Jony Sheynin, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Contact
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
sheynin@tamu.edu
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Biography
Sheynin uses a multidisciplinary approach, which includes computational modeling, neuroimaging (fMRI) and behavioral analyses, to study altered processes that underlie psychopathologies, such as anxiety disorders and PTSD.
Education and Training
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, 2014
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, MS, Medical Sciences (Cum Laude), 2008
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, BSc, Biomedical Engineering, 2006
Professional Certifications
- University of Michigan, Postdoctoral training, Department of Psychiatry, 2018
Research Interests
- Computational Psychiatry
- Neuroimaging (functional MRI)
- Anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Avoidance behavior and approach-avoidance conflict
- Decision making
Teaching Interests
- Research Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
- Research Design and Statistics
Awards, Recognition and Service
- 2016: Trainee Professional Development Award (Society for Neuroscience)
- 2015: Dean's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Memberships
- Society of Biological Psychiatry
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- Society for Neuroscience
- Pavlovian Society
Representative Publications
Complete Listing: Jony Sheynin- Neural correlates of implicit emotion processing and regulation in the SEAT paradigm: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies Z Zhang, Y Zhang, J Sheynin, I Liberzon, Y Guo, M Yang, Q Xiong, X Yu, ...Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 1122032026
- Altered Neural Activation Underlies Memories of Extinguished Fear in Posttraumatic Stress DisorderCR Becker, J Sheynin, Y Lokshina, GS Vogt, T Nickelsen, I Liberzon Biological Psychiatry 97 (9), S277 2025
- Impaired Fear Extinction Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence From Humans and RodentsJ Sheynin, J Greco, E Rodriguez, D Pop, X Wang, J Pribble, I Liberzon Biological Psychiatry 95 (10), S242 2024
- Acquisition and extinction of human avoidance behavior: attenuating effects of omission contingencies of appetitive, aversive and warning cues MT Allen, J Sheynin, CE Myers Discover Psychology 4 (1), 18 2024
- Greater early posttrauma activation in the right inferior frontal gyrus predicts recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms J Sheynin, Y Lokshina, S Ahrari, T Nickelsen, ER Duval, Z Ben-Zion, ...Biological psychiatry: cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging 9 (1), 91-100 2024
- Characterizing neurological status in individuals with tetraplegia using transcutaneous spinal stimulation J Oh, MS Scheffler, CA Martin, J Dinh, J Sheynin, AG Steele, DG Sayenko Scientific Reports 13 (1), 21522 2023
- Transcutaneous spinal stimulation provides characterization of neurological status in individuals with tetraplegia J Oh, MS Scheffler, CA Martin, J Dinh, J Sheynin, AG Steele, DG Sayenko Research Square, rs. 3. rs-3513515 2023
- Fear extinction learning in posttraumatic stress disorder Y Lokshina, J Sheynin, GS Vogt, I LiberzonFear Extinction: From Basic Neuroscience to Clinical Implications, 257-270 2023
- A Blueprint for Next Generation of Clinical Trials in Precision Psychiatry KT Pham, J Sheynin, I LiberzonComprehensive Precision Medicine, First Edition, Volume 1-2, V1-83-V1-91