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BRIAN HAAS, Stanford postdoc in Psychiatry and Behavioral Scie




Major: Psychiatry and Behavioral Scienc

College/Employer: Stanford University

Year of Graduation: N/A

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

CURRICULUM VITAE

Brian W. Haas, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
401 Quarry Rd
Stanford, CA 94305
Email: bhaas@standford.edu
Website: //med.stanford.edu/profiles/Brian_Haas/
Phone: (650)799-4422

My research is focused on understanding the biological basis of social and affective functioning in humans by using a multi-modal approach. I am interested in understanding how the human brain integrates and codes emotional information and how in some cases, this can result in the development of psychopathological states. I utilize a combined behavioral and brain-imaging approach to investigate emotional processing associated with personality traits, genes, and with psychiatric conditions such as in Williams syndrome. My goal is to develop a laboratory within a psychology department where behavioral and neuroimaging techniques are integrated and used to examine separate but complimentary components of human emotional and social processing.

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Training. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA, March 2007 – present.

Ph.D. Biopsychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY (December 22, 2006).

M.A. Psychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY, 2004.

B.S. California State University, East Bay. (Major: Psychology, Minors: Biological Sciences & Statistics.) Hayward C.A. June 2002.

A.S. College of the Redwoods. (General Education) Eureka C.A. 1999.

HONORS AND RESEARCH FUNDING

Child Health Research Program, Pediatric Research Fund Award, Stanford University School of Medicine: Project title: Neurodevelopmental basis of social-cognition in Williams syndrome: $20,700.00. This grant provides salary and non-salary support for postdoctoral fellows in association with a specific research project. 2009 - present

National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) T32 Research Training Postdoctoral Fellowship: 3 years secured funding: 2006 – 2009

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Program: $20,000.00. 2007

Retirees’ Dissertation Fellowship. $1000. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook, NY. 2006.

Fellowship for Outstanding Entering Graduate Student. $2000. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook, NY. 2002-2003.

Psychology Student of the Year. $200. California State University East Bay. Hayward C.A. 2001-2002.

Associated Students Fellowship. $1800. California State University East Bay. Hayward C.A. 2001-2002.

Deans List. California State University East Bay. Hayward C.A., 1999-2002

Deans List. College of the Redwoods. Eureka C.A., 1998-1999.

PROFFESIONAL POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research. Stanford University School of Medicine. 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305

Ad hoc Reviewer: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Ad hoc Reviewer: Psychological Science

Ad hoc Reviewer: NeuroImage

Ad hoc Reviewer: Behavioral Neuroscience

Ad hoc Reviewer: Archives of General Psychiatry

Ad hoc Reviewer: Neuropsychologia

Ad hoc Reviewer: Biological Psychiatry

Ad hoc Reviewer: Neuroscience Letters

Grant Reviewer: Multiple Sclerosis Society

Statistical Consultant. Department of School Psychology, City University of New York. 2005-2006.

Organizer. Neuroimaging Seminar Series. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. 2004 – 2005.

Society for Personality and Social Psychology. 2008 – present

Association for Research in Personality. 2009 - present

Human Brain Mapping. 2008 – present

Society for Neuroscience. 2002 – present.

Cognitive Neuroscience Society. 2002 – present.

Research Assistant. Masking and the negative compatibility effect. Stuart T. Klapp Ph.D., California State University East Bay. Hayward C.A. 2001-2002.

Research Assistant. Lateralization of the processing of Hierarchically Organized Stimuli. Marvin R. Lamb Ph. D., California State University East Bay. Hayward C.A. 2002.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Co-instructor. Psychology 250, Methodology of Research – Neuroimaging: focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Stanford University. Stanford CA. Winter 2009.

Co-instructor. Psychology 250, Methodology of Research – Neuroimaging: focus on Methodology. Stanford University. Stanford CA. Winter 2008.

Teachers Assistant. Campus Preschool. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Fall 2006.

Teachers Assistant. Physiological Psychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Spring 2006.

Teachers Assistant. Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design (Graduate Course). Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Fall 2005.

Instructor. Survey Biopsychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Summer 2005

Teachers Assistant. Theories of Personality. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Spring 2005

Teachers Assistant. Research and Writing in Psychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Fall 2004.

Teachers Assistant. Abnormal Psychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Spring 2004.

Teachers Assistant. Survey Biopsychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Fall 2003.

Teachers Assistant. Introduction to Psychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Spring 2003.

Statistics Tutor. Disabled Support Services. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Fall 2002.

Teachers Assistant. Survey Biopsychology. Stony Brook University. Stony Brook NY. Fall 2002.

Teachers Assistant. Human Learning Laboratory. California State University East Bay. Hayward C.A. 2001.

Literacy Aid. Early Childhood Education Center. California State University East Bay. Hayward C.A. 2000-2002.

Camp Counselor & Tennis Coach. Maine Golf and Tennis Academy. Oakland MA. 2000.

