Brain-Body Research Institute

The Ables Lab works on understanding the effects of chronic metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, on brain function.

The Castellano Lab works to understand pathways connecting the systemic environment to brain function in the context of neurodegenerative diseases.

 The Enamorado Lab seeks to understand the neuroimmune regulation of injury and repair.

The BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute serves as a research catalyst for a new generation of translational and molecular imaging methodologies.

The Goosens Lab studies the systems-level biology of emotional memory and stress in healthy rodents and humans.

The Guttman Lab focuses on atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema, alopecia areata, and other inflammatory skin diseases.

 The Hu Lab takes a multidisciplinary approach to better understand the molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms of sensory processing.

The Karki Lab is dedicated to understanding the reciprocal mechanisms between the brain and body axis via the sympathetic and parasympathetic modulators affected by traumatic stress and cardiorespiratory functions.

The Kenny Laboratory is focused on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of drug addiction, obesity, and schizophrenia, with an emphasis on the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in these processes.

The Kim Lab has unique expertise in basic approaches and techniques in innate immunity, neuroimmunology, and behavioral modelling of chronic itch.

The McAlpine Lab studies brain-body interactions in cardiovascular and neurological pathologies.

The Merad Lab seeks to harness our understanding of the innate immune system to develop novel therapies against cancer and inflammatory diseases.

The Morris Lab focuses on optimizing neuroimaging for precision psychiatry and developing cognitive assessments of motivation, agency, and reward processing relevant to disorders like depression and addiction.

The Depression and Anxiety Center for Discovery and Treatment is a comprehensive research facility and clinical program dedicated to the study and treatment of depression, anxiety, and related disorders, including bipolar disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Pasinetti Lab focuses on the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive deterioration in the aging population, before the disease becomes symptomatic.

The Russo Lab studies the neural and immunological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety.

The Stanley Lab explores new tools for remote neural modulation, nanobioengineering, and neuroendocrinology of diabetes.

The Swirski Lab focuses on understanding how leukocytes connect lifestyle stressors with various organ systems, including metabolism, the endocrine and nervous systems, and physiology, as a whole.

The Wang Lab conducts research on drug discovery for neurological and psychiatric disorders, with the goal of translating preclinical findings into clinical applications.