Mbemba Jabbi, PhD

Dr. Mbemba Jabbi is an Assistant professor and Clinical Neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Jabbi completed his Ph.D. training at the Department of Biological Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and his Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships at the US National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. His research at the Dell Medical School, UT Austin, focuses on identifying the neurobiological abnormalities underlying mood dysfunctions and suicidal risk tendencies across the human life-span. The overarching goal of his research is to identify brain mechanisms that could inform a better understanding of the biological bases for maladaptive mood states and contribute targets for novel treatment and prevention strategies.