Richard D. Lane

Richard D. Lane is a Professor at the University of Arizona, holding appointments in Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience. He is a clinical psychiatrist and psychodynamic psychotherapist with a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, specializing in systems neuroscience and emotion research. Dr. Lane is a pioneer in functional brain imaging studies of emotion since the 1990s and has secured multiple NIH grants, including K and RO1 awards.

• Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of Arizona (1999)
• M.D., University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine (1978)
• B.A., Yale University (1974)

His research integrates systems neuroscience with psychological frameworks to study emotion, emotional awareness, neurovisceral integration, and the mind-body link in conditions like Long QT Syndrome and Coronary Artery Disease. He has published over 200 papers and co-edited two books, including Neuroscience of Enduring Change: Implications for Psychotherapy (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Recent publications focus on socio-emotional skills, affective processing deficits in alexithymia, neurovisceral integration, and the clinical relevance of emotional awareness. His work employs PET, fMRI, and graph-theoretic analyses to explore brain-heart interactions and memory-emotion dynamics.

• Distinguished Scientist Award, American Psychosomatic Society (2024)
• President, American Psychosomatic Society (2005–2006)
• Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
• Fulbright-Freud Visiting Lecturer in Psychoanalysis (2023)
• Howard E. Wulsin Excellence in Teaching Award (2014)

As an educator, Dr. Lane directed the University of Arizona’s psychotherapy curriculum for psychiatric residents for two decades and has mentored extensively. He collaborates with institutions like the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society and Southwest Psychoanalytic Society.