Arash Javanbakht

Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

ajavanba@med.wayne.edu

Arash Javanbakht

Division

Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research and Clinical Program

Research Interests

Arash Javanbakht, M.D., is a psychiatrist and serves as the director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC). His work is focused on anxiety, trauma, and PTSD specifically among refugees and first responders.

STARC is funded by NICHD R01 to examine the longitudinal impact of exposure to war trauma in adults and children Syrian and Iraqi refugees, and biological (epigenetics, inflammation, autonomic responses) and psychological factors of risk and resilience in children and adults. Also, use of art, dance and movement, and yoga and mindfulness in helping refugee families overcome stress. Other studies examine exercise and mental health and genetic aging, and trauma among first responders.

We also develop and research utilization of cutting edge of augmented reality and telemedicine for in vivo treatment for phobias and PTSD.

Disease/Disorder

GAD, Phobias, PTSD, Depression

Species

Human

Methods

brain imaging, psychophysiology, epidemiology, epigenetics, inflammatory markers, augmented reality.

Key Collaborators

Tanja Jovanovic, Nicole Nugent (Brown), Alicia Smith (Emory), David Rosenberg, Alireza Amirsadri.