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Russell Poldrack

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Russell Poldrack

Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Affiliates, Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology, MBCT Faculty Affiliates


I grew up in a small town in Texas and attended Baylor University. After completing my PhD in experimental psychology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, I spent four years as a postdoc at Stanford. I have held faculty positions at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, UCLA, and the University of Texas. I joined the Stanford faculty in 2014.

  1. Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2017 NeuroChoice Initiative (Phase 2)

    Research Keywords

    • Brain function
    • Clinical / translational research
    • Circuits and systems
    • Behavior and society
    • Discovery science