Team

Directors

Dr. Jyoti Mishra     

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Focus: Neurotechnology studies in humans to advance diagnostics and therapeutics for mental health disorders.

Dr. Dhakshin Ramanathan     

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Focus: Neural engineering studies in animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Research Faculty

Animal Neuro-Cognition

Dr. Miranda Francoeur    

Postdoctoral Fellows

Engineered Neuroplasticity

Dr. Jonathan Mishler    

Human Neuro-Cognition

Dr. Satish Jaiswal    

Animal Neuro-Cognition

Dr. Morteza Salimi    

Research Associates

Animal Neuro-Cognition

Alyssa Terry    

Human Neuro-Cognition

Suzie Purpura    

Human Neuro-Cognition

Simran Saha    

Animal Neuro-Cognition

Reyana Menon    

Human Neuro-Cognition

Sahar Jomehpour    

Graduate Students

Neural Engineering

Jason Nan    

Neural Engineering

Shanze Syed    

Undergraduate Students

Human Neuro-Cognition

Reno Guo    

Animal Neuro-Cognition

Jon Claros    

Human Neuro-Cognition

Yilin Wang    

Animal Neuro-Cognition

Victoria Krasnyanskiy    

Human Neuro-Cognition

Seth Dizon    

Animal Neuro-Cognition

Katelyn Rode    

Human Neuro-Cognition

Ansh Sarda    

Affiliates

Mobile Applications

Alankar Misra     

Neural Engineering

Alejandro Ojeda     

Psychiatry

Houtan Afshar    

Computational Psychiatry

Pragathi Balasubramani     

Research

Our research has four major goals:

1. To better understand typical functioning of neural circuits underlying cognitive behaviors.

   For our human studies, we have developed an integrated software-hardware platform, the Brain Engagement platform (BrainE for short) that deploys rapid, mobile cognitive assessments with wireless electroencephalography (EEG). Using BrainE, we are studying neural circuits in humans in the lab, in clinics as well as local and international community settings.

   Our animal studies have implemented a complementary BrainER platform to study neuro-cognition in rodents using single unit and local-field potential (LFP) recordings coupled with rodent behavior. These studies aim to understand micro-circuit contributions to the neural dynamics underlying cognition.

2. To better understand how neural circuits underlying cognitive behaviors are impacted in neuropsychiatric disorders.

   Our human studies are focused on unraveling mechanistic, functional neural markers in individuals across the lifespan suffering from depression and anxiety and related cognitive challenges.

   Our animal studies are currently examining rodent models of traumatic brain Injury and schizophrenia to understand how genetic and/or environmental perturbations result in specific cognitive impairments.

3. To develop and advance closed-loop technologies for targeted treatment of neural circuit dysfunctions.

   We are engineering and testing targeted and personalized circuit manipulation approaches, which integrate cognitive training, brain stimulation, neurofeedback as well as mindfulness, compassion and lifestyle based interventions.

   We utilize long-term digital monitoring along with machine learning methods to develop treatment personalization strategies.

4. To study the relationships between neuro-cognition, mental health and pressing societal issues.

   In our human research, we are embedding our digital mental health technologies within communities, as well as leveraging open-source databases, to better understand how neural, cognitive and mental health factors interact with diverse environmental challenges, and how we can promote psychosocial wellbeing & resilience in a changing climate. See related curriculum.

Publications

2024

• Salimi M, Tang T, Nazari M, Mishra J, Afshar HT, Koloski MF, Ramanathan DS. Gamma frequency connectivity in fronto-striatal networks associated with social preference is reduced with traumatic brain injury. Network Neuroscience 1-44. 2024.
• Ramanathan D, Nan J, Grennan G, Jaiswal S, Manchanda J, Purpura S, Maric V, Balasubramani PP, Mishra J. Modulation of posterior default mode network activity during interoceptive attention and relation to mindfulness. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science 2024.
• Koloski MF, Hulyalkar S, Barnes SA, Mishra J, Ramanathan DS. Cortico-striatal beta oscillations as a reward-related signal. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 2024.
• Nan J, Grennan G, Ravichandran S, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Neural Activity during Inhibitory Control Predicts Suicidal Ideation with Machine Learning. Nature Digital Psychiatry & Neuroscience 2:10. 2024.
• Nan J, Herbert MS, Purpura SR, Henneken AN, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Personalized Machine Learning based Prediction of Wellbeing and Empathy in Healthcare Professionals. Sensors 24(8): 2640. 2024.
• Miller E, Afshar HT, Mishra J, McIntyre RS, Ramanathan D. Predicting non-response to ketamine for depression: an exploratory symptom-level analysis of real-world data among military veterans. Psychiatry Research 115858. 2024.
• Jaiswal S, Purpura SR, Manchanda JK, Nan J, Azeez N, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Design and Implementation of a Brief Digital Mindfulness and Compassion Training App for Health Care Professionals: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health 11:e49467. 2024.