INVITED TALKS and PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Haas, B.W., Mills, D., Yam, A., Hoeft, F., Bellugi, U., Reiss, A.L. (2009). Genetic Influences on Sociability: Insights from the study of Williams Syndrome. Symposium Presentation. Neuroscientific Approaches to Personality Research. Given at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Conference. Chicago, IL.

Haas, B.W., Canli, T. (2009). Personality and automaticity: A case for Agreeableness and Extraversion using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Symposium Presentation. Personality in the Magnet: Using fMRI to Study Individual Differences. Given at the Association for Personality (ARP) Conference. Chicago, IL.

Haas, B.W., Hoeft, F., Bellugi U., Reiss, A.L. White Matter Alterations of the Fusiform Gyrus in Williams Syndrome: A Diffusion Tensor Tractography Study (2009). Human Brain Mapping Abstracts, 15, San Francisco, CA.

Haas, B.W., Hoeft, F., Bellugi, U., Reiss, A.L. (2009). Heightened Fusiform Gyrus and Amygdala Functional Connectivity during emotional face processing in Williams syndrome. Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA

Haas, B.W., Canli, T., Reiss, A.L. (2009). From Personality to Psychopathology: Neuroticism and Brain Reactivity to Emotional Stimuli. Symposium Presentation. Personality Neuroscience: Exploring the Biology of Traits. Given at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference. Tampa, FL.

Haas, B.W., Mills, D., Yam, A., Hoeft, F., Bellugi, U., Reiss, A.L. (2008). Genetically Regulated Sociability: Hyper Amygdala Reactivity and Event-Related Responses to Positive Social Stimuli in Williams Syndrome. Platform Presentation given at the 12th International Professional Conference on Williams Syndrome. Anaheim, CA.

Hoeft. F., Karchemsky, A., Haas, B.W., Bellugi, U., Galaburda, A., Mills, D., Koernberg, J., Reiss, A.L. (2008) Brain Basis of Empathy in “Hypersocial” Williams Syndrome Individuals – A Meta-Analytical Approach- . 12th International Professional Conference on Williams Syndrome. Anaheim, CA.

Haas, B.W., Barnea-Goraly, N., Lightbody, A., Patnaik, S., Hoeft, F., Piven, J., Reiss, A.L. (2008). Abnormal Structural Integrity of the Ventral Frontostriatal pathway: A Diffusion Tensor Tractography Study of Young Male children with Fragile X Syndrome. Human Brain Mapping Abstracts, 14. Melbourne Australia.

Cohen, J., Bellugi U., Karchemsky, A., Haas, B.W., Reiss, A.L. (2008) Insular volume Reduction in Williams Syndrome Using Real-Space Morphometry. Human Brain Mapping Abstracts, 14. Melbourne Australia.

Haas, B.W., fMRI Correlates of Neuroticism: Invited Guest Lecture: Neuroscience Institute at Stanford, fMRI Colloquium Series. Stanford University. March 2008.

Reiss, A.L., Barnea-Golary, N., Haas, B.W., Golarai, G., Ng, D., Karchemskiy, A., Galaburda A., Korenberg, J., Bellugi, U., Hoeft, F., Mills D. (2007). Genes, neural systems and social behavior: white Matter abnormalities in Williams syndrome as measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 33. San Diego, CA

Haas, B. W., Omura, K., Constable R.T., Canli, T. (2006). Anxious but not depressive Neuroticism is associated with amygdala and subgenual cingulate response to emotional conflict. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 32. Atlanta, GA.

Haas, B. W., Constable, R. T., Canli T. (2006). Affiliative and Agentic Extraversion Dissociated with fMRI. Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA

The Neural Basis of Personality: A Perspective using functional Magnetic Imaging. Invited Guest Lecture: Psychology Seminar Series. California State University East Bay. April 2006.

Haas, B. W., Amin Z., Constable R.T., Canli, T. (2005). Extraversion Predicts Increased Functional Connectivity with the Anterior Cingulate During the Processing of Positively Valenced Verbal Stimuli. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 31. Washington DC.

Canli, T., Omura, K., Haas, B. W., Constable, R. T., Lesch, K. P. (2005) Beyond Affect: A Role for Genetic Variation of the Serotonin Transporter in Neural Activation during a Cognitive Attention Task. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 31. Washington DC.

Haas, B. W., Constable, R. T., Lesch K. P., Canli T. (2005). Inferior Parietal Lobule Activation to Emotional Conflict Varies as a Function of Heterosis of the HTR1A Receptor Gene Polymorphism. Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting. New York, NY.

Haas, B., Constable R. T., Canli T. (2004). Personality-Dependent Variance in Functional Connectivity between Amygdala and Other Regions. The Biological Basis of Personality, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY.

Haas, B., Constable, R. T., Canli T. (2004). An fMRI Study of the Relative Influences of Conflict and Affect on the Anterior Cingulate. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 30. San Diego, CA.

