Chandra Sripada, MD, PhD

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Theophile Raphael Research Professor of Clinical Neurosciences
Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School
Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science and Director Academic Program
Linguistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Chandra Sripada, MD, PhD
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  • About

    Dr. Sripada’s research investigates neurocognition, executive functions, and regulatory control across a range of psychiatric disorders, especially attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders. His research uses multiple methods, especially neuroimaging and computational methods, to better understand, diagnose, and treat these conditions. Important themes of recent work include: 1) connectomics – mapping structural and functional networks encompassing hundreds of thousands of connections across the brain; 2) multivariate methodology – quantifying distributed patterns associated with disorders using methods from statistics and computer science; 3) developmental focus – mapping altered maturational trajectories of brain networks in youth. Recent articles appeared in PNAS, Journal of Neuroscience, and JAMA Psychiatry, and are available at Sripada’s lab website.

    Areas of Interest

    - Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
    - Substance Use Disorders
    - Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
    - Substance Use Disorders
    - Functional Neuroimaging

    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    • Center Member
      AI and Digital Health Innovation

    Recent Publications

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    • Preprint
      Machine learning reveals two key dimensions of developmental risk for substance use disorders in young adulthood
      Weigard AS, Hicks BM, Molloy MF, Paige KJ, McCurry K, Cope LM, Hardee JE, Martz M, Sripada C, Zucker RA, Dinov I, Heitzeg M. 2026 Apr 15; Center for Open Science, DOI:10.31234/osf.io/g46nh_v1
    • Journal Article
      An AI-powered research assistant in the lab: A practical guide for text analysis through iterative collaboration with LLMs
      Carmona-Díaz G, Jiménez-Leal W, Grisales MA, Sripada C, Amaya S, Inzlicht M, Bermúdez JP. Behavior Research Methods, 2026 Apr 1; 58 (4): DOI:10.3758/s13428-026-02966-6
      PMID: 41912832
    • Journal Article
      The roles of delayed cortical maturation and lower anticipatory reward activation in predicting addictive screen use in youth.
      Paige KJ, Angstadt M, Martz ME, Hyde LW, Heitzeg MM, Sripada C, Kardan O. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging, 2026 Mar 27; DOI:10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.03.012
      PMID: PMC13075549
    • Journal Article
      The case for value as a common currency in decision-making and intersystem competition
      Sripada C. Frontiers in Cognition, 2026 Mar 21; 5: 1767189 DOI:10.3389/fcogn.2026.1767189
    • Journal Article
      Delayed goal-directed processing underlies inhibitory control challenges in adult ADHD.
      Osborne JB, Sellers J, Zhang H, Wang S, Liberatore S, Sripada C, Shah P, Jonides J. Sci Rep, 2026 Mar 16; DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-42307-3
      PMID: 41840046
    • Journal Article
      The diffusion model’s drift rate parameter primarily reflects efficiency, rather than speed, of evidence accumulation
      Weigard A, Molloy MF, Sripada C, Heathcote A. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2026 Mar 1; 33 (3): DOI:10.3758/s13423-026-02861-3
    • Preprint
      Assessing Personality Using Zero-Shot Generative AI Scoring of Brief Open-Ended Text
      Wright AGC, Ringwald WR, Vize C, Eichstaedt JC, Angstadt M, Taxali A, Sripada C. 2026 Feb 5; PsyArXiv, DOI:10.31234/osf.io/4zx2k_v2
    • Journal Article
      Assessing personality using zero-shot generative AI scoring of brief open-ended text
      Wright AGC, Ringwald WR, Vize CE, Eichstaedt JC, Angstadt M, Taxali A, Sripada C. Nature Human Behaviour, 2026 Jan 31; 1 - 15. DOI:10.1038/s41562-025-02389-x

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    Psychiatry experts' research highlighted in U-M VP of Research's Michigan Research newsletter

    The newsletter featured research by Drs. Amy Bohnert and Srijan Sen; Mark Ilgen; and Mary Heitzeg and Chandra Sripada
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    Medicine at Michigan

    Searching for the biology of mental illness

    For half a century, Michigan Medicine researchers have been working to understand why we feel the way we feel. Their findings have offered hope to patients with mental health conditions from anxiety and depression to addiction and bipolar disorder.