Russell Poldrack

Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Bio

I grew up in a small town in Texas and attended Baylor University. After completing my PhD in experimental psychology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, I spent four years as a postdoc at Stanford. I have held faculty positions at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, UCLA, and the University of Texas. I joined the Stanford faculty in 2014.

Academic Appointments

Professor, Psychology
Professor (By courtesy), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Member, Bio-X
Member, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Associate Director, Stanford Data Science
Faculty Director, Center for Open and Reproducible Science
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Administrative Appointments

Department Chair, Department of Psychology (2023 - Present)
Associate Director, Stanford Data Science (2020 - Present)
Director, SDS Center for Open and Reproducible Science (2020 - Present)

Honors & Awards

International KFJ Award, Copenhagen University Hospital (2023)
Corresponding Fellow, The British Academy (2023)
Open Science Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2022)
Fellow, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2021)
Elected member, Society of Experimental Psychologists (2018)
Fellow, Psychonomics Society (2017)
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (2009)
Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association (2005)
Wiley Young Investigator Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2005)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Board of Scientific Counselors Member, National Institute of Mental Health (2022 - Present)
External Advisory Board member, Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (2017 - 2022)
Education Chair, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2017 - 2018)
Chair, External Advisory Board, Human Connectome Project (2011 - 2015)
Chair, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2009 - 2010)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Our lab uses the tools of cognitive neuroscience to understand how decision making, executive control, and learning and memory are implemented in the human brain. We also develop neuroinformatics tools and resources to help researchers make better sense of data.

Clinical Trials

Applying Novel Technologies and Methods to Self-Regulation: Behavior Change Tools for Smoking and Binge Eating Not Recruiting
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This study will evaluate the extent to which we can engage and manipulate putative targets within the self-regulation domain within and outside of laboratory settings in samples of smokers and overweight/obese individuals with binge eating disorder. This is the fourth phase of a study that aims to identify putative mechanisms of behavior change to develop an overarching "ontology" of self-regulatory processes.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. For more information, please contact Jaime Ali H Rios, 650-492-5740.

Lead Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stanford Investigators
- Russell Poldrack
- Judith Prochaska
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Applying Novel Technologies and Methods to Inform the Ontology of Self-Regulation: Binge Eating and Smoking Not Recruiting
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This study aims to examine targets of self-regulatory function among two exemplar populations for which behavior plays a critical role in health outcomes: smokers and individual who binge eat (BED). This is the second phase of a study that aims to identify putative mechanisms of behavior change to develop an overarching "ontology" of self-regulatory processes.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial. For more information, please contact Laima Baltusis, 650-725-8382.

Lead Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stanford Investigators
- Russell Poldrack
- Judith Prochaska
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2024-25 Courses

Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYCH 202 (Spr)
Professional Seminar for First-Year Ph.D. Graduate Students
PSYCH 207 (Aut)

Independent Studies
- Biomedical Informatics Teaching Methods
  BIOMEDIN 290 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Investigation
  BIOE 392 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading and Research
  BIOMEDIN 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Neurosciences
  NEPR 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Study
  BIOE 391 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  NEPR 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  PSYCH 275 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Master's Degree Project
  SYMSYS 290 (Aut, Win, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  BIOMEDIN 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Reading and Special Work
  PSYCH 194 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Senior Honors Tutorial
  SYMSYS 190 (Aut, Win, Sum)
- Senior Project
  CS 191 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Special Laboratory Projects
  PSYCH 195 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Prior Year Courses

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Sarah Izabel, Douglas Miller
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Eric Bridgeford, Zijiao Chen
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Lynde Folsom, Christopher Minasi, Jocelyn Ricard, Gustavo Santiago-Reyes, Anna Xu
Doctoral (Program)
Lynde Folsom, Nastasia Klevak
Postdoctoral Research Mentor
Anita Jwa

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Biomedical Data Science (Phd Program)
Neurosciences (Phd Program)

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