Dr. Shawn A. Rhoads is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with Dr. Xiaosi Gu within the Center for Computational Psychiatry. He earned my Ph.D. while working in the Laboratory on Social and Affective Neuroscience at Georgetown University under the mentorship of Dr. Abigail Marsh. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s Degree in physics and psychology.
He is also an avid social justice, environmental, and open science advocate. He has been involved with advocacy work for environmental sustainability and social justice on the local and national level. He strives to make science open, equitable, and accessible to all.
Dr. Rhoads is a recipient of the 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5), which will fund a $1.25 million project to study the neural and computational basis of loneliness and social connection. Please visit this page for updates on this exciting new project!
Other selected grants, awards, and recognitions include:
● Lindau Nobel Laureate Young Scientist (2020, 2023)
● NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award (2018-2022)
● Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award (2024)
● At-Large Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional Ph.D. Student Award (2022)
● American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award (2021)
● Mistletoe Research Fellowship (2020)