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Research Focus

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
Andrew Gaudet
Neurological Disorders / Systems
• Neuroinflammation
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Biological Clocks
• Mood- and Anxiety-like Disorders
Neuroscience /
Neuroinflammation /
Circadian Rhythms /
Behavioral Neuroscience
Gaudet Lab
Caitlin Orsini
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
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
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
Elisabeth 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
Greg Fonzo
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/a> /
Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy
Jeff Newport
Jeff Newport
Psychiatric Disorders / Systems
• Reproductive Psychiatry
• Mood Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Psychofarmacology

Technology & Drugs Development
•

Clinical Rehabilitation
•
Reproductive Psychatry /
Postpartum Depression
Texas Women's Reproductive Mental Health website
Jorge Almeida
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
Joseph Dunsmoor
Psychiatric Disorders / Systems
• Anxiety Disorders
• PTSD
• Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience /
Emotion /
Fear /
Conditioning /
Memory /
Neuroimaging
Learning, Memory, and Emotion Lab
Mbemba Jabbi
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
Nicholas Ortiz
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
Rex A. Wright
Psychiatric Disorders / Systems
• Motivation
• Cardiovascular Health
• Chronotype
• Cognitive Decline
• Fatigue
• Self-Regulation
• Trauma
Roshni Koli
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
Tawny Smith
Psychiatric Disorders/ Systems
• Mood Disorders
• Bipolar
• Schizophrenia
• Reproductive Psychiatry
• Psychopharmacology.

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Latest News

  • Sound Waves That Heal: A Breakthrough for Depression and Anxiety May 12, 2025
  • Celebrating our Mulva Faculty Members Promotions March 24, 2025
  • UT CARE Initiative Seminar Series Speaker – Cemal Ozemek – Friday, 2/28/25 February 25, 2025
  • James Sulzer Student Travel Award to attend a conference: deadline Jan 15, 2025 December 15, 2024
  • Mission Critical: Shedding Light on Texas’ Overdose Problem December 2, 2024

Latest Publications

Do We All Do the Same Things? Applicability of Daily Activities at the Intersection of Demographics. Neuropsychology.

Prefrontal Cortical Dynorphin Peptidergic Transmission Constrains Threat-driven Behavioral and Network States. Neuron.

Knockdown of Tlr3 in Dorsal Striatum Reduces Ethanol Consumption and Acute Functional Tolerance in Male Mice. Brain Behav Immun.

Longitudinal Associations of Physical and Emotional Distress Tolerance with Pain Intensity and Pain-Related Disability in United States Veterans. The Journal of Pain.

Combining Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis with Riemannian Geometry-based Classification for Improved Brain-computer Interface Performance. Front Neurosci.

The Role of Occipital Condyle and Atlas Anomalies on Occipital Cervical Fusion Outcomes in Chiari Malformation Type I with Syringomyelia: a Study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. J Neurosurg Pediatr.

For a complete list of publications go to our Publications page!

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