• Shenasa MA, Afshar HT, Miller E, Ellerman-Tayag E, Mishra J, Ramanathan D. Effects of cannabis use on antidepressant treatment response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and ketamine. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2023.
• Barnes SA, Dillon DG, Young JW, Thomas ML, Faget L, Yoo JH, Der-Avakian A, Hnasko TS, Geyer MA, Ramanathan DS. Modulation of ventromedial orbitofrontal cortical glutamatergic activity affects the explore-exploit balance and influences value-based decision-making. Cereb Cortex. 33(10):5783-5796. 2023.
• Mishra J, Ramanathan V. Harnessing the Mental Imprints of Climate Change for Collective Climate Action. PLOS Climate 2023.
• Nair SS, Muddapu VR, Vigneswaran C; Balasubramani PP, Ramanathan DS, Mishra J, Chakravarthy VS. A Generalized Reinforcement Learning Based Deep Neural Network Agent Model for Diverse Cognitive Constructs. Nature Scientific Reports 13: 5928. 2023.
• Shenasa MA, Ellerman-Tayag E, Canet P, Martis B, Mishra J, Ramanathan DS. Theta Burst Stimulation Is Not Inferior to High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Reducing Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans With Depression: A Retrospective Case Series. Neuromodulation 2023.
• Mo Z, Grennan G, Kulkarni A, Ramanathan D, Balasubramani PP, Mishra J. Parietal alpha underlies slower cognitive responses during interference processing in adolescents. Behavioral Brain Research 443: 114356. 2023.
• Grennan G, Withers M, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Differences in Interference Processing and Frontal Brain Function with Climate Trauma from California’s Deadliest Wildfire. PLOS Climate 2: e0000125. 2023. IN THE NEWS UC San Diego Health | EurekAlert | ctpost | Times Union | Earth.com | ThePrint.in | Vancouver Sun | The Conversation | TIME | The Hill

• Balasubramani PP, Diaz-Delgado J, Grennan G, Alim F, Zafar-Khan M, Maric V, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Distinct neural activations correlate with maximization of reward magnitude versus frequency. Cerebral Cortex 2022.
• Ojeda A, Wagner M, Maric V, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. EEG source derived salience network coupling supports real-world attention switching. Neuropsychologia 2022.
• Balasubramani PP, Walke A, Grennan G, Perley A, Purpura S, Ramanathan D, Coleman T, Mishra J. Simultaneous gut-brain electrophysiology shows cognition and satiety specific coupling. Sensors 22: 9242. 2022.
• Nan J, Balasubramani PP, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Neural Dynamics during Emotional Video Engagement relate to Anxiety. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2022.
• Grennan G, Balasubramani PP, Vahidi N, Ramanathan D, Jeste V, Mishra J. Dissociable Neural Mechanisms of Cognition and Wellbeing in Youth versus Healthy Aging. Psychology & Aging 2022. IN THE NEWS UC San Diego Health | EurekAlert.
• Artin H, Bentley S, Mehaffey E, Liu FX, Sojourner K, Bismark AW, Printz D, Lee EE, Martis B, De Peralta S, Baker DG, Mishra J, Ramanathan D. Effects of intranasal (S)-ketamine on Veterans with co-morbid treatment-resistant depression and PTSD: A retrospective case series. eClinicalMedicine 48:101439. 2022.
• Kato R, Balasubramani PP, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Utility of Cognitive Neural Features for Predicting Mental Health Behaviors. Sensors 2022.
• Kornbluh M, Withers M, Ades J, Grennan G, Mishra J. Identifying Protective Socio-Ecological Factors for Youth in California's Deadliest Wildfire. Journal of American College Health. 2022.
• Bentley S, Artin H, Mehaffey E, Liu F, Sojourner K, Bismark A, Printz D, Lee E, Martis B, De Peralta S, Baker D, Mishra J, Ramanathan D. Response to Intravenous Racemic Ketamine After Switch From Intranasal (S)-ketamine on Symptoms of Treatment-Resistant Depression and PTSD in Veterans: a Retrospective Case Series. Pharmacotherapy 2022.
• Ades J, Mishra J. Systematic Review of the Longitudinal Sensitivity of Precision Tasks in Visual Working Memory. Vision 6: 7. 2022.

