Peter Bandettini

Biography

Dr.  Bandettini is Chief of the Section on Functional Imaging  Methods in the Laboratory  of Brain and Cognition of the Intramural Research  Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National  Institutes of Health. He is also the director of the Functional  MRI Core Facility which provides functional MRI support to NIMH, NINDS and several other institutes at the NIMH.  He received his B.S. in Physics from Marquette University in 1989 and his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1994, where he pioneered the development ofFunctional MRI (fMRI). During his post doc at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he continued his work on cutting edge fMRI methods development. In 1999, he joined NIMH as a tenure track investigator and a core facility director. In 2002, he received the Wiley Young Investigator Award. In 2001 and 2007 he received the NIMH Director’s Merit Award for his work in creating and maintaining the FMRIF. In 2012, he received the NIMH Outstanding Mentor Award. In 2006, he was president of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping.   He is Editor in Chief of the journal, NeuroImage. He has published over 110 peer-reviewed papers, 18 book chapters, 1 book, has 1 patent and has presented over 250 invited lectures. His work has been cited over 10,000 times.

Research Interest

Functional Imaging Methods