The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Elsa's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Elsa
Future Leader Fellow UKRIHead of the Stimulation Unit at BRICAssociate Professor in Neuroscience
Personal webpage.
Bio: My research focuses on the neurobiology of decision-making and learning, both in healthy adults and in patients with psychiatric disorders. After working as a biomedical engineer, developing brain-related clinical devises, I pursued an academic career in computational neuroscience at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. My previous research focused on the proof of principle that transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation can safely and transiently change neural activity in precise parts of the brain, particularly deep regions of the brain, repsonsible for core cognitive and motivational processes. I am now working towards bringing this technology forward and apply it to mental health challenges.
Do you know how incredible the different applications of therapeutic ultrasound can be for mental health disorders? I created this cool video with @Animate_Science
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KsuqRldCspU… Enjoy!
Supervised Research Degrees
Mica Komarnyckyj, PhD in Psychology, University of Huddersfield, UK, 2018 – 2022 (VIVA passed successfully in 2022) – Now postdoc at the University of ManchesterRory Baxter, PhD in Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK, 2018 – VIVA 2022
Eleonora Parrotta, PhD in Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK, 2018 – Present
Nadescha Trudel, PhD in Psychology, University of Oxford, UK, 2018 – VIVA 2021 – Now postdoc at Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing, London
Davide Folloni, PhD in Psychology, University of Oxford, UK, 2018 – VIVA 2021 - Now postdoc at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; USA; Science and PINS prize for Neuromodulation, followed by a Prize Essay in the journal Science(on co-authored papers).
Teaching
UG:· 412 - Psychological Science
· 415 - Topics in Psychology
· 406 - Applied psychology
· 404 - Current topics in Psychology
· 606 - Applications of Psychological Theory
MA:
· 771 - Issues in Cognitive and Brain Science
· 778 - The physics of neuroimaging
· 775 - Foundations and Applications of Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation
· 778 - The Physics of Neuroimaging (Module leader)
· 784 - Advanced Practice in Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation
· 785 - Neuroscience research project
