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Associate Professor
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States
Dr. Negar Fani is a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor at Emory University in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; she is also an affiliate faculty member in the Emory University Neuroscience Program where she serves as co-Chair of Admissions. She graduated with a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology from Georgia State University in 2011. Her laboratory uses a variety of brain and behavior tools to examine trauma-related problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociation. She uses affective cognitive paradigms, neuropsychological testing, psychophysiology, functional and structural MRI. Dr. Fani examines trauma-related disruptions in attention and the intersection of social injustices (e.g., racist experiences) with attention, interoception, and autonomic regulation. Dr. Fani also explores how traumatic experiences interact with genetics, brain function and structure to increase vulnerability for the development of posttraumatic phenomena. As a licensed psychologist, she has worked with veteran and civilian populations, and has expertise in working with individuals who have complex trauma histories and multiple comorbidities using an integrative approach that includes exposure-based therapies (prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy) as well as psychodynamic and mindfulness methods. She uses multimodal data to inform her intervention targets, and is currently conducting a mechanistic clinical trial using device-assisted breath-focused mindfulness to target attentional control and interoception in dissociative individuals. Dr. Fani's research is funded by the National Institute of Health, the American Psychological Association and foundational funding. She has over 90 publications, many of which are in high-impact journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry and Molecular Psychiatry.
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM US Eastern Time