CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL AFFECTIVE

NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM  

Research Projects and Grants:

CURRENT RESEARCH WITH DR. PHILLIPS AS PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR:

Toward the Identification of Biomarkers of Bipolar Disorders. Principal Investigators: Phillips, M. Co-Investigators: Frank, E., Kupfer, D. Funding Source: NIMH.

Examination of the Functional Neuroanatomical Basis of Mood Dysregulation in Bipolar Disorder. Principal Investigators: Phillips, M. Co-Investigators: Siegle, G., Kupfer, D., Thase, M. Funding Source: Institute Funded.

Validation of a Functional MRI-Based Reward Processing Task as a Non-Invasive Tool to Identify the Role of the Ventral Striatal Dopaminergic Abnormalities as Potential Disease Biomarkers. Principal Investigators: Phillips, M. Co-Investigators: Narendran, R, Forbes, E, Travis, M. Funding Source: NIMH.

 ASSISTANT FACULTY  AWARDS WITH DR. PHILLIPS AS CO-INVESTIGATOR/CONSULTANT:

Neural Developmental Risk Markers of Bipolar Disorder in Offspring with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder of Parents with Bipolar Disorder. Primary Investigator: Ladouceur, C. Co-Investigators: Phillips, M., Birmaher B. Funding Source: NARSAD

Toward the Identification of Neurodevelopmental Risk Markers of Bipolar Disorder. Primary Investigator: Ladouceur, C. Phillips, M. as a mentor. Funding Source: NIMH

Childhood-Onset Male Violence: Brain Function in Persisters and Desisters. Primary Investigator: Pardini, D., Phillips, M. as a mentor. Funding Source: NIMH

Neuropsychological Functioning in Depressed Adolescents. Primary Investigator: Maalouf, F. Co-Investigators: Phillips, M., Brent, D. Funding Source: American Academy of child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Neural Circuitry Underlying Early-Onset Suicide Attempt. Primary Investigator: Pan, L. Mentor: Phillips, M. Co-mentor: Brent, D. Funding Source: Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation.

Neural Circuitry Underlying Early-Onset Suicide Attempt- an FMRI Study. Primary Investigator:    Pan, L. Mentor: Brent, D., Co-mentor: Phillips, M. Funding Source: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

FMRI Markers of Early-Onset Suicide Attempt. Primary Investigator: Pan, L. Sponsors: Phillips, M., Brent, D. Funding Source: NIMH.

Development, Positive Affect and Adolescent Depression. Primary Investigator: Forbes, E. Consultant: Phillips, M. Funding Source: NIMH.

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH WITH DR. PHILLIPS AS MENTOR/CO-INVESTIGATOR:

Toward Identification of Neural Markers of Risk for Bipolar Disorder Using Novel Brain Structural Connectivity Measures. Primary Investigator: Versace, A. Funding Source: NARSAD

Abnormalities in Emotion Regulatory Neural Systems in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Primary Investigator: Brent, D. Co-Investigators: Farchione, T, Axelson, D., Birmaher. Funding Source: NIMH

The Interface of Emotion and Self-Image: Visual Self Recognition Across Development in Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder. Primary Investigator: Keener, M. Co-Investigators: Phillips, M.,Dahl, R., Silk, J., Goldstein, T.Funding Source: APA-Janssen.

Examination of Social Cognitive Processes in Bipolar Disorder using Emotion Processing, Self Perceptual and Moral Decision-Making Tasks. Primary Investigator: Keener, M. Co-Investigators: Phillips, M., Dahl., R. Funding Source: Institute Funded.

INTERDEPARTMENTAL FACULTY AWARDS WITH DR. PHILLIPS AS CO-INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR:

Inhibition, Oscillations and Information Processing in Schizophrenia. Primary Investigator: Lewis, D. Co-Investigator:  Phillips, M. Funding Source: Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders, NIMH Funded.

Consortium on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Primary Investigator: Loeber, R. Co-Investigator: Phillips, M. Funding Source: The Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Neurobiology of Sleep and Sleep Treatment Response in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Primary Investigator: Germain, A. Co-Investigator:  Phillips, M. Funding Source: Department of Defense.

EXTERNAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS:

The Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) . Primary Investigator: Owen, M.(Cardiff University, UK) Co-Investigator:  Phillips, M. Funding Source: Medical Research Council (UK) Centre Grant.