Stanford University
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Ryan T. Ash MD, PhD
Affiliate, Rad/Radiological Sciences Laboratory
BioMy lab is interested in developing novel neuromodulation technologies to augment neuroplasticity and enhance the "unlearning" of maladaptive habitual ways of relating to the to the world. I have a K08 Career Development Award to measure how attention modulates neuroplasticity induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, using EEG steady-state visual evoked potentials and visual attention psychophysics. I have a Brain Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award to develop in-human applications of transcranial ultrasound stimulation in the subcortical visual system and fear regulation circuit. I have a Simons Foundation Bridge to independence Award to develop closed-loop ultrasound neuromodulation technologies to enhance behavioral flexibility in autism spectrum disorders. I work closely with mentors Anthony Norcia, Kim Butts Pauly, and Nolan Williams on these projects. I am interested in the neural basis of mindfulness, concentration, and compassion practices from Buddhist meditation, and I have more than a year of silent retreat experience in the Theravada Buddhist meditation tradition. I see patients in the Stanford Neuropsychiatry clinic with a specialization in Functional Neurological disorders and related psychosomatic and dissociative conditions. My therapeutic orientations include integrated psychodynamic- and mindfulness-based approaches and neuromodulation-assisted psychotherapy.
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Arman Avesta, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology (Pediatric Radiology)
BioI'm a neuroradiologist and data scientist at Stanford. I care for patients at Stanford Children's Hospital and build computational systems for fetal and pediatric neuroimaging.
I'm passionate about how the fetal brain develops and how diseases such as genetic and metabolic disorders can disrupt that process. I'm also passionate about improving radiation therapy for brain tumors, building on my PhD work on segmenting brain tumors and surrounding brain structures.
Outside the hospital, I'm a ballroom dancer and have competed for the Harvard, Yale, and MIT ballroom dance teams. I also enjoy calisthenics, hiking, and tennis.
