David Vago is director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory as part of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is an associate professor in the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is also a research associate in the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory (FNL), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School. He has completed post-doctoral fellowships in neuroimaging and mind-body medicine, as well as the Stuart T. Hauser Research Training Program in Biological & Social Psychiatry.
David has previously held the position of Senior Research Coordinator for the Mind & Life Institute and is currently a Mind and Life Fellow, supporting the Mind and Life mission by advising on strategy and programs. He received his Bachelors Degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 1997 from the University of Rochester. In 2005, David received his Ph.D. in Cognitive and Neural Sciences with a specialization in learning and memory from the department of Psychology, University of Utah. Dr. Vago’s research interests broadly focus on utilizing translational models to identify and characterize neurobiological substrates mediating psychopathology, to better predict outcomes and potential biologically-based diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for those suffering with mental illness and chronic pain.
Through mixed research methods of systems biology, neuroimaging, predictive computational modeling, connectomics, genomic and neuroendocrine science, innovation, cognitive-behavioral and first-person phenomenological analyses, Dr. Vago focuses on one basic question – “What are the basic neurobiological and physiological components that constitute adaptive mind-brain-body interactions and their therapeutic relevance in psychiatric and chronic pain settings?”
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Adult Attentional Bias Awareness Brain Brain Mapping Cholinergic Fibers Chronic Pain Conditioning, Classical Electrophysiological Phenomena Emotions Feasibility Studies Female Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Hypertension Interviews as Topic Male meditation Mental Health Microinjections Middle Aged mindfulness Models, Neurological Models, Psychological Nervous System Neurology Nicotinic Antagonists Pain Management Psychomotor Performance psychopathology Rats, Sprague-Dawley Rest Schizophrenic Psychology Self Concept Stress Time Factors