Dr. Calhoun is currently President of the Mind Research Network and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of more than 550 full journal articles and over 650 technical reports, abstracts and conference proceedings. His work includes the development of flexible methods to analyze functional magnetic resonance imaging data such as independent component analysis (ICA), data fusion of multimodal imaging and genetics data, neuroinformatics, and the identification of biomarkers for disease. Among other things, he leads an NIH P20 COBRE center grant on multimodal imaging of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression as well as an NSF EPSCoR grant focused on brain imaging and epigenetics of adolescent development. Dr. Calhoun is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Institute of Biomedical and Medical Engineers, The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

　　Dr. Pearlson is currently Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience at Yale University Medical School, founding director of the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center (www.NRC-IOL.org) at the Institute of Living (IOL)/Hartford Hospital in Hartford CT and IOL Research Director. Dr. Pearlson’s research uses neuroimaging as a tool to address a broad array of questions regarding the neurobiology of major mental disorders, primarily psychosis (e.g. the NIMH-funded B-SNIP Consortium) and drug abuse (primarily alcohol & marijuana). He has received an NIMH MERIT award, a NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award, the Ziskind-Sommerfeld Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the Stanley Dean Award in Schizophrenia Research from the American College of Psychiatry, is a member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars (for distinguished alumni) and was awarded the Albert M. Biele Lectureship from Jefferson Medical College, a Michael Visiting Professorship from the Weizmann Institute & is on the editorial board of several neuroimaging in psychiatric journals. He has published over 650 peer-reviewed research articles.He is also co-founder of the annual BrainDance Competition, which is open to high school and college students across New England. The BrainDance Awards encourage students to gain knowledge about psychiatric diseases and to develop a more tolerant and realistic perspective toward people with severe psychiatric problems.