David Baranger

David Baranger is an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin within the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. His research spans genomic medicine, neuroscience, and substance use disorders, with a focus on genetic predisposition to disease, brain imaging, and longitudinal developmental studies.

Research interests include:

• Genetic mechanisms of adolescent alcoholism and cannabis use
• Neuroimaging correlates of substance exposure and psychopathology
• Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in child development cohorts
• Application of machine learning to neuroimaging data

Recent publications highlight trends in multi-ancestral genomics, prenatal exposure effects, and neuroanatomical variability. Key methodologies include fMRI, polygenic scoring, and longitudinal analysis of the ABCD study cohort. Collaborations span Neuroscience Research Center and Wisconsin Institute of NeuroScience (WINS).