I’m excited to announce the launch of BPCCIR: Building the Future of Interoceptive Neuroscience —a new 5-year, $3.5M NIH Blueprint U24 Coordination Center focused on advancing the science of brain–body communication. 1/3

Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2

AI is already entering psychiatric training. Our new review argues that staged, supervised integration that protects clinical reasoning, formulation, privacy, equity, and the therapeutic relationship is key. AI should deepen (not replace) the human work of psychiatry. Link below

Some of the most intriguing findings in our recent JAMA Psychiatry study of anorexia nervosa were not the ones we originally set out to study.

I'm excited to share our new paper published today in JAMA Psychiatry: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

In case anyone not attending the meeting is interested in reading along, we’re putting together a reading list from speakers and will post that. For a good entry book on the topic of consciousness, I’ve been enjoying Michael Pollan’s new book:

I am pleased to announce the Embodied Minds Summit, a two-day gathering on interoception, consciousness, and the future of self-understanding in the age of artificial intelligence. May 2–3, 2026 | Los Angeles embodiedminds.ai

Looking forward to kicking off tomorrow's UCLA Brain Health Summit. To get things ready, Indu Subramanian and I recorded this podcast hosted by Genein Letford: youtube.com/watch?v=fCddhvoF…

What are the new and emerging treatments for anxiety disorders? We summarize these in a new review: bmj.com/content/392/bmj-2024…

📍Register here (event dates: March 20-21, 2026): teams.semel.ucla.edu/longevi… We hope to see you there.