About

David Shannahoff-Khalsa

The research group for mind-body dynamics

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. 

This Is The List Of Disorders Treated in his Books

See Resources page and click on Table of Contents for Each Book

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
  • Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Trichotillomania)
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Anxiety Disorders
  • Phobias
  • Panic Attacks and Panic Disorders
  • Addictive, Impulse Control, Eating disorders (Bulimia, Anorexia Nervosa)
  • Depression
  • 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