E. Kale Edmiston

E. Kale Edmiston is an Associate Professor at the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, where they investigate bottom-up sensory processing in mood and anxiety disorders. They hold secondary appointments in the NeuroNexus Institute and Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences within the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department.

• Education: BA in Cognitive Science from Hampshire College, PhD in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University

Their research integrates neuroimaging and neuromodulation to study ventral visual stream function during emotion and novelty perception in youth. Recent work focuses on reward circuitry in bipolar disorder, structural brain alterations in suicidal behavior, and transgender healthcare access. Publications cluster around Psychiatry, Neurology, and Diagnostic Imaging with applications in mood disorders, autism, and neurodegenerative conditions.

Edmiston contributes to interdisciplinary networks including autism neuroimmunology, cross-disorder brain connectivity analysis, and transgender health policy (e.g., co-authoring the International Standards of Care for Transgender Health). Their work frequently employs functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging across human and animal models.