Members in the News

Ryan Logan

Ryan Logan receives inaugural NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL) Initiative Director’s Trailblazer Award

March 8, 2023

Marina Wolf

Marina Wolf awarded Julius Axelrod Prize from the Society for Neuroscience 2022 Outstanding Career and Research Achievements

November 15, 2022

Ian Maze

Ian Maze awarded Jacob P. Waletzky Award from the Society for Neuroscience 2022 Outstanding Career and Research Achievements

November 15, 2022

Debra A. Bangasser

Debra Bangasser Named Associate Director for the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Appointed as Inaugural GRA Distinguished Investigator

August 8, 2022

Gregory J. Quirk

Q&A with Gregory Quirk in Neuron

October 20, 2021

Rene Hen and Gustavo Turecki

National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members

October 18, 2021

Chadi G. Abdallah

Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB) and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) have awarded the 2021 Best Negative Data Prize in Clinical Neuroscience to Chadi Abdallah, MD whose work inadvertently revealed mechanisms that may play a role in depression relapse following treatment with ketamine.

October 4, 2021

Karl Deisseroth

Karl Deisseroth shares Lasker Award for research on microbial molecules behind optogenetics

September 24, 2021

Ian Maze and Kay Tye

HHMI Invests $300 Million in 33 New Investigators

September 23, 2021

Ellen Frank

Ellen Frank is the recipient of the Donald Klein Lifetime Achievement Award for the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology

June 1, 2021

Barbara J. Sahakian

Barbara J. Sahakian is the recipient of the British Association for Psychopharmacology 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award

March 11, 2020

Carrie R. Ferrario

Carrie R. Ferrario is the recipient of the 2020 Henry Russel Award.

February 17, 2020

William T. Carpenter

William T. Carpenter is the recipient of the 2019 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health

September 26, 2019

Joshua Gordon and Ellen Leibenluft

NIMH Director Joshua Gordon and IRP Researcher Ellen Leibenluft Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

November 9, 2018

Article with Dr. Rita Goldstein

Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals

Source: EurekaAlert!

October 6, 2022

Article with Dr. Barbara Sahakian

Scientists reveal why common anti-depressants cause emotional ‘blunting’ in users

Source: News Medical Life Sciences

January 23, 2023

Article with Dr. Rudolf Uher

Speech Analysis Can Help Measure Diagnosis, Severity, and Onset of Mental Illness

Source: Neuroscience News

January 7, 2023

Article with Dr. E. Sherwood Brown

Curbing depression among parents improves control of children's asthma, study finds

Source: News Medical Life Sciences

November 8, 2022

Article with Dr. Kerry Ressler

Understanding the brain correlates of dissociative disorders

Source: News Medical Life Sciences

November 3, 2022

Article with Drs. Kymberly Young and Todd Gould

When Sadness Lingers Understanding and Treating Depression

Source: NIH News in Health

November 1, 2022

Article with Drs. Rebecca Price and Sanjay Mathew

Smiling faces might help the drug ketamine keep depression at bay

Source: npr

October 31, 2022

Article with Dr. D.P. Devanand

Crossword puzzles beat computer video games in slowing memory loss

Source: ScienceDaily

October 27, 2022

Article with Dr. Hartmuth Kolb

What is Click Chemistry-- for which this year's Nobel Prize has been awarded

Source: Firstpost

October 5, 2022

Article with Dr. Gerard Sanacora

Ketamine infusions improve symptoms of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, study says

Source: CNN Health

September 12, 2022

Article with Dr. Arthur Toga

New study finds subtle structural brain alterations in youth with suicidal behaviors

Source: Keck School of Medicine at USC

September 8, 2022

Article with Dr. Albert Powers

PRIME Clinic Receives Four Additional Years of SAMHSA Funding

Source: Yale Biological & Biomedical Sciences

September 7, 2022

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

Meet the director: Dr. Nora Volkow, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Source: NIH Medline Plus Magazine

