Our research involves an interdisciplinary approach combining psychophysiologists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, 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, Italy; University of Ferrara, Italy, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. 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.
all 10 Personality Disorders (Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic Narcissistic, Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder)
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Schizophrenia and the Variants of Psychoses
ADHD and Comorbid Disorders (Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder)
Bipolar Disorders
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Sleep Disorders (Insomnia, Nightmares)
Grief
Acute Stress Disorder
PTSD
Abused and Battered Psyches (primarily for children & adolescents)
Dyslexia and Other Learning Disorders
Members-Collaboraters
(affiliations and status at the time of collaboration):
David Shannahoff-Khalsa
Director
The Research Group for Mind-Body Dynamics, BioCircuits Institute and previous the Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego; President, The Khalsa Foundation for Medical Science
Davide Bernardi
PhD
Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Ferrara, Italy
Floyd E. Bloom, MD
Professor & Chairman
Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, Adjunct Professor, Depts. of Neuroscience and Psychiatry UCSD
Maide Angela Rita Bucolo
PhD
Dipartimento d’ Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Catania,Catania, Italy
Luciano Fadiga
MD, PhD
Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Ferrara, Italy; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Section of Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Rodrigo Yacubian Fernandes
MD
The National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INPD), Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Luigi Fortuna
Ph.D. Professor and Chairman
Dipartimento d’ Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Catania,Catania, Italy
Mattia Frasca
PhD
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)
Shahrokh Golshan
PhD
Biostatistician, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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
James F. Leckman
MD, PhD, Professor
Child Study Center, Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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
John S. March
MD, MPH
Professor, Director of the Division of Neurosciences Medicine at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States,
Euripedes C. Miguel
MD, PhD
Chairman Dept of Psychiatry, The National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INPD), Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Evgeny Novikov
PhD
Institute for NonLinear Science, UCSD, Senior Research Scientist
David Papo
PhD
Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Ferrara, Italy, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Section of Physiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Carlos A. de B. Pereira
PhD
Professor and Chair, Mathematics and Statistics Institute, Statistics Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Athineos Philippu
MD
Emeritas Professor, Dr.med.Dr.h.c. Athineos Philippou, Abteilung für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Jeff Sale
BS, MS
San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
Roy L. Schult
PhD
Visiting Scholar, Institute for Nonlinear Science, UCSD
Roseli G. Shavitts
MD, PhD
The National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INPD), Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
John Sidorowich
PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Institute for NonLinear Science, University of California, San Diego
B. Bo Sramek
PhD
Czech Technical University Prague, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic; International Hemodynamic Society, Sedona, AZ. (deceased 2019)
Mona Wong-Barnum
BS
San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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 (deceased 2015)
Michael G. Ziegler
MD
Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, UCSD, Director of the Clinical Research Center, UCSD Medical Center