Principal Investigators //
- Kareem Al-Khalil, PhD >
- Nathaniel Anderson, PhD >
- Vince Calhoun, PhD >
- Felicha Candelaria-Cook, PhD
- Arvind Caprihan, PhD >
- Fadwa Cazala, PhD >
- Vince Clark, PhD >
- Eric D. Claus, PhD >
- Aparna Gullapalli, PhD >
- Faith Hanlon, PhD >
- Carla Harenski, PhD >
- Jon Houck, Ph.D. >
- Kent Hutchison, PhD >
- Kent A. Kiehl, PhD >
- Jeffrey D. Lewine, PhD >
- J. Michael Maurer, PhD >
- Andrew R. Mayer, PhD >
- Subhadip Paul, PhD >
- John Phillips, MD >
- Carlos Rodriguez, PhD >
- Sephira Ryman, PhD, MS >
- Veronik Sicard, PhD >
- Julia M. Stephen, PhD >
- David B. Stone, PhD >
- Andrei Vakhtin, Ph.D. >
- Claire E. Wilcox, MD >
Felicha Candelaria-Cook, PhD
Research Analyst III

Dr. Candelaria-Cook’s research investigates the reliability of resting-state magnetoencephalography (MEG) in several different clinical and nonclinical populations with a specific focus on schizophrenia and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. She has developed various MEG analysis pipelines to explore the basic neurobiological mechanisms underlying resting-state activity and spatial memory with the virtual Morris Water Task. She has also explored translational, preclinical models of disease with various imaging modalities to investigate the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing brain. Ultimately, her research aims better understand and characterize resting-state variations in clinical populations to provide effective identification, early targets for intervention development, and enhance outcomes for individuals with schizophrenia and FASD.
Selected Publications //
- Reduced parietal alpha power and psychotic symptoms: Test-retest reliability of resting-state magnetoencephalography in schizophrenia and healthy controls >
- Unisensory and Multisensory Responses in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): Effects of Spatial Congruence >
- Altered Neural Oscillations During Multisensory Integration in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder >
- Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure enhances GluN2B containing NMDA receptor binding and ifenprodil sensitivity in rat agranular insular cortex >
- Chronic cannabinoid agonist (WIN 55,212-2) exposure alters hippocampal dentate gyrus spine density in adult rats >