Mood Disorders Mood disorders are a serious mental health illness that affect primarily a person emotional state. They can impact children, teens and adults. At the Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences our researchers work on external and internal factors (i.e stress, trauma, genetics, … ) as well as therapies to understand and mitigate the impact of those disorders on our patients. Useful keywords: Bipolar, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Postpartum Depression, Neurogenetics, Psychedelic Research, … Meet some of our leading researchers: Researcher NameResearch FocusKeywordsLaboratories / Institutes Andrew Gaudet Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroinflammation • Spinal Cord Injury • Biological Clocks • Mood- and Anxiety-like Disorders Neuroscience / Neuroinflammation / Circadian Rhythms / Behavioral NeuroscienceGaudet Lab Caitlin Orsini Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Behavioral Neuroscience • Decision Making • Anxiety Disorders • Substance Use DisordersDrug addiction / Genetics / Protein Biomarkers / Sex DifferencesOrsini 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 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 Elizabeth Lippard Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Bipolar Disorders • Alcohol Use Disorders • Depression, • Neuroimaging • Developmental neuroscience Technology & Drugs Development • Transdermal Alcohol MonitoringBipolar Disorder / StressThe Main Lab Greg Fonzo Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • PTSD • Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Neuromodulation Clinical Rehabilitation • NeurorehabilitationTrauma / Anxiety / Stress / Depression / Brain Imaging / Brain Modulation / Psychedelic Research / NeuromodulationTranslational and Clinical Neuroscience (TrAC Neuro) Lab/a> / Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy Jeff Newport Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Reproductive Psychiatry • Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Psychofarmacology Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical Rehabilitation •Reproductive Psychatry / Postpartum DepressionTexas Women's Reproductive Mental Health website 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 Joseph Dunsmoor Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Anxiety Disorders • PTSD • Cognitive NeuroscienceCognitive Neuroscience / Emotion / Fear / Conditioning / Memory / NeuroimagingLearning, Memory, and Emotion Lab Mbemba Jabbi Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Mood Disorders • Neurogenetics • Neurotranscriptomics • Neuroanatomy • Lifespan and Aging Technology & Drugs Development • Behavioral Phenotyping • Cellular StudiesNeurobiology of Diseases / Behavioral Genetics / Neuroinflammation / Afffective Functions/Dysfunctions / Mood Functions/Dysfunctions / Brain Imaging / Diagnostics / RNA-Sequencing Laboratory of Affective Neurogenetics 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 Rex A. Wright Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Motivation • Cardiovascular Health • Chronotype • Cognitive Decline • Fatigue • Self-Regulation • Trauma Roshni Koli Psychiatric Disorders / Systems • Pediatric mood disorders • Pediatric anxiety disorders • Pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry • Integration of behavioral health in pediatric primary care Tawny Smith Psychiatric Disorders/ Systems • Mood Disorders • Bipolar • Schizophrenia • Reproductive Psychiatry • Psychopharmacology.