August 8, 2022

Article with Dr. Clifford Cassidy

Research suggests specialized brain imaging can unveil mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease, other disorders

Source: EurekAlert

May 12, 2022

Article with Dr. Subhash Pandey

A 'factory reset' for the brain may cure anxiety, drinking behavior, study suggests

Source: ScienceDaily

May 4, 2022

Article with Dr. Ann Graybiel

Scientists Identify The Neurons That Process The Outcomes of Actions

Source: Science Alert

March 29, 2022

Article with Dr. Yvette Sheline

New Study Explores the Depression-Inflammation Link in Older Age

Source: Technology Networks

March 29, 2022

Article with Dr. Stephen Dager

Scientists identify overgrowth of key brain structure in babies who later develop autism

Source: University of Washington News

March 29, 2022

Article with Dr. Karl Deisseroth

Switching neurons on and off to probe autism circuits

Source: Spectrum

March 23, 2022

Article with Dr. Scott Small

Does a mild case of COVID really damage your brain?

Source: Business World

March 20, 2022

Article with Dr. Hitoshi Hashimoto

Switching off Specific Brain Cells Protects Against Stress

Source: Neuroscience News

March 18, 2022

Article with Dr. Pierre Tariot

This form of memory loss is common — but most Americans don't know about it

Source: npr

March 18, 2022

Article with Dr. Gabriella Gobbi

LSD, a future anti-anxiety pill?

Source: McGill Newsroom

March 17, 2022

Article with Dr. Tony George

Brain Stimulation Shows Promise as Treatment for Cannabis Use Disorder in People With Schizophrenia

Source: Neuroscience News

March 5, 2022

Article with Dr. Henry Kranzler

More alcohol, less brain: Association begins with an average of just one drink a day

Source: ScienceDaily

March 4, 2022

Article with Dr. Steven Siegel

Research Shows What Happens in Our Brains When We Change Our Minds

Source: Healthline

March 3, 2022

Article with Drs. Vinod Menon and Lawrence Fung

Differences Between Brains of Girls and Boys With Autism

Source: Neuroscience News

February 18, 2022

Article with Dr. Jeffrey Conn

Understanding the Molecules and Brain Circuits Recruited by Stressful Experience

Source: Neuroscience News

February 18, 2022

Article with Drs. Nora Volkow, Joshua Gordon, and George Koob

Words Matter When Discussing Alcohol Issues: A New Stigma-Free Vocabulary for Better AUD Outcomes

Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

February 18, 2022

Article with Dr. John Krystal

Depression and Alzheimer’s disease share genetic roots

Source: ScienceDaily

February 17, 2022

Article with Dr. A. Eden Evins

MGH claims breakthrough in detecting marijuana impairment

Source: Boston Globe

February 4, 2022

Article with Drs. Matcheri Keshavan, John Krystal and Larry Seidman

Mindmap Reduced Duration of Untreated Psychosis in the New Haven Area

Source: Yale School of Medicine

February 2, 2022

Article with Dr. A. Eden Evins

Brain-based method to determine impairment from cannabis intoxication

Source: ScienceDaily

January 11, 2022

Article with Dr. Brady Maher

New study finds neurons derived from stem cells predict psychosis and cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophrenia

Source: EurekAlert!

January 11, 2022

Article with Dr. Mark Rasenick

Chicago Researchers Find Biomarker for Depression Detectable With Blood Test

Source: NBC Chicago

January 11, 2022

Article with Dr. Thomas Neylan

Anxiety and PTSD linked to increased myelin in brain's gray matter

Source: ScienceDaily

January 7, 2022

Article with Dr. Daniel Weinberger

New study finds genes and air pollution multiply healthy people’s risk of depression

Source: EurekAlert!

