Carissa Philippi, PhD

Carissa Philippi, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences
University of Missouri-St. Louis

 

Carissa L. Philippi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Iowa where she conducted research examining the effects of brain injury on self-perception. After finishing graduate school, Prof. Philippi conducted neuroimaging research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to investigate the brain networks underlying psychopathic traits in prison inmates. Her current research seeks to understand the neural mechanisms of maladaptive self-perception in neuropsychiatric conditions, such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Brain Signal Variability in Depression

Recent research suggests that variability in brain activity may be an important novel predictor of mental health and cognitive flexibility. In this talk, I will present findings from studies using resting-state fMRI to examine alterations in brain signal variability in relation to depression and rumination. More broadly, I will discuss how these findings may help inform targeted clinical and brain stimulation interventions designed to treat neuropsychiatric disorders.