• Francoeur MJ, Tang T, Fakhraei L, Wu X, Hulyalkar S, Cramer J, Buscher N, Ramanathan DR. Chronic, Multi-Site Recordings Supported by Two Low-Cost, Stationary Probe Designs Optimized to Capture Either Single Unit or Local Field Potential Activity in Behaving Rats. Frontiers in Psychiatry 12: 1179. 2021
• Ades J, Mishra J. Education & Crime across America: Inequity’s Cost. Social Sciences 10(8): 283. 2021
• Ojeda A, Kreutz-Delgado K, Mishra J. Bridging M/EEG Source Imaging and Independent Component Analysis frameworks using biologically-inspired sparsity priors. Neural Computation 1-31. 2021. Journal Cover
• Artin H, Zisook S, Ramanathan D. How do serotonergic psychedelics treat depression: The potential role of neuroplasticity. World Journal of Psychiatry 11(6): 201-214. 2021
• Shah RV, Grennan G, Balasubramani P, Zafar-Khan M, Alim F, Dey S, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Personalized Modeling of Depressed Mood using Wearables. Nature Translational Psychiatry 338. 2021. IN THE NEWS UC San Diego Health | EurekAlert
• Fakhraei L, Francoeur M, Balasubramani P, Tang T, Hulyalkar S, Buscher N, Mishra J, Ramanathan DS. Electrophysiological Correlates of Rodent Default-Mode Network Suppression Revealed by Large-Scale Local Field Potential Recordings. Cereb. Cortex Commun. 2, tgab034. 2021.
• Balasubramani PP, Ojeda A, Grennan G, Maric V, Le H, Alim F, Zafar-Khan M, Diaz-Delgado J, Silveira S, Ramanathan D, Mishra J. Mapping cognitive brain functions at scale. NeuroImage 231: 117641. 2021
• Mishra J, Lowenstein M, Campusano R, Hu Y, Diaz-Delgado J, Ayyoub J, Jain R, Gazzaley A. Closed-loop Neurofeedback of Alpha Synchrony during Goal-directed Attention. Journal of Neuroscience 41: 5699-5710. 2021
• Silveira S, Boney S, Tapert S, Mishra J. Functional Network Connectivity of the Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Mediates Externalizing Psychopathology in Adolescents with Child Neglect. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 100962. 2021
• Fakhraei L, Francoeur M, Balasubramani P, Tang T, Hulyalkar S, Buscher N, Claros C, Terry A, Gupta A, Xiong H, Xu Z, Mishra J, Ramanathan D. Mapping Large-Scale Brain Networks Associated with Action, Inhibition and Impulsivity. eNeuro 0406-20. 2021
• Silveira S, Kornbluh M, Withers M C, Grennan G, Ramanathan V, Mishra J. Chronic Mental Health Sequelae of Climate Change Extremes: A Case Study of the Deadliest Californian Wildfire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18: 1487. 2021. IN THE NEWS UC San Diego Health | The Medical News
• Grennan G, Balasubramani PP, Alim F, Zafar-Khan M, Lee E, Jeste D, Mishra J. Cognitive and Neural correlates of Loneliness and Wisdom during Emotional Bias. Cerebral Cortex 2021. IN THE NEWS UC San Diego Health | Neuroscience News

