Shawn Rhoads
Assistant Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolShawn Rhoads is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with nine years of experience studying human brain mechanisms underlying social perception, learning, decision-making, and well-being. He holds a PhD from Georgetown and a BA from USC, blending rigorous academic training with interdisciplinary approaches to cognitive neuroscience. Shawn runs human neuroimaging and behavioral research that bridges basic science and mental health applications, often focusing on how social information shapes choices and mental states. Based in New York City, he is known for translating complex experimental findings into actionable insights for clinical and public health contexts. An early-career investigator with a strong publication and mentoring trajectory, he brings both methodological depth and a collaborative, curiosity-driven lab culture.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of Southern CaliforniaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Georgetown UniversityStevens Institute of Technology
Github Skills (72)
experimental-design10
electrophysiology10
jupyter-widget10
experiment10
bootstrapping10
neuroscience10
jupyter-notebook10
linguistics10
sbml10
jupyter-book10
psychology10
philosophy9
science9
python9
decoding9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
neuroimaging-cookbook/neuroimaging-cookbook.github.io
Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:5 reviews, 103 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year
shawnrhoads/shawnrhoads.github.io
Mar 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:163 commits, 212 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 10 months
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