Mental health is central to our well being, our relationships, and to society. Unfortunately, mental healthcare is often applied in a one-size-fits-all manner, cycling through multiple treatments without reference to one’s biology as a guide, leading to reduced efficacy.

To change this, through scientific and ethical rigor we seek to better understand the fundamental principles and develop new tools to quantify 1) how brain circuits interact, 2) how treatments change these circuits, and 3) how these changes map onto clinical symptoms. A deep knowledge of the relationship between brain circuits and symptoms will reduce the stigma around mental health and translate to targeted, personalized, and more effective treatments.

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The goal of our laboratory is to develop an environment conducive to team-based learning in order to train the next generation of clinically-informed circuit neuroscientists. We will be recognized for questioning the status quo with rigorous scientific experiments and will make important scientific contributions in understanding how brain stimulation alters neural circuits and behavior.