Psychiatric Disorders
Nolan Williams
Ph.D.
Award date
June 2023
Amount
$66,000
Organization
Stanford University School of Medicine
Purpose
To develop new forms of neurostimulation for treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, suicide, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Dr. Nolan Williams is examining the use of spaced learning theory in the application of neurostimulation techniques, developing mechanistic understanding of rapid-acting antidepressants, and identifying objective biomarkers that predict neuromodulation responses in treatment-resistant neuropsychiatric conditions.
The Stanford University Brain Stimulation Lab, under his direction, is at the forefront of utilizing novel brain stimulation techniques to investigate and modulate the neural networks underlying neuropsychiatric diseases to develop new models and treatments. The Lab focuses on using neurostimulation to probe the neural elements involved in the control of conflict regulation within the human brain and offers research study treatments for numerous neuropsychiatric conditions, including treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, suicide, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Through its research studies, the Lab offers potential therapeutic interventions for individuals who have not responded to traditional treatment options.
The Tiny Foundation is proud to support Dr. Williams's research, which has garnered prestigious awards and international recognition from organizations such as the Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Consortium, One Mind Institute, Wellcome Leap Foundation, NIMH, and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. Additionally, he is a Bio-X Affiliated Faculty member and has received a Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant for his project, "Scalable Instrumentation for Electrical Brain Stimulation and Neural Recording" in the Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 8 in 2016.