Gaurav Patel MD/PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. After receiving his MD and PhD at Washington University School of Medicine, he completed his psychiatry residency at Columbia University. Afterwards he completed a T32 schizophrenia research fellowship. He has now joined the faculty at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute where he directs the Dynamic Social Cognition Lab. The lab uses naturalistic stimuli, eye-tracking, and fMRI to measure behavioral and functional deficits during social cognition in schizophrenia.  The ultimate goal of these studies is to understand the primary deficits and compensatory mechanisms in each patient, leading in the future to individualized treatment strategies. In addition, he is Co-Director of the C3N Center and Technical Director of the NYSPI MRI Unit. For his work, Gaurav has received a number of awards, including a NARSAD Young Investigator Award in 2015, a K23 Career Development Award in 2016, and a David Mahoney Neuroimaging Award from the Dana Foundation in 2017.  

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