Bita Moghaddam

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Bita Moghaddam
Born	Iran
Nationality	American
Alma mater	PhD at University of Kansas, Postdoctoral work at Yale University
Known for	Identifying the prefrontal cortex dopamine-glutamate circuitry as the site of action of ketamine and implicating this circuitry in stress and anxiety. Author of KETAMINE MIT Press/Penguin Random House
Awards	Paul Jansen Award for Excellence in Schizophrenia Research, Efron Award for Excellence in Research Related to Neuropsychopharmacology, 2014 CINP Neuroscience Basic Research Award, MERIT Award from the National Institute of Mental Health
Scientific career
Fields	Neuroscience
Institutions	Oregon Health Sciences University

Bita Moghaddam is an Iranian-American neuroscientist and author. She is currently the Ruth Matarazzo Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University. Moghaddam investigates the neuronal processes underlying emotion and cognition as a first step to designing strategies to treat and prevent brain illnesses.