Social neuroscience
of pain, affect, and
psychopathology
research
The Smith Lab focuses on the mechanistic understanding of the neurobiological relationships between social behavior, pain, and emotion, while identifying the neural circuitry that is disrupted in disease models related to empathy, addiction, and depression.
Meet Dr.
Monique Smith
Dr. Smith is an Assistant Professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in the departments of Neurobiology and Neurosciences. She received both her B.A. and M.A in Psychology from California State University San Marcos and her Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Oregon Health & Science University. She conducted her postdoctoral training at Stanford University with Dr. Robert Malenka.
Lab news
October 24, 2024 | On October 24th, Smith Lab marked 2 major milestones-celebrating two years since our founding at UC San Diego, & the grand opening of our newly relocated space at the Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior (CNCB)! We gathered with our research team, friends, and mentors for an evening of food, drinks, … Read more
October 5-9th 2024 | The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is one of the largest international conferences in neuroscience, bringing together thousands of researchers, clinicians, and students to share the latest advances in brain science. At SfN 2024 in Chicago, our Lab Members Parnaz, Amanda, and Kamryn had the exciting opportunity to present Smith Lab’s latest … Read more
July 21, 2024 | We are ecstatic to announce the addition of two team members from Los Angeles Mission Community College (LAMCC) this summer! Through the support of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Parvaneh Mohammadian from LAMCC has been collaborating with the Smith lab to give underrepresented community college students the opportunity to remotely experience … Read more