Canli, T. Haas B, Omura, K., Amin, Z., Constable, R. T. (2003) An fMRI Study of Personality Traits during the Performance of the Emotional Stroop Task. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 29. Orlando, FL.

MEDIA COVERAGE and COMMENTARIES

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/12/09/ptsd.brain.kids.memory/index.html
• CNN article written based on Carrion et. al., (2009) Reduced Hippocampal Activity in Youth with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: an fMRI Study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122272534/PDFSTART
• Commentary written based on Haas et al., Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (2009) publication.

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/mental-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100240353&page=1
• Williams Syndrome and Social Fearlessness: MSN health article written based on Haas et al. (2009). Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127190430.htm
• Press article written based on Haas et al.. (2009). Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience

http://www.peaya.com/paper/showInterview.php?id=1001
• Article written based on Haas et al.. (2009). Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bne/118/5/1134.pdf
• Commentary: Exploring the Brain’s Interface Between Personality, Mood, and Emotion: Theoretical Comment on Canli et al.. (2004).

PUBLICATIONS

Haas, B.W., Hoeft, F., Searcy, Y.M., Mills, D., Bellugi, U., Reiss. A. (In press). Individual differences in social behavior predict amygdala response to fearful facial expressions in Williams syndrome. Neuropsychologia

Carrion, V. G., Haas, B. W., Garrett, A., Song, S., Reiss, A. L. (In press). Reduced Hippocampal Activity in Youth with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: an fMRI Study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Haas, B. W., Barnea-Goraly, N., Lighbody, A. A., Patnaik, S., Hoeft, F., Hazlett, H., Piven, J., Reiss, A.L., (2009). Early White Matter Abnormalities of the Ventral Frontostriatal Pathway in Fragile X Syndrome. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 51(8): 593-9

Haas, B. W., Mills, D., Yam, A., Hoeft, F., Bellugi, U., Reiss, A.L., (2009). Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience 29(4):1132-9

Haas, B. W., Constable, R. T., & Canli, T. (2009). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Temporally Distinct Responses to Emotional Facial Expressions. Social Neuroscience 4(2):121-134.

Haas, B. W., Constable, R. T., & Canli, T. (2008). Stop the sadness: Neuroticism is associated with sustained Medial Prefrontal Cortex response to emotional facial expressions. NeuroImage 42(1):385-92.

Haas, B. W., & Canli, T. (2008). Emotional Memory function, Personality structure and Psychopathology: A Neural System Approach to the identification of vulnerability markers. Brain Research Reviews 58(1):71-84.

Hoeft, F., Barnea-Goraly, N., Haas, B. W., Golarai, G., Ng, D., Mills, D., et al. (2007). More is not always better: increased fractional anisotropy of superior longitudinal fasciculus associated with poor visuospatial abilities in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(44), 11960-11965.

Haas, B. W., Omura, K., Constable, R. T., & Canli, T. (2007). Emotional conflict and neuroticism: personality-dependent activation in the amygdala and subgenual anterior cingulate. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(2), 249-256.

Haas, B. W., Omura, K., Constable, R. T., & Canli, T. (2007). Is automatic emotion regulation associated with agreeableness? A perspective using a social neuroscience approach. Psychological Science 18(2), 130-132.

Canli, T., Qiu, M., Omura, K., Congdon, E., Haas, B. W., Amin, Z., et al. (2006). Neural correlates of epigenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A 103(43), 16033-16038.

Haas, B.W., Omura, K., Constable, R. T., Canli, T. (2006). Interference Produced by Emotional Conflict Associated with Anterior Cingulate Activation. Cognitive, Affective Behavioral Neuroscience 6(2), 152-156.

Haas, B.W., Omura, K., Constable, R. T., Canli, T. (2006). Functional connectivity with the anterior cingulate is associated with extraversion during the emotional Stroop task. Social Neuroscience (1)1, 16-24.

Canli, T., Omura, K., Haas, B. W., Fallgatter A., Constable, R. T., Lesch K.P. (2005). Beyond Affect: A role for genetic variation of the serotonin transporter in neural activation during a cognitive attention task. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (103)34, 12224-12229.

Klapp, S. T., & Haas, B. W. (2005). Nonconscious Influence of Masked Stimuli on Response Selection Is Limited to Concrete Stimulus-Response Associations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 31(1), 193-209.

Canli, T., Amin, Z., Haas, B., Omura, K., & Constable, R. T. (2004). A double dissociation between mood states and personality traits in the anterior cingulate. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118(5), 897-904.



Past Classes

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S743: Psychology and Neuroscience: How our brains are related to how we think, feel and behave. in Splash! Spring 2010 (Apr. 17 - 18, 2010)
In this class, you will learn about psychology and neuroscience. You will learn about how we can use research techniques to look at how the brain functions while people perform certain tasks. We will go through some new findings that show what areas of the brain are important for how we make decisions, how we feel emotionally and how we behave within our lives. This class will be open to discussions of topics brought up by students. Students will come out of the class with a better understanding of how they can be involved and prepare for a career in psychology or neuroscience.