Our research involves an interdisciplinary approach combining psychophysiologists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, a neuropsychologist, a cardiothoracic surgeon, and theoretical and computational physicists from the University of California, San Diego; The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Catania; and Wyeth Phamaceuticals in Philadelphia. Our work is leading to new discoveries about the brain, heart, intersystem physiology, noninvasive approaches for the clinical treatment of psychiatric disorders, methods for improving normal brain function, and the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

MEMBERS:

• David Shannahoff-Khalsa, Director, The Research Group for Mind-Body Dynamics, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego; President, The Khalsa Foundation for Medical Science

• Floyd E. Bloom, MD, Professor & Chairman, Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, Adjunct Professor, Depts. of Neuroscience and Psychiatry UCSD
• Maide Bucolo, Ph.D.,Dipartimento d' Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Catania,Catania, Italy
• Luigi Fortuna, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman, Dipartimento d' Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Catania,Catania, Italy
• Mattia Frasca, Ph.D.,Dipartimento d' Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Catania,Catania, Italy
• Christopher C. Gallen, MD, PhD, Vice President, Clinical Operations, Clinical Research and Development, Wyeth Research, Philadelphia, PA
• J. Christian Gillin, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego & Veteran Affairs Hospital, San Diego (deceased 2003)
• Stuart W. Jamieson, MB, FRCS, Professor of Surgery and Head of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego
• Matthew B. Kennel, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego
• Manuela La Rosa, PhD, Dipartimento d' Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
• Saul Levine, MD, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, San Diego, and Director, Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Programs, Children's Hospital and Health Center; Professor and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of California, San Diego
• Shin Lin, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering, and Associate Vice Chancellor Biomedical Initiatives, Office of Research & Graduate Studies, University of California, Irvine; Director, Susan Samueli Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, University of California, Irvine; Director of the International Alliance for Mind/Body Energy and Signalling Research
• Roy L. Schult, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Institute for Nonlinear Science, UCSD
• Barry J. Schwartz, PhD, Visiting Scientist, Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute; Visiting Scholar, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego; Vice President, Business Development, Tristan Technologies, San Diego
• John Sidorowich, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Institute for NonLinear Science, UCSD, Senior Research Scientist, Therma-Wave, Santa Clara, CA
• Jon A. Wright, PhD, Research Physicist, Institute for Nonlinear Science, UCSD
• F. Eugene Yates, MD, Professor, Medical Monitoring Unit, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
  
• Michael G. Ziegler, MD, Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, UCSD, Director of the Clinical Research Center, UCSD Medical Center