Theodore P. Imhoff-Smith.

I'm a Neuroscience PhD student working in the Radiology Department in the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

My work leverages science, statistics, and advanced computational methods to tease apart the complex relationships between neuroimmunity, metabolism, and the neurobiological mechanisms underlying neurological and psychiatric conditions.

In my current studies, I'm working to understand how these relationships might lead to the high co-occurence of psychiatric conditions in focal epilepsy. The ultimate goal of this work is to identify novel biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets to enhance assessment, classification, and treatment.

Prior to joining the Radiology Department, I worked at the Center for Healthy Minds, where I investigated the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress, sleep, and inflammation, with a focus on their interactions with trauma and chronic conditions like asthma. This work involved multimodal neuroimaging and physiological analyses, including resting state connectivity, task fMRI, heart rate variability, respiration, and skin conductance measures.