November 8, 2021

Article with Drs. Alik Widge and Darin Dougherty

Researchers boost human mental function with brain stimulation

Source: ScienceDaily

November 1, 2021

Article with Dr. Alan Schatzberg

Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study

Source: Stanford Medicine

October 28, 2021

Article with Dr. Jennifer Blackford

Study explores sex differences in alcohol use disorder

Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center

October 27, 2021

Article with Dr. Andrew Krystal

Brain implant relieves patient’s severe depression in “landmark” US study

Source: ARS Technica

October 5, 2021

Article with Dr. Paul Holtzheimer

How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression

Source: Popular Science

October 5, 2021

Article with Dr. Perry Renshaw

Environmental Location and Change Affect Rates of Depression and Anxiety

Source: The Daily Utah Chronicle

October 2, 2021

Article with Dr. Sheldon Preskorn

Understanding Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment Resistance

Source: Psychiatric Times

October 2, 2021

Article with Dr. Erin Calipari

True behavior of the ‘pleasure molecule’ will reshape how we treat psychiatric diseases and addiction

Source: ScienceDaily

September 16, 2021

Article with Drs. Armin Raznahan and David Glahn

X chromosome exerts extra influence on brain development

Source: Spectrum

September 15, 2021

Article with Dr. Arthur Toga

ENIGMA-PD Global 5-year Study to Investigate Brain Imaging, Genetics

Source: Parkinson's News Today

September 15, 2021

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black people, study suggests

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

September 9, 2021

Article with Dr. Michael Bruchas

Beyond dopamine: New reward circuitry discovered

Source: ScienceDaily

September 1, 2021

Article with Drs. Vince Calhoun and Godfrey Pearlson

Georgia State Researcher Receives $1.3 Million to Study Causal Relationships in the Brain Georgia State Researcher Receives $1.3 Million to Study Causal Relationships in the Brain

Source: Georgia State University

August 12, 2021

Article with Dr. John Krystal

Study finds altered brain gene expression patterns in people with opioid use disorder

Source: News Medical Life Sciences

August 10, 2021

Article with Drs. Nora Volkow, Josh Gordon and George Koob

Words matter: Language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma

Source: Science Daily

July 18, 2021

Article with Dr. Emeran Mayer

UCLA researchers find link between early-life adversity and stress in adulthood

Source: Daily Bruin

July 3, 2021

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

Adolescent marijuana, alcohol use held steady during COVID-19 pandemic

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

June 24, 2021

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

Cannabis use may be associated with suicidality in young adults

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

June 22, 2021

Article with Dr. Paul Kenny

Newly detailed nerve links between brain and other organs shape thoughts, memories, and feelings

Source: Science

June 10, 2021

Article with Dr. Michael Treadway

Study shows adaptive brain response to stress, and its absence in people with depression

Source: Emory News Center

June 8, 2021

Article with Dr. Christopher Cowan

Sex-specific genetics of autism

Source: Mirage

May 5, 2021

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

An Artist And A Scientist Take On The Stigma Of Addiction

Source: npr

May 1, 2021

Article with Dr. Owen Wolkowitz

Cells age prematurely in those with depression, study suggests

Source: Live Science

April 8, 2021

Article with Drs. Jill Goldstein, Margaret McCarthy, and Catherine Monk

Stress before Birth Affects Midlife Brain Circuits Differently in the Sexes

Source: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

April 7, 2021

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

Teenage Brains May Be Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana and Other Drugs

Source: The New York Times

March 29, 2021

Article with Drs. Frank Berger, Arvid Carlsson, and Wallace Mendelson

How the World Wars Affected Modern Neuropsychopharmacology

Source: Psychiatric Times

March 23, 2021

Article with Drs. James Murrough and Ming-Hu Han

Researchers Identify Brain Ion Channel as New Approach to Treating Depression

Source: Mount Sinai Press Release

March 3, 2021

Article with Dr. Barbara Sahakian

How the pandemic may damage children’s social intelligence

Source: The Conversation

February 12, 2021

Article with Drs. Alicia Smith and Kerry Ressler

Study Links PTSD Stress To Cortical Thinning and Shorter Expected Lifespan

Source: Brain & Behavior

February 11, 2021

Article with Drs. Francis McMahon and Barbara Lipska

Distinctness of mental disorders traced to differences in gene readouts

Source: National Institutes of Health

February 8, 2021

Article with Dr. Cheryl Corcoran

Alzheimer’s Prediction May Be Found in Writing Tests

Source: The New York Times

February 1, 2021

Article with Dr. Ruth Lanius

Study: Brain training may help in treating post-traumatic stress disorder

Source: Hindustan Times

January 31, 2021

Article with Dr. Barbara Sahakian

‘Male’ vs ‘female’ brains: having a mix of both is common and offers big advantages – new research

