Cognitive and Sensory Neuroscience FAWG

The Cognitive and Sensory Neuroscience Focus Area Working Group (CSN-FAWG) brings together faculty from different Rutgers campuses, schools, and chancellor units, who share research interests in the neural mechanisms underlying sensation and cognitive functions.

The investigators in this group have expertise on topics ranging from the molecular basis of pain and sensory transduction to the structure and dynamics of large-scale networks supporting higher cognitive functions such as memory and executive control.

Our members use techniques ranging from state of the molecular, biochemical and pharmacological probes to in vitro rodent models of behavior, to neurostimulation and functional neuroimaging of cognition in humans. Members come from multiple different schools and departments within Rutgers and includes scientists focused on basic processes and mechanisms as well as clinical investigators with research programs aimed at translating neuroscience findings into advances in clinical interventions for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

The group currently includes over 50 faculty members across the Rutgers campuses and affiliated institutions.

Ongoing Activities

The CSN-FAWG actively engages in several initiatives to advance research and support members, including:

Interest Groups

Focused discussions around specific, cross-cutting topics

BHI Plenary Speakers

Selecting and inviting luminaries in related fields

Trainee Travel Grants

Awarding travel grants to trainees active in neuroscience Research

Collaborative Initiatives

Developing new partnerships and projects for research and training

Annual Retreat

Bringing researchers to discuss their research and ways to strengthen cognitive and sensory neuroscience research and resources

Chair and Co-Chair

David Zald, PhD

Chair of CSN-FAWG

Henry Rutgers Term Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, RWJMS

Director of Center for Advance Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR)