Faculty

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Nicholas L. Balderston, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

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Department: Psychiatry

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Neuroscience

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Center for Neuromodulation in Depression and Stress (CNDS)
23 University of Pennsylvania
24 Perelman School of Medicine
21 Department of Psychiatry
40 3700 Hamilton Walk, D302
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

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Email:
nicholas.balderston@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
21 9 B.A. 17 (Psychology) c
33 University of West Florida, 2004.
21 9 M.S. 24 (Experimental Psychology) c
3a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2010.
21 a Ph.D. 31 (Experimental Psychiatry/Neuroscience) c
3a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013.
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Description of Research Expertise

1a0 Dr. Balderston is an experimental psychologist focusing on anxiety. His research uses psychophysiology, neuroimaging, and neuromodulation to develop and test brain-behavior hypotheses aimed at understanding the mechanisms that mediate clinical anxiety. Prior to joining the CNDS faculty, Dr. Balderston was a postdoctoral fellow in the NIMH Intramural Research Program working with Christian Grillon.
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