Robert J.M. Hermosillo is a research scientist within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - (Interventional Psychiatry Lab), the Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Institute for Developing Brain, and the Center for Developmental Neuroimaging. He holds a PhD in Systems Neuroscience from the University of British Columbia, and Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Human Physiology from the University of Oregon.
He conducted postdoctoral training investigating neural mechanisms underlying motor learning developmental speech disorders at the University of Washington(with Dr. Ludo Max), then continued training at OHSU (with Dr. Fair and Dr. Joel Nigg), investigating the influence of genetic risk for ADHD on functional connectivity. At OHSU, he began to develop state-of-the-art precision functional brain mapping using resting state functional connectivity (an fMRI technique that measures patterns of brain activation) to identify individual-specific firing patterns in typically-developing children, and children with developmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism.
Using graph theory, data science, and community detection to map connectivity, Robert has since applied his neural network mapping techniques to map the brains of thousands of children and adults to establish an atlas of neural networks, the MIDB Precision Brain Atlas. His current research investigates how interventions, such as medication or neuromodulation influence these neural networks patients, and he joined the Interventional Psychiatry Lab to apply his techniques in guiding neurosurgical interventions for patients with severe treatment-resistant depression.
