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Beatriz Luna PhD

  • Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology, Bioengineering and Radiology, and Staunton Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry

Dr. Luna  is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist who uses multimodal brain imaging to understand neurocognitive changes through adolescence in normative populations informing the emergence of psychiatric disorders. For her outstanding and innovative research, she was recognized by the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering in 2005.