Brian Dias

Brian Dias grew up in India and received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Over the years, he has investigated the neurobiology underlying stress, depression, social behavior and fear in rats, lizards, birds, fruit flies and mice. While most of his current work involves mice, generous collaborators have enabled Dr. Dias and his team to begin investigating the biological basis of neuropsychiatric disorders in nonhuman primates and humans.

His research seeks to understand how mammalian neurobiology, physiology and reproductive biology are impacted by stress, and how parental legacies of stress influence offspring. His work has been featured in Nature, on the BBC and in a list of the 10 Most Important Discoveries of 2014 published by La Recherche magazine. Most recently, Dr. Dias was quoted in articles about the legacy of trauma (BBC) and the neurobiology of family separation (BrainFacts), and he gave a TEDx talk on Halting Legacies of Trauma (TEDx).