Seth Norrholm
Seth Norrholm
Position Title
Associate Professor
Office Address
3112 Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio)
6135 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
Office Phone
313-577-5631
Biography
Seth D. Norrholm, PhD, is a translational neuroscientist with over 20 years of research experience in furthering the understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying fear-, anxiety-, trauma-, and stressor-related disorders and the psychiatric conditions with which these disorders are co-morbid. Dr. Norrholm has trained in both the “classical” bench-based neurosciences as well as within clinical arenas dedicated to the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. Together with a network of collaborators, Dr. Norrholm has employed objective, psychophysiological methods to study the underpinnings of mammalian fear processing as well as the mechanisms mediating effective treatments for fear and anxiety. Dr. Norrholm is a recognized world leader in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Fear and joined our faculty in September 2019.
Current positions and employment
2007 - 2008: Associate in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 - 2018: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 - 2019: Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 – 2019: Full-time Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 – 2019: Program Analyst/Principal Investigator, Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur, Georgia.
2019 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
2019 - present: Scientific Director, Neuroscience Center for Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma (NeuroCAST), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
Education Training
B.A. in Psychology (1995) - University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland
M.A. in Neuroscience (1998) - University of Hartford/University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford/Farmington, Connecticut
Ph.D. in Neuroscience (2001) – Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-2003), College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2004), Department of Anatomy, University of South Florida
Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2007), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Clinical Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014 - 2019), Emory University, Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychological Science
Research Interests
Assessing the acquisition and extinction of learned fear using psychophysiological techniques (e.g., fear-potentiated startle, skin conductance, heart rate variability, and eye-tracking
Integrating objective measures of fear and anxiety during the implementation of cognitive behavioral therapies for mood and anxiety disorders
Virtual reality solutions for assessing the degree of and pathophysiological expression of fear
Imaginal and VR-based Prolonged Exposure Therapy
Learning and Memory