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Manoj Doss, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D., Psychology/Integrative Neuroscience
University of Chicago

M.S., Cognitive Neuroscience
University College London

About

Manoj Doss, Ph.D., studies the basic neurocognitive mechanisms of psychoactive drugs, with a particular focus on the impact of psychedelics on different learning and memory processes in humans. He is also interested in the efficacy of psychedelic therapy in depression and posttraumatic stress disorder and how psychedelic therapy could be optimized via the incorporation of cognitive-behavioral manipulations that modulate different learning processes. Finally, Doss is interested in other forms of neuromodulation such as transcranial focus ultrasound, both as a tool to understand how the brain supports cognition and for psychiatric treatment.

Doss received a bachelor’s from The University of Texas at Austin, a master’s from University College London, postbaccalaureate training from University of California, Davis, a doctorate from the University of Chicago and postdoctoral training at the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine before returning to UT.

Doss has received funding from the Center for MINDS and Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation to study the acute effects of psilocybin on distinct forms of learning and memory.

Professional Affiliations
  • International Society for Research on Psychedelics
  • Society of Biological Psychiatry
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • European Behavioural Pharmacology Society
Awards & Honors
  • Rising Star
    Society of Biological Psychiatry
  • Trainee Professional Development Award
    Society for Neuroscience
  • Director’s Travel Award
    National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Fellowship
    Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Travel Award
    European Behavioural Pharmacology Society