Assistant Professor
Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Hamed Ekhtiari, MD, PhD, is an associate investigator at Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR), Tulsa, OK, USA. Dr. Ekhtiari’s lab at LIBR is focused to reshape the future of addiction medicine using brain imaging (task based and resting state fMRI) in combination with non-invasive brain stimulation technologies and cognitive training. Dr. Ekhtiari is director of the international network of tES/TMS trials for addiction medicine (INTAM). INTAM with over 50 lab members promotes international collaborations to increase research quality and implementation of non-invasive brain stimulation technologies in addiction medicine. Dr. Ekhtiari also directs the brain awareness for recovery initiative (BARI). BARI incorporates neuroscience content, with cartoons and affiliated text in neurocognitive informed psychoeducation and training, targeting different cognitive mechanisms associated with drug addiction and recovery. BARI materials are translated and culturally adopted by scientific authorities in 12 languages in 5 continents so far.
