	<a href="https://sites.utexas.edu/cisler-neurotap/">NeuroTap Lab
Jorge Almeida	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Bipolar Disorders Technology & Drugs Development • Neuro Imaging • Functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI)	Bipolar disorders / Neurooimaging / Neurostimulation / Functional MRI (fMRI)	Bipolar Center Bipolar Medical Service website
Jose del R. Millan, Ph.D.	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Motor Learning • Movement Disorders • Neuromodulation • Cognition & Communication • Spinal Cord Injury • Neurotrauma • Stroke • Imaging Technology & Drugs Development • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Wearable Technology and Robotics Clinical Rehabilitation • Neurorehabilitation	Neuroprosthetics / Brain-Machine Interfaces / Neural Engineering / Closed-Loop Neuromodulation/ Exoskeleton & Prosthetics / Rehabilitive and Surgical Robotics / Robot Learning / Human-Robot Interaction / Artificial Intelligence	CNBI Lab
Joseph Dunsmoor	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Anxiety Disorders • PTSD • Cognitive Neuroscience	Cognitive Neuroscience / Emotion / Fear / Conditioning / Memory / Neuroimaging	Learning, Memory, and Emotion Lab
Joshua Chang	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurology • Signal Analysis • Predictive Analytics • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology & Drugs Development • Electroceutical Devices	Computational Neurology / Neuromodulation / Computational Modelling/	Chang Lab
Jun Wang, Ph.D.	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Cognition & Communication • Neurological Speech Disorders • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Technology & Drugs Development • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Assistive Speech Technologies	Speech Motor Control / Silent Speech Interface / MEG	Speech Disorders and Technology Lab
Justin Benzer	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Healthcare Organization	Organizational Change / Coordination / Behavioral Health / Implementation Science / Survey methodology / Qualitative Interviews / Quality improvement
Karl Chiang	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Bipolar disorders Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical Rehabilitation •
Kirsten Arredondo	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pediatric Neurology • Pediatric Epilepsy • Video EEG • Neurophysiology • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex • Malformations of Cortical Dev. • Epilepsy Surgery Access and Outcomes Technology & Drugs Development • Intracranial EEG monitoring • Neuromodulation
Kristina Julich	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pediatric Epilepsy • Neurogenetics • Brain Malformations • Neurocutaneous Disorders • Disparities in Care/ Health Equity in Pediatric Neurology
Laureen Dobbs	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroscience • Neural Circuits of Addiction • Polysubstance Abuse	Behavioral Models / Synaptic Transmission & Plasticity / Opiates / Behavioral Neuroscience / Electrophysiology	Dobbs Lab
Leorah Freeman	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroimmunology • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) • Small Fiber Neuropathy • Outcomes Research • Clinical Trials • Equity • Health economics Technology & Drugs Development • Predictive Modeling • Neuroimaging: MRI, PET • Artificial Intelligence Clinical Rehabilitation • Adaptive Exercise Implementation in the Community	Outcome Prediction / Equity / Clinical Trials	MS.io Lab
Liberty Hamilton, Ph.D.	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Epilepsy • Cognition & Communication • Speech & Language Disorders • Intracranial & Scalp EEG Technology & Drugs Development • Brain-Computer Interfaces Clinical Rehabilitation • Neurorehabilitation • Translational Neuroscience (Cognitive & Systems)	Neuroscience / Speech Perception / Electrocorticography / Electroencephalography / Natural Stimuli / Translational Neuroscience / Computational Neurosciences	Hamilton Lab
Lief Ericsson Fenno	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Optogenetic • Gene Therapy • Mental Illness • Drug Addiction	Neuroscience / Opioids / Synthetic Biology / Viral Engineering	Molecular Engineering, Design & Discovery Lab
Linda Noble-Haeusslein	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Spinal Cord Injury • Early Age and Adult Traumatic Brain Injury • Early Life Adversity Preclinical Therapeutic Development • Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors • Neutrophil-targeted therapeutics • Enhanced antioxidant status Preclinical Neurorehabilitation • Forced and voluntary exercise	Translational Neuroscience / Rodent / CNS Injury and Repair / Neurotrauma / Matrix Metalloproteinases / Neutrophil / Blood-Brain Barrier / Neurological Recovery / Antioxidant	Noble-Haeusslein Lab website
MacKenzie Howard	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurophysiology • Cellular Neurophysiology • Synaptic Transmission & Plasticity • Translational Epilepsy	Neuroscience / Electrophysiology / Synaptic Integration / Synaptic Plasticity / Translational Epilepsy / Cellular Neurophysiology	Howard Neuro Lab
Manikum Moodley	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pediatric Neurology • Pediatric onset MS/clinical trials in POMS • Neuro-immunology/Neuroinflammation • Neurofibromatosis/ Vasculopathies of NF1 • Pediatric Autonomic Disorders including POTS. • Neonatal neurologyPediatric MS	Pediatric Neurology / Neurofibromatosis /
Micky Marinelli	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurobiological Addiction • Motivation	Neurosciences/ Addiction / Motivation / Stress / Adolescence / Dopamine	The Neuroscience of Addiction and Motivation
Nicholas Ortiz	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Depressive disorders • Bipolar disorders • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) • Neuromodulation therapies • Schizophrenia Clinical Rehabilitation • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) • Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) • Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for OCD • Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)	Clinical Trials
Omar Iqbal	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Spinal Dysraphism • Cranio-cervical Junction • Pediatric Spine Deformity • Fetal Neurosurgery • Pediatric Epilepsy Technology & Drugs Development • Growth Modulation • MrLITT for Oncology and Epilepsy • Advanced imaging for Complex Tethered Cord	Pediatric Neurosurgery / Epilepsy / Spine Deformity / Spinal Dysraphism / Neurological Congenital Malformations
Rachel Bridges	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Oncology/ Hematology Clinical Rehabilitation • Cognitive Eemediation Technology & Drugs Development • Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment	Pediatric Neuropsychology / Neurocognitive Monitoring/ Targeted neuropsychological assessment
Rex A. Wright	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Motivation • Cardiovascular Health • Chronotype • Cognitive Decline • Fatigue • Self-Regulation • Trauma
Rishi Sawhney	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Serious Mental Illness • Community and Public Psychiatry • Health Economics • Integration of Behavioral Health in Primary Care • Recovery Based Supports Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Community Integration after Institutionalization
Robert O. Messing	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Pain • Substance Use Disorders • Neuroimmune Signaling • Neuropeptides Technology & Drugs Development • Kinase Inhibitors	Neuroscience / Addiction / Pain / Signal Transduction / Translational Neuroscience / Neuroimmune Signaling	Messing Lab
Roshni Koli	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Pediatric mood disorders • Pediatric anxiety disorders • Pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry • Integration of behavioral health in pediatric primary care
Steve Warach	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Stroke • Cerebro Vascular Diseases Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical Rehabilitation • Speech & Cognitive Rehabilitation	Imaging / MRI / Thrombectomy / Sex differences in vascular circulation / Tenecteplase/ Alteplase
Suzannah Creech	Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • PTSD • Trauma	Family Functioning / Military veterans / Interpersonal Violence	Short Bio
Tawny Smith	Psychiatric Disorders/ Systems • Mood Disorders • Bipolar • Schizophrenia • Reproductive Psychiatry • Psychopharmacology.
Veda V Vedanarayanan	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical Rehabilitation •