• Buscher N, Ojeda A, Francoeur M, Hulyalkar S, Claros C, Tang T, Terry A, Gupta A, Fakhraei L, Ramanathan DS. Open-source raspberry Pi-based operant box for translational behavioral testing in rodents. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2020
• Mishra J, Sagar R, Parveen S, Kumaran S, Modi K, Maric V, Ziegler D, Gazzaley A. Closed-Loop Digital Meditation for Neuro-Cognitive & Behavioral Development in Adolescents with Childhood Neglect. Nature Translational Psychiatry 10: 1-13. 2020. Watch video | Read feature on the Contemplative Studies blog
• Silveira S, Shah R, Nooner KB, Nagel BJ, Tapert S, De Bellis MD, Mishra J. Impact of Childhood Trauma on Executive Function in Adolescence - Mediating Functional Brain Networks and Prediction of Future Alcohol Abuse. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 5(5): 499-509. 2020. Watch video | Read Commentary
• Maric V, Ramanathan DS, Mishra J. Respiratory Regulation & Interactions with Neuro-Cognition. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 112, 95-106. 2020
• Ojeda A, Buscher N, Balasubramani P, Maric V, Ramanathan DS, Mishra J. SimBSI: An open-source Simulink library for development of closed-loop brain signal interfaces in animals and humans. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 2020

• Ramanathan DS, Guo L, Gulati T, Davidson G, Hishinuma, AK, Won S-K, Knight RT, Chang EF, Swanson RA, Ganguly K. Low-frequency cortical activity is a neuromodulatory target that tracks recovery after stroke. Nature Medicine doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0058-y

• Gulati T, Guo L, Ramanathan DS, Bodepudi A, Ganguly K. Neural reactivations during sleep determine network credit assignment. Nature Neuroscience doi: 10.1038/nn.4601. 2017.

• de Villers-Sidani E, Mishra J, Zhou X, Voss P. Neuroplastic Mechanisms Underlying Perceptual and Cognitive Enhancement. Neural Plasticity doi:10.1155/2016/6238571. 2016.
• Mishra J, Anguera J, Gazzaley A. Video Games for Neuro-Cognitive Optimization. Neuron 90(2), 214-218. PMID: 27100194. 2016.
• Mishra J, Sagar R, Joseph A, Gazzaley A, Merzenich M. Training sensory signal-to-noise resolution in children with ADHD in a global mental health setting. Nature Translational Psychiatry 6, e781. PMID: 27070409. 2016.
• Mishra J, Gazzaley A. Cross-species approaches to Cognitive Neuroplasticity Research. Neuroimage 131: 4-12. PMCID: PMC4779436. 2016.

• Janowich J, Mishra J, Gazzaley A. A Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate Interference in Visual and Auditory Working Memory. Journal of Visualized Experiments (101), e52226. 2015.
• Mishra J, Gazzaley A. Closed loop cognition - the next frontier arrives. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19: 242-3. PMCID: PMC4414924. 2015.
• Mishra J, Rolle C, Gazzaley A. Neural plasticity underlying visual perceptual learning in aging. Brain Research 1612: 140-151. PMID: 25218557. 2015.
• Ramanathan DS, Gulati T, Ganguly, K. Sleep-Dependent Reactivation of Ensembles in Motor Cortex Promotes Skill Consolidation. PLoS Biol, 13(9), e1002263. PMCID: PMC4575076. 2015.
• Gulati T., Won SJ, Ramanathan DS, Wong CC, Bodepudi A, Swanson RA, Ganguly K. Robust neuroprosthetic control from the stroke perilesional cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(22), 8653-8661. PMID: 26041930. 2015
• Ramanathan DS, Conner JM, Anilkumar AA, Tuszynski MH. Cholinergic Systems are Essential for Late Stage Maturation and Refinement of Motor Cortical Circuits. J Neurophysiol. 113(5):1585-97. 2015
• Wong CC, Ramanathan DS, Gulati T, Won SJ, Ganguly K. An automated behavioral box to assess forelimb function in rats. J Neurosci Methods. 246:30-7. PMID: 25769277. 2015.

