Dr. Miller is an Associate Professor of Biological Psychology at California State
University, Fresno, and received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University
School of Medicine. Prior to graduate school, he studied Pre-Medicine, Psychology,
and Political Science as an undergraduate. He also taught high-school science for
three years in Atlanta, Georgia through Teach for America.
Dr. Miller's primary research interests are in the neuroscience of emotion and affective
disorders. His scientific research aims to integrate knowledge from neuroscience,
psychiatry, and psychology, to improve our understanding of the neural basis of mental
disorders. In particular, his main line of research uses a type of brain scan (fMRI)
as well as meta-analytic and machine-learning tools to explore underlying patterns
of neural activation in depression, anxiety, and trauma. These findings can then lead
to development of clinical strategies for patients that improve diagnosis and prevention
as well as treatment, including conventional (e.g., SSRIs/SNRIs) and emerging pharmacologies
(e.g., ketamine) as well as non-invasive brain stimulation (e.g., transcranial magnetic
stimulation).
