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Carmen Sandi is a Professor and the Director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics at the Brain Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. With a background in neuroscience, she received her BS and MS from the University of Salamanca, Spain, in 1984 and her PhD from Cajal Institute, CSIC, University Autónoma Madrid, Spain, in 1988. Her research focuses on the impact of stress on brain function, cognition, learning, memory processes, and social behaviors, particularly in relation to psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression. Over the past years, her lab has provided an integrative overview of how stress impacts learning and memory, identifying key mediating mechanisms such as glucocorticoids and various cell adhesion molecules. Currently, her research investigates how stress influences social brain function and its role in modulating behaviors associated with social hierarchies and violence. Sandi has served on numerous editorial boards and held leadership positions in various scientific societies, contributing extensively to the fields of behavioral neuroscience and neuropsychopharmacology.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne • Lausanne, Switzerland
Holds the position of Full Professor and Director of the Brain Mind Institute.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne • Lausanne, Switzerland
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne • Lausanne, Switzerland
Cajal Institute, CSIC • Madrid, Spain
INSERM • Bordeaux, France
Open University, UK • UK
Open University, UK • UK
UNED University • Madrid, Spain
University of Bern • Switzerland
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