• Mishra J, Gazzaley A. Closed Loop Rehabilitation of Age-related Cognitive Disorders. Seminars in Neurology 34: 584-590. PMCID: PMC4365941. 2014.
• Mishra J, de Villers Sidani E, Merzenich MM, and Gazzaley A. Adaptive training diminishes distractibility in aging across species. Neuron 84: 1091-1103. PMCID: PMC4264379. 2014.
• Mishra J. Having it all. Science 345: 1090. PMID: 25170158. 2014.
• Mishra J. Global collaboration. Science 346: 47-49. 2014.
• Mishra J, Gazzaley A. Harnessing the Neuroplastic Potential of the Human Brain & the Future of Cognitive Rehabilitation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8:218. PMCID: PMC3990041. 2014.
• Guerreiro MJS, Anguera JA, Mishra J, Van Gerven PWM, Gazzaley A. Age-equivalent top-down modulation during cross-modal selective attention. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 10: 1-13. PMID: 25010198. 2014.
• Gulati T, Ramanathan DS, Wong C, Ganguly K. Reactivation of emergent task-related ensembles during slow-wave sleep after neuroprosthetic learning. Nature Neuroscience 17(8):1107-1113. PMID: 24997761. 2014.

• Mishra J, Anguera J, Ziegler D, Gazzaley A. A Cognitive Framework for Understanding and Improving Interference Resolution in the Brain. Progress in Brain Research 207: 351-377. PMCID: PMC4067257. 2013.
• Mishra J, Gazzaley A. Preserved Discrimination Performance and Neural Processing during Crossmodal Attention in Aging. PLOS One 8(11): e81894. PMCID: PMC3835740. 2013.
• Mishra J, Merzenich MM, Sagar R. Accessible online neuroplasticity-targeted training for children with ADHD. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 7:38-40. PMCID: PMC3828475. 2013.
• Mishra J, Martinez A and Hillyard SA. Audition influences color processing in the sound-induced visual flash illusion. Vision Research 93: 74-79. PMCID: PMC3872962. 2013.
• Mishra J, Zanto T, Nilakantan A, and Gazzaley A. Comparable mechanisms of working memory interference by auditory and visual motion in youth and aging. Neuropsychologia 51: 1896-1906. PMCID: PMC3752408. 2013.

• Mishra J, Gazzaley A. Attention distributed across sensory modalities enhances perceptual performance. Journal of Neuroscience 32: 12294-12302. PMCID: PMC3449148. 2012.
• Mishra J, Bavelier D, and Gazzaley A. How to assess Gaming-induced benefits on Attention and Working Memory. Games for Health Journal 1: 192-198. PMCID: PMC3833365. 2012.
• Mishra J, Martinez A, Schroeder C, and Hillyard SA. Spatial attention boosts short-latency neural responses in human visual cortex. Neuroimage 59:1968-78. PMCID: PMC3230783. 2012.

• Mishra J, Zinni M, Bavelier D, and Hillyard SA. Neural basis of superior performance of video-game players in an attention-demanding task. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 992-998. PMID: 21248123. 2011.

• Kothekar V, Sahi S, Mishra J. Effect of Attention on Early Cortical Processes associated with the Sound-induced Extra Flash Illusion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 22: 1714-1729. PMID: 19583464. 2010.

• Mishra J, Hillyard SA. Endogenous attention selection during binocular rivalry at early stages of visual processing. Vision Research 49: 1073-80. PMCID: PMC2758091. 2009.
• Ramanathan DS, Conner JM, Tuszynski MH. The Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System is Selectively Required for Behaviorally-Mediated Cortical Map Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience 29(18):5992-6000. PMID: 19420265. 2009.

• Mishra J, Martinez A, Hillyard SA. Cortical Processes Underlying Sound-Induced Flash Fusion. Brain Research 1242: 102-15. PMCID: PMC2584169. 2008.

• Bonath B, Noesselt T, Martinez A, Mishra J, Schwiecker K, Heinze H, Hillyard SA. Neural basis of the Ventriloquist illusion. Current Biology 17: 1-7. PMID: 17884498. 2007.
• Mishra J, Martinez A, Sejnowski TJ, Hillyard SA. Early cross-modal interactions in auditory and visual cortex underlie a sound-induced visual illusion. Journal of Neuroscience 27: 4120-4131. PMCID: PMC2905511. 2007.
• Martinez A., Ramanathan DS, Foxe J, Javitt D, Hillyard SA. The Role of Spatial Attention in the Selection of Real and Illusory Objects. Journal of Neuroscience 27(30):7963-7973. 2007.

