The Team
Principal Investigators
Leo Sugrue, MD, PhD
Bio
Dr. Leo Sugrue is a neuroscientist and neuroradiologist who researches the brain networks responsible for complex thought and behavior and their involvement in neuropsychiatric illness. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and works closely with colleagues at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Dolby Center for Mood Disorders to develop novel network-based approaches to image and treat brain disorders using closed-loop brain stimulation and brain-directed focused ultrasound.
Dr. Sugrue directs the Laboratory for Precision Neuroimaging (LPN) at UCSF, which emphasizes the integration of advanced brain imaging with genetic, health, and behavioral data to better understand, diagnose, and treat brain disorders in individual patients. He is also a co-investigator for the national Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study (ABCD), and his group works to leverage “big data” from studies like ABCD to understand the neuroscience of brain development, health, and disease.
Dr. Sugrue completed his undergraduate education and PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford University and received his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in Neuroradiology at UCSF before joining the faculty in 2014. In 2022 he co-founded the Focused Ultrasound in Neuroscience program at UCSF. Dr. Sugrue grew up in Dublin and visits Ireland regularly; in his spare time, he enjoys cooking, gardening, and tinkering with old motorcycles.
Andreas Rauschecker, MD, PhD
Bio
Dr. Andreas Rauschecker is Principal Investigator of the Brain Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroimaging (BRAIN) laboratory at UCSF. Dr. Rauschecker is a neuroradiologist and a neuroscientist by training. He is interested in better understanding brain function and dysfunction through the use of magnetic resonance imaging, and specially through the use of advanced image analytics and artificial intelligence applied to brain imaging data. Dr. Rauschecker completed his undergraduate education in Biology and Psychology at Georgetown University and a Master's in Neuroscience at Oxford University. He obtained his MD and PhD (Neuroscience) degrees at Stanford University. He then completed his residency training in diagnostic radiology at the University of Pennsylvania and his neuroradiology fellowship at UCSF. In addition to directing his laboratory, Dr. Rauschecker is attending neuroradiologist at UCSF and Benioff Children’s Hospital, Associate Program Director of UCSF’s Neuroradiology Fellowship Program, co-Executive Director of the Scientific Research Group of UCSF’s Center for Intelligent Imaging (ci2), and co-chair of UCSF’s Research Data Science Council. In his spare time, Dr. Rauschecker loves exploring the outdoors, eating great food, and traveling to new places, especially with his family.
