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Nicholas L. Balderston

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Faculty, Center for Neuromodulation in Depression and Stress, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
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Faculty, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
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Faculty, Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation, and Modulation Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
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Faculty, Center for Brain Imaging and Stimulation, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Director, Center for Neuromodulation in Depression and Stress, University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Psychiatry
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Center for Neuromodulation in Depression and Stress (CNDS)
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
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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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24 58 Predoctoral Chateaubriand Fellow, Ecole Normale Superieure, 2012-2013.
24 5e Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2014-2019.
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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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