Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Faculty Research Centers
Our faculty research centers foster new knowledge across the spectrum of mental health disorders.
Faculty Research Centers
Our faculty research centers foster new knowledge across the spectrum of mental health disorders.
COBREs and Major Research Centers
Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior faculty lead several biomedical and behavioral research centers that conduct high-impact research, house administrative research cores, and offer funding opportunities for researchers. Among these are three NIH-funded Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBREs), which are designed to build research capacity and infrastructure.
The only research center in Rhode Island focused on stress, trauma, and resilience, the STAR COBRE based at The Miriam Hospital is developing and sustaining a critical mass of investigators to conduct transformative research into mechanisms of risk and resilience following exposure to stress, trauma and adversity.
The COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health of Bradley Hospital exists to produce new knowledge about sleep and circadian rhythms in humans, to foster dissemination of knowledge through a variety of academic activities and to contribute to training the next generation of sleep scientists.
The mission of the COBRE Center for Neuromodulation (CCN) at Butler Hospital is to support innovative clinical research in neuromodulation (brain stimulation) and the career development of investigators in this field.
The Center’s goal is to build information bridges between health care organizations and criminal legal systems to identify individuals at risk for suicide and connect them to care.
The Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology (CfNN) unifies distinguished researchers and clinicians to advance and translate neurotechnology to restore lost function. Through its three focus areas and three support cores, CfNN seeks to develop, test, and implement new therapies and technologies that restore function for veterans with disorders affecting the nervous system.
Faculty Research Centers & Groups
Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior faculty lead research centers and groups that are solving basic and translational questions about mental health across the lifespan.
The Adolescent Mental Health Collaborative coordinates research, treatment, and training focused on improving the mental health of youth with psychiatric disorders. The Collaborative's interdisciplinary research aims to identify markers of risk and resilience and to test the efficacy of interventions in real-world settings.
One of the nation’s premier child mental health research training sites, BHCRC investigators direct more than 50 externally funded projects and total grant awards for all years of currently active projects averages close to $50 million.
The mission of the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk is to stimulate outstanding interdisciplinary research, education, and clinical services on the biological and social factors that determine the developmental outcome of at-risk children.
Researchers at the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health collaboratively design, test, and deploy digital solutions to society’s most pressing health challenges.
This Butler Hospital-based research group studies interventions to improve physical health, mental health, and substance use outcomes in people with substance use disorders, mood disorders, and comorbid medical conditions.
The Butler Hospital Memory & Aging Program (MAP) is a worldwide leader in Alzheimer’s disease research. An affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, MAP has a 20+ year history of excellence in clinical care, training, and cutting-edge research aimed at developing new and better ways to detect, treat, and someday prevent Alzheimer’s.
The program conducts clinical treatment studies related to mood disorders, with an emphasis on depression, suicidal ideation and behavior, bipolar disorder, severe mental illness, perinatal depression, and men’s experiences with depression.
Housed within the Carney Institute, Brown University's Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research catalyzes collaborations across basic and clinical research groups toward uncovering when, where and how Alzheimer’s disease first arises to advance the pace toward treatment. Our research projects integrate knowledge across biological systems in humans, including behavioral, neural, vascular and immune.
CBPM research scientists and their teams work to discover new and improved health promotion and disease management approaches, focusing on the role of human behavior in health and disease. The research portfolio encompasses both primary prevention (e.g., tobacco cessation, weight management, physical activity) and chronic disease management.
The Consortium for Research Innovation in Suicide Prevention (CRISP) aims to advance knowledge about and reduce the incidence of suicidal and other self-injurious behaviors through research, education, and policy.
The Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) has provided assessment and treatment for children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders through research studies and an outpatient anxiety clinic since 1999. PARC includes leading mental health professionals, researchers in the pursuit of life-changing research, and educators with a passion for patient-centered care.
The Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is a partnership between Brown University/Brown University Health and Boston University/Boston Medical Center aimed at reducing the global burden of HIV infection.
The Collaborative works to advance knowledge at the intersection of psychology and child-serving systems, such as the juvenile legal and child welfare systems.
This interdisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians aims to advance alcohol and drug use research and improve behavioral health care for young people.
The Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center provides evidence-based weight management programs in a supportive environment, prioritizes patient education, and studies the effectiveness of weight-related behavioral health interventions.