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Our research teams are currently leading several important projects across both of our lab sites. A major area of focus is understanding why some people with schizophrenia do not respond well to medication. In these cases, challenges such as low motivation, difficulty experiencing pleasure, limited emotional expression, and trouble understanding social cues can have a profound impact on daily life—often contributing to issues like unemployment or homelessness.

Using advanced brain-imaging techniques, we are working to identify how these symptoms relate to changes in the brain’s communication networks. In partnership with our collaborators, we are also studying these connections more directly by stimulating specific brain circuits with a noninvasive method called repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). Through this work, we aim to uncover new pathways for more effective treatments that can improve long-term outcomes and quality of life for individuals living with schizophrenia.