
Desmond Oathes
Associate Director, Center for Neuromodulation in Depression and Stress · University of Pennsylvania Health System
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
Center for Brain Imaging and Stimulation · University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Present
Center Director · University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Present
brainSTIM Center · University of Pennsylvania Health System
2009–2013

Research
Resting-state connectivity biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes of depression
Nature Medicine · 2017 · 1,611 citations
Identification of a common neurobiological substrate for mental illness
Systematic review or meta-analysis · JAMA Psychiatry · 2015 · 1,061 citations
Causal interactions between fronto-parietal central executive and default-mode networks in humans
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013 · 442 citations

20 papers

20 papers
- GF
16 papers

14 papers

11 papers · 1 as a resident

9 papers

9 papers

8 papers
Grants
- 2024–2029
Engaging the Subgenual Cingulate with Brain Stimulation for Depression
National Institute of Mental Health · R33
Contact PI · $1.4M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2026–2028
Engaging the Amygdala with Brain Stimulation for PTSD
National Institute of Mental Health · R61
Contact PI · $3.9M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2024–2026
Engaging the Subgenual Cingulate with Brain Stimulation for Depression
National Institute of Mental Health · R61
Contact PI · $2.8M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2019–2024
Individualized Closed Loop TMS for Working Memory Enhancement
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $3.5M · University of Pennsylvania
Clinical trials
- 2026–2028
Individualized (fMRI-guided) TMS Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Early phase 1
University of Pennsylvania
- 2023–2029
Decoding and Modulating Affective Brain States
Principal investigator · Recruiting
University of Pennsylvania
- 2017–2021
- 2017–2021
Accelerated TMS to a Novel Brain Target in MDD and PTSD
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Pennsylvania



