Our Team
Research Scientists
Franklin R. Schneier, MD
- Co-Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic
- Special Lecturer
- Office 646-774-8041
Franklin Schneier, M.D. is Special Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Co-Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Schneier's research has focused on the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. He has conducted clinical trials establishing the efficacy of medication and cognitive- behavioral therapy treatments and has used brain imaging to evaluate brain function in anxiety disorders and depression.
Xi Zhu, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)
- Office 646-774-8086
Dr. Zhu is a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University. Her current research focuses on utilizing resting state fMRI, structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and task fMRI to identify brain bio-markers of PTSD. She is also interested in integrating different types of large scale imaging and clinical datasets and using machine learning /artificial intelligence approaches to construct predictive network models and predict treatment outcome.
Amit Lazarov, PhD
- Research Scientist
Dr. Lazarov is a research scientist with expertise in clinical practice with adults with affective and anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder and PTSD. He is currently a faculty member in Tel Aviv University in the School of Psychological Sciences. His current research involves investigating basic attention processes in anxiety and mood disorders, with an emphasis on attention allocation over time to threat vs. neutral stimuli in the environment.
Study Coordinators
Isaac Deitz-Green, BA
- Research Assistant
Isaac (he/him) is a Research Assistant at the Social Anxiety Clinic. Prior to joining the Social Anxiety Clinic, he worked with the Lugo Lab at NYSPI, in the SPAM lab at NYU and in the Frantz and Darling Labs at Oberlin College where he majored in Psychology. After college, he worked for a few years in digital marketing and political campaigning in Washington, D.C. before making his way back to psychology. He plans to pursue a graduate degree in clinical psychology in the future.
Volunteers
We are currently onboarding new volunteers to our team. Please check back soon for updates.