Source: The Conversation

January 20, 2021

Article with Dr. Vince Calhoun

Researchers use deep learning to study the effect of mental illness and other disorders on the brain

Source: News Medical Life Sciences

January 15, 2021

Article with Dr. Solomon Snyder

Can Stinky 'Rotten Egg' Gas Protect Against Alzheimer's?

Source: Futurity

January 14, 2021

Article with Dr. Robert Malenka

Researchers identify mouse brain pathways active during feelings of empathy

Source: Medical Xpress

January 8, 2021

Article with Dr. Andrea King

Increase in pleasurable effects of alcohol over time can predict alcohol use disorder

Source: ScienceDaily

January 5, 2021

Article with Dr. Barbara Sahakian

Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

Source: The Conversation

December 31, 2020

Article with Dr. Consuelo Walss-Bass

Gene pathway linked to schizophrenia identified through stem cell engineering

Source: ScienceDaily

December 21, 2020

Article with Dr. Mark Rapaport

New CEO chosen for Huntsman Mental Health Institute, which will research anxiety and the genetics of suicide

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

November 16, 2020

Article with Dr. Roland Griffiths

Another Study Shows Psychedelic Psilocybin Mushrooms Offering Long-Term Relief From Depressive Symptoms

Source: Good News Network

November 8, 2020

Article with Dr. Charles Reynolds

Rigorous Study Backs A Psychedelic Treatment For Major Depression

Source: npr

November 4, 2020

Article with Dr. Ted Abel

‘MoSeq’ identifies drug-specific behaviors in autism mouse model

Source: Spectrum

November 2, 2020

Article with Dr. K. Luan Phan

Experts worry that winter months will be tough for people with mental health issues

Source: The Columbus Dispatch

November 2, 2020

Article with Dr. Schahram Akbarian

Integrating molecular data may reveal subgroups of autism

Source: Spectrum

October 30, 2020

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

Source: The New York Times

October 27, 2020

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

NIH-funded study links adolescent brain differences to increased waist circumference

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

October 12, 2020

Article with Dr. Per Svenningson

New clues about the link between stress and depression

Source: ScienceDaily

October 2, 2020

Article with Dr. Abraham Palmer and Dr. Chloe Jordan, NPP Editorial Intern

COVID-19 Ushers in the Future of Conferences

Source: The Scientist

September 28, 2020

Article with Dr. Godfrey Pearlson

Marijuana May Not Lower Your IQ

Source: Scientific American

September 18, 2020

Article with Dr. Karl Deisseroth

Scientists Say A Mind-Bending Rhythm In The Brain Can Act Like Ketamine

Source: npr

September 16, 2020

Article with Dr. Rajita Sinha

Each Day Sober Slowly Helps Alcoholics' Brains Recover

Source: U.S. News

September 2, 2020

Article with Dr. Anthony Rothschild

New Editor-in-Chief Announcement

Source: Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

September 1, 2020

Article with Dr. Carmine Pariante

Lithium in Drinking Water Tied to Reduced Suicide Rates

Source: PsychCentral

July 27, 2020

Article with Dr. Vince Calhoun

New way to analyze fMRI data offers path to improving treatment for schizophrenia

Source: Medical Xpress

June 26, 2020

Article with Dr. William Mobley

One-time treatment generates new neurons, eliminates Parkinson's disease in mice

Source: ScienceDaily

June 25, 2020

Article with Dr. Steven Siegel

Psychiatrist Helps Health Care Workers Cope With COVID-19

Source: U.S. News

June 12, 2020

Article with Dr. Maria Oquendo

A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression, Census Bureau finds amid coronavirus pandemic

Source: The Washington Post

May 26, 2020

Article with Dr. Daniel Weinberger

Emerging evidence on genetics of schizophrenia raises hopes for new treatment targets

Source: Medical Xpress

May 21, 2020

Article with Dr. Josh Gordon

Act Now To Get Ahead Of A Mental Health Crisis, Specialists Advise U.S.

