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Neir Eshel is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. His clinical focus is on full-spectrum mental health care for sexual and gender minorities, with particular interests in depression, anxiety, and the complex effects of trauma on populations. Eshel collaborates with primary care mental health providers through Stanford's LGBTQ+ program. His research interests include applying optogenetic, electrophysiological, neuroimaging, and behavioral approaches to probing neural circuits related to reward processing, decision making, and social behavior. He has received multi-year grants from several prestigious organizations, including the National Institutes of Health and the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund. Eshel has published extensively on topics such as the behavioral roles of neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, as well as issues surrounding LGBTQ health. His work appears in leading journals like Nature, Science, and JAMA Psychiatry. He is also an associate editor for the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health and has served as a reviewer for numerous academic publications. Eshel advocates for LGBTQ rights and is the chair of Stanford's LGBTQ+ Benefits Advocacy Committee.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Teaching and conducting research in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
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