• Mishra J, Fellous JM, and Sejnowski TJ. Selective attention through phase relationship of excitatory and inhibitory input synchrony in a model cortical neuron. Neural Networks 19: 1329-46. PMCID: PMC1815390. 2006.
• Ramanathan DS, Conner JM, Tuszynski MH. A form of motor cortical plasticity that correlates with recovery of function after brain injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(30):11370-11375. PMCID: PMC1544093. 2006

• Sivakumaran S, Hariharaputran S, Mishra J, and Bhalla US. The Database of Quantitative Cellular Signaling: management and analysis of chemical kinetic models of signaling networks. Bioinformatics 19: 408-415. PMID: 12584128. 2003.

• Mishra J, and Bhalla US. Simulations of Inositol Phosphate Metabolism and its Interaction with InsP3 mediated Calcium Release. Biophysical Journal 83: 1298-1316. PMCID: PMC1302229. 2002.

• Kothekar V, Sahi S, Srinivasan M, Mohan A, and Mishra J. Recognition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) active site by NSAIDs: a computer modeling study. Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics 38: 56-63. PMID: 11563332. 2001.
• Kothekar V, Sahi S, Mishra J. Molecular dynamics simulation of the interaction of 5-keto substituted 7-tert-butyl-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethylbenzofuran derivatives with cyclooxygenase-2. Current Science 80: 764-770. 2001.

News

Check out our NEATLabs Weekly

2024

• KPBS radio interview with Jyoti on the impacts of extreme heat and climate change on our health.
• Nature covers our climate change and mental health research and education initiatives.
• The Guardian covers our 'fire brain' research.
• NEATLabs awarded NIMH award for the Mindfulness Engaged Neurostimulation for Depression (MEND) project.
• Listen to Jyoti on the Mind & Life podcast on how mindfulness relates to climate trauma.
• Jyoti joins the Healer's Voices podcast to discuss ecotherapy.
• UC San Diego news stories cover our work on climate change and mental health: feature 1 | feature 2.
• We are featured in this UCSD Campus Gardens video on sustainability and belonging.
• University of California spreads news about our Climate Resilience course.
• Congratulations to our postdoc Jonathan Mishler for being selected for the CESAMH VA Fellowship in Data Science.
• Jyoti had the recent honor to present UCSD Psychiatry Grand Rounds, watch here!

• Jyoti discusses neurodiversity in this informative BrainHQ Webinar.
• Jyoti discusses the present and future of neurotechnologies in the TBCY podcast.
• Jyoti featured in Stories of Women in Neuroscience.
• Jyoti has a new essay on Mindfulness and the Climate Crisis in Mind and Life Institute Insights.
• NEATLabs expertise on the 'fire brain' is quoted in the Washington Post, Canadian Press and Cabin Radio.
• NEATlabs is proud to be part of this amazing group of interdisciplinary wildfire expertise at UC San Diego and to lead efforts in mental health resilience in our communities featured in the Rancho Santa Fe Review.
• Jyoti presented on Climate Trauma at the Resilience in the Anthropocene Summit.
• As wildfire smoke, haze, and rising temperatures envelop us, the effects of climate change on mental health are no longer silent. Our work is quoted by ABC News and Scientific American.
• Jyoti discussed how our environment affects brain health in this informative BrainHQ Webinar.
• Congratulations to Dr. Miranda Francoeur for winning the VA Career Development Award.
• Jyoti presented at the UC wide seminar on Climate and Mental Health Intersections.
• Congratulations to Dr. Satish Jaiswal for being awarded the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion 2023-24 Postdoctoral Fellowship.
• Jyoti featured in the UCSD Women in Psychiatry Highlight for May.
• Health Innovations features NEATLabs research on cognitive aging: “aging makes us slower, yet happier”!
• Our advances in climate research and education are featured by the Mind and Life Institute.
• The origin story of The Little Brain book is featured in the PBMonthly and the book was introduced at Weekend with Locals at the country’s oldest family-owned bookstore, Warwick’s, La Jolla!
• Jyoti discusses Climate Trauma and what we can do about it on The Weather Channel.
• The latest NEATLabs research on personalizing depression treatment was covered by Scripps News.
• The inaugural Mental Healthcare Innovations Summit talks are now live. Check us out on the Precision Mental Health Panel: Full Panel | Panel Clip | Full Event Playlist

• NEATLabs personalized clinical translational research for depression featured as a medical breakthrough. Also on KSAT | WILX | WJXT channels
• Jyoti's new Children's book is now available - all proceeds contribute to our brain health research!
• NEATLabs awarded Sanford Institute Medical Education grant for teaching "Resilience in Practice".
• NEATLabs awarded Stein Institute Wisdom grant.
• NEATLabs founders are UCSDmade! Here's our story.
• NEATLabs nominated for mentoring excellence @UCSD: our one word for mentorship is empathy.

