Joseph Shaffer, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biosciences

Joseph Shaffer, PhD, focuses his research on using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to better understand mental illness, particularly bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Through computational and statistical techniques, he analyzes large-scale brain imaging datasets to investigate patterns and characteristics associated with these conditions.

His work also extends to coordinating research projects that use bioinformatics, advanced statistical analysis and machine learning to examine complex datasets. These approaches help researchers identify meaningful patterns, explore relationships within large amounts of data and gain insights that may inform future research.