Source: NPR

May 13, 2020

Article with Dr. Akira Sawa

Broccoli sprout compound may restore brain chemistry imbalance linked to schizophrenia

Source: ScienceDaily

May 8, 2020

Article with Dr. Steven Siegel

Isolation and boredom of staying at home can be harmful in their own way, experts say

Source: Los Angeles Times

April 25, 2020

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

COVID-19: Potential Implications for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders

Source: Scientific American

April 25, 2020

Article with Dr. Emeran Mayer

The key to good mental health in quarantine is in the food you eat

Source: Quartz

April 24, 2020

Article with Dr. Guy Goodwin

How Depression Impairs Our Natural Mood Regulation

Source: Neuroscience News & Research

April 23, 2020

Article with Dr. Vinod Menon

Stanford study finds stronger one-way fear signals in brains of anxious kids

Source: Stanford Medicine

April 21, 2020

Article with Dr. John Krystal

Novel Antipsychotic Outperforms Placebo in Easing Schizophrenia Symptoms

Source: Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Learning Network

April 21, 2020

Article with Dr. Nora Volkow

For Drug Users, COVID-19 Poses Added Dangers

Source: U.S. News

April 2, 2020

Article with Dr. Joshua Gordon

Coronavirus is harming the mental health of tens of millions of people in U.S., new poll finds

Source: The Washington Post

April 2, 2020

Article with Dr. Maurizio Fava

A Promising, Yet Controversial, Approach to Treating Depression

Source: Psychiatric Times

April 2, 2020

Article with Dr. Barbara Sahakian

Grief and fear after a Covid-19 death: Managing a double trauma

Source: CNN

April 1, 2020

Article with Dr. Helen Mayberg

Progress is Reported on Research Exploring Use of Deep-Brain Stimulation for Psychosis, Schizophrenia

Source: Brain & Behavior

March 26, 2020

Article with Dr. Amit Etkin and Dr. Madhukar Trivedi

Neural Signature Identifies People Likely to Respond to Antidepressant Medication

Source: National Institute of Mental Health

February 10, 2020

Article with Dr. Philip Harvey

Cyberbullying Linked to Increased Depression and PTSD

Source: ScienceDaily

January 22, 2020

Article with Dr. Philip Harvey

Cognitive function in people with mental illness

Source: ScienceDaily

January 22, 2020

Article with Dr. Sachin Patel

Study sheds light on link between cannabis, anxiety and stress

Source: AAAS

January 13, 2020

Article with Dr. Fang Liu

Potential new treatment for preventing post traumatic stress disorder

Source: ScienceDaily

January 13, 2020

Article with Dr. Murray Stein

Study of veterans details genetic basis for anxiety, links anxiety and depression

Source: ScienceDaily

January 7, 2020

Article with Dr. Jordan Smoller

Depression: 35 extra minutes of exercise daily slashes risk

Source: Medical News Today

November 17, 2019

Article with Dr. Steven Siegel

After Deaths of 9 Students, USC Is Opening a New Psychiatric Clinic

Source: Time

November 15, 2019

Article with Dr. Bill Carlezon

Conte Center Grant Provides Opening to Understanding the Role of Sleep in PTSD

Source: McLean

October 25, 2019

Article with Dr. Sophia Vinogradov and Dr. Joshua Gordon

University of Minnesota tests new apps to help teen brains fight psychosis

Source: StarTribune

October 15, 2019