• NEATLabs awarded Mind & Life Institute Varela grant to study mindfulness and climate education.
• Our latest research is on the Scientistt podcast.
• Our newest innovations in mental health technologies now on the MindStories podcast.
• How we envision neuroscientific translation out of the lab is now on the Watercooler Neuro podcast.
• NEATLabs awarded new NIH R01 funding studying impulsivity relevant brain circuits.
• Neurodiem features Jyoti’s blog on Scalable Cognitive Brain Mapping.
• Jyoti featured on the Mindfull to Mindful YouTube Talk Series: Part I and Part II.
• Biotech Connection Los Angeles features us on its Advances in Mental Healthcare panel.
• Exciting summary of our recent human research published in Scientia | PDF.
• NEATLabs awarded new Sanford Institute for Empathy & Compassion grant for parent-child co-meditation.

• Morgan Montoya receives research presentation award at the SACNAS 2020 conference.
• Pragathi Balasubramani recognized as Sanford Fellow at the Sanford Institute for Empathy & Compassion.
• NEATLabs awarded Defeating Depression Award by the Hope for Depression Research Foundation.
• Pragathi Balasubramani awarded NARSAD 2020 Young Investigator Award.
• NEATLabs awarded UCSD Clinical & Translational Research Institute Pilot grant.
• NEATLabs awarded Sanford Institute for Empathy & Compassion seed grant.
• NEATLabs awarded UCSD Global Health Institute grant.
• Pragathi Balasubramani awarded Kavli Institute for Brain & Mind grant.
• Vojislav Maric awarded the Sanford Scholar of Compassion award.
• NEATLabs awarded UCSD COVID-19 Galvanizing Engineering in Medicine grant.
• A shout-out to NEATLabs in Nature Careers.
• Jyoti writes about the creative brain in the Aeon Magazine.
• Morgan Montoya joins as a McNair Program fellow.
• Nasim Vahidi awarded the T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health.aspx).

• NEATLabs Co-Directors features in the UCSD Magazine.
• Pragathi Balasubramani awarded Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS.
• NEATLabs awarded San Diego Center for AIDS Research grant for research on HIV associated neurocognitive disorder.
• NEATLabs awarded UCSD MH Tech Center funding for Personalized Mental Health research.
• NEATLabs research on childhood trauma featured in Society for Neuroscience Quarterly. Watch video.
• Alejandro Ojeda awarded NIMH Training Program in Cognitive Neurosciences fellowship & the NSF Travel Award to the Mobi 2018 conference.
• Sidharth Hulyalkar & Yihan Hu awarded undergraduate summer research scholarships, URS & SRIP, respectively.
• Alejandro's new paper proposes a fast & robust Sparse Bayesian Learning (SBL) algorithm to solve the EEG source imaging problem.

• Sarita Silveira's research selected for the SfN Adolescence press conference.
• Alejandro Ojeda awarded the NIMH Training Program in Cognitive Neuroscience fellowship & the NSF Travel Award to the Mobi 2018 conference.
• Sidharth Hulyalkar & Yihan Hu awarded undergraduate summer research scholarships, URS & SRIP, respectively.
• Alejandro's new paper proposes a fast & robust Sparse Bayesian Learning (SBL) algorithm to solve the EEG source imaging problem.

• Alejandro Ojeda awarded the very competitive Chancellor's Research Excellence Scholarship.
• Jyoti Mishra selected 2017 Travel Awardee by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
• Sarita Silveira joins NEATLabs on the prestigious Leopoldina Postdoctoral Fellowship.
• NEATLabs launch at UC San Diego in June 2017!

Positions

Postdoctoral Fellows

We are always looking for talented postdoctoral fellows interested in our integrated research foci. Please contact NEATLabs directors with your cover letter, CV and academic transcript.