Motivation

Moore, Jeffrey

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Many mammals sense and affect their environment predominantly through innate motor programs for exploration, social interaction, and ingestion; yet, little is known about the neuronal circuits that control these motor programs. Our lab uses molecular, systems, and computational neurobiological techniques to identify specific brainstem motor control modules and to determine how higher-order brain structures engage these modules for innate behaviors.

Page, Katie

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

The Brain Regulation of Appetite, Nutrition, Cognition, & Health (BRANCH) Lab has two major research programs: (i) Neuroendocrine regulation of appetite & glucose homeostasis (ii) Maternal-fetal programming of metabolism. Our translational research program addresses questions from a broad perspective by combining a number of disciplines (neuroscience, physiology, nutrition, psychology) and novel techniques to understand neural mechanisms of metabolic diseases.

Rouhani, Nina

Assistant Professor of Psychology

The Interactive Cognition Lab uses an interdisciplinary framework, drawing from computational neuroscience, cognitive science and psychology, to uncover how learning and memory processes guide individual and interactive behavior in the laboratory and real world.

Schier, Lindsey

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

The Schier lab seeks to understand how the chemical constituents of foods and fluids are sensed, how these oral and postoral signals are processed in the brain and channeled into the behavioral outputs that subserve energy balance.

Schwartzman, Jessica

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

The Training and Research to Empower NeuroDiversity (TREND) Lab uses multi-method approaches, including electroencephalogram (EEG), behavioral observation and clinical interviews to study risk and protective factors for depression, suicide, and other mental health outcomes in youth with autism and other neurodivergent conditions. We also partner with autistic and other neurodivergent people to adapt and design treatments for the individual and family. The TREND Lab focuses on characterizing and treating adverse mental health outcomes in youth with autism and other neurodivergent conditions.