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ZVR Lab

Welcome to the ZVR Lab

Our lab uses virtual reality (VR), multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and machine learning to try to elucidate the psychological and neural signatures of PTSD and anxiety disorders. Particularly, to delineate the contextual aspect of threat and reward learning, discrimination, and monitoring.

Specifically, we are interested in cases where an area within a larger environment becomes associated with threat, such as the area of a neighborhood where an assault or assaults took place, or the location on a battlefield where explosions occurred.

Patients with PTSD and anxiety disorders often show an overgeneralization or an exaggerated response to threat in larger contexts, even in environments predicting safety. With this research, we expect to identify new brain measures to develop sensitive, personalized, and precise diagnostic and treatment tools for psychopathology. 

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Affiliations

    1. See CRZ
    2. Si S
    3. Baird CL
    4. Haswell CC
    5. Hussain A
    6. Olff M
    7. Veltman DJ
    8. Frijling J
    9. van Zuiden M
    10. Koch SBJ
    11. Nawijn L
    12. Wang L
    13. Zhu Y
    14. Li G
    15. Neria Y
    16. Zhu X
    17. Suarez-Jimenez B
    18. Zilcha-Mano S
    19. Lazarov A
    20. Stevens J
    21. Ressler K
    22. Fani N
    23. Jovanovic T
    24. van Rooij S
    25. Kaufman M
    26. Lebois L
    27. Rosso I
    28. Olson E
    29. Baker J
    30. Sponheim S
    31. Disner S
    32. Davenport N
    33. Etkin A
    34. Maron-Katz A
    35. Stein M
    36. Shenton M
    37. Stein D
    38. Ipser J
    39. Koopowitz SM
    40. Seedat S
    41. du Plessis S
    42. van den Huevel L
    43. Lissek S
    44. Berg H
    45. Straube T
    46. Hoffman D
    47. Baugh L
    48. Forster G
    49. Simons R
    50. Simons J
    51. Magnotta V
    52. Fercho K
    53. Wang X
    54. Cotton A
    55. O'Leary E
    56. Xie H
    57. Grupe D
    58. Nitschke J
    59. Davidson R
    60. Larson C
    61. deRoon-Cassini T
    62. Tomas C
    63. Fitzgerald J
    64. Blackford JU
    65. Olatunji B
    66. Gordon E
    67. May G
    68. Nelson S
    69. Lanius R
    70. Théberge J
    71. Densmore M
    72. Neufeld R
    73. Abdallah C
    74. Averill C
    75. Harpaz-Rotem I
    76. Levy I
    77. Krystal J
    78. Geuze E
    79. van Lutterveld R
    80. Dennis E
    81. Tate D
    82. Cifu D
    83. Walker W
    84. Wilde E
    85. van der Wee N
    86. Vermeiren R
    87. van der Werff S
    88. McLaughlin K
    89. Sambrook K
    90. Peverill M
    91. Radua J
    92. Salminen L
    93. Jahanshad N
    94. Thomopoulos S
    95. James A
    96. Valmaggia L
    97. Thompson P
    98. Morey R
    99. Kempton M
    A whole-brain voxel-based analysis of structural abnormalities in PTSD: an ENIGMA-PGC study.; European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists. 2025 Jul 22.
    1. Steele N
    2. Morey RA
    3. Hussain A
    4. Russell C
    5. Suarez-Jimenez B
    6. Pozzi E
    7. Jameei H
    8. Schmaal L
    9. Veer IM
    10. Waller L
    11. Jahanshad N
    12. Thomopoulos SI
    13. Salminen LE
    14. Olff M
    15. Frijling JL
    16. Veltman DJ
    17. Koch SBJ
    18. Nawijn L
    19. van Zuiden M
    20. Wang L
    21. Zhu Y
    22. Li G
    23. Stein DJ
    24. Ipser J
    25. Neria Y
    26. Zhu X
    27. Ravid O
    28. Zilcha-Mano S
    29. Lazarov A
    30. Huggins AA
    31. Stevens JS
    32. Ressler K
    33. Jovanovic T
    34. van Rooij SJH
    35. Fani N
    36. Mueller SC
    37. Hudson AR
    38. Daniels JK
    39. Sierk A
    40. Manthey A
    41. Walter H
    42. van der Wee NJA
    43. van der Werff SJA
    44. Vermeiren RRJM
    45. Schmahl C
    46. Herzog JI
    47. Rektor I
    48. Říha P
    49. Kaufman ML
    50. Lebois LAM
    51. Baker JT
    52. Rosso IM
    53. Olson EA
    54. King A
    55. Liberzon I
    56. Angstadt M
    57. Davenport ND
    58. Disner SG
    59. Sponheim SR
    60. Straube T
    61. Hofmann D
    62. Lu G
    63. Qi R
    64. Wang X
    65. Kunch A
    66. Xie H
    67. Quidé Y
    68. El-Hage W
    69. Lissek S
    70. Berg H
    71. Bruce SE
    72. Cisler J
    73. Ross M
    74. Herringa RJ
    75. Grupe DW
    76. Nitschke JB
    77. Davidson RJ
    78. Larson C
    79. deRoon-Cassini TA
    80. Tomas CW
    81. Fitzgerald JM
    82. Elman J
    83. Panizzon M
    84. Franz CE
    85. Lyons MJ
    86. Kremen WS
    87. Feola B
    88. Blackford JU
    89. Olatunji BO
    90. May G
    91. Nelson SM
    92. Gordon EM
    93. Abdallah CG
    94. Lanius R
    95. Densmore M
    96. Théberge J
    97. Neufeld RWJ
    98. Thompson PM
    99. Sun D
    Image-Based Meta- and Mega-Analysis (IBMMA): A Unified Framework for Large-Scale, Multi-Site, Neuroimaging Data Analysis.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025 Jun 17.
    1. Zhang C
    2. Haim-Nachum S
    3. Prasad N
    4. Suarez-Jimenez B
    5. Zilcha-Mano S
    6. Lazarov A
    7. Neria Y
    8. Zhu X
    PTSD subtypes and their underlying neural biomarkers: a systematic review.; Psychological medicine; Vol 55, pp. e153. 2025 May 22.
    1. Harnett NG
    2. Joshi S
    3. Kumar P
    4. Russell C
    5. Dillon DG
    6. Baker JT
    7. Pizzagalli DA
    8. Kaufman ML
    9. Nickerson LN
    10. Jahanshad N
    11. Salminen LE
    12. Thomopoulos SI
    13. Frijling JL
    14. Veltman DJ
    15. Koch SBJ
    16. Nawijn L
    17. van Zuiden M
    18. Zhu Y
    19. Li G
    20. Ipser J
    21. Zhu X
    22. Ravid O
    23. Zilcha-Mano S
    24. Lazarov A
    25. Suarez-Jimenez B
    26. Sun D
    27. Hussain A
    28. Huggins AA
    29. Jovanovic T
    30. van Rooij SJH
    31. Fani N
    32. Hudson AR
    33. Sierk A
    34. Manthey A
    35. Walter H
    36. van der Wee NJA
    37. van der Werff SJA
    38. Vermeiren RRJM
    39. Říha P
    40. Lebois LAM
    41. Rosso IM
    42. Olson EA
    43. Liberzon I
    44. Angstadt M
    45. Disner SG
    46. Sponheim SR
    47. Koopowitz SM
    48. Hofmann D
    49. Qi R
    50. Maron-Katz A
    51. Kunch A
    52. Xie H
    53. El-Hage W
    54. Berg H
    55. Bruce SE
    56. McLaughlin KA
    57. Peverill M
    58. Sambrook K
    59. Ross M
    60. Herringa RJ
    61. Nitschke JB
    62. Davidson RJ
    63. deRoon-Cassini TA
    64. Tomas CW
    65. Fitzgerald JM
    66. Blackford JU
    67. Olatunji BO
    68. Nelson SM
    69. Gordon EM
    70. Densmore M
    71. Théberge J
    72. Neufeld RWJ
    73. Olff M
    74. Wang L
    75. Stein DJ
    76. Neria Y
    77. Stevens JS
    78. Mueller SC
    79. Daniels JK
    80. Rektor I
    81. King A
    82. Davenport ND
    83. Straube T
    84. Lu G
    85. Etkin A
    86. Wang X
    87. Quidé Y
    88. Lissek S
    89. Cisler J
    90. Grupe DW
    91. Larson C
    92. Feola B
    93. May G
    94. Abdallah CG
    95. Lanius R
    96. Thompson PM
    97. Morey RA
    98. Ressler K
    Structural covariance of early visual cortex is negatively associated with PTSD symptoms: A Mega-Analysis from the ENIGMA PTSD workgroup.; medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2025 Mar 19.

Contact Us

ZVR Lab
 Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, Ph.D.

601 Elmwood Ave, Box 603
Medical Center Annex
Offices: 2B-210, 2B-202
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: 2B210 - (585) 275-6866

Office: 2B202 - (585) 275-7103