Lisa McTeague

Lisa McTeague is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Her research focuses on neuromodulation techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), targeting conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorder, stroke recovery, and cognitive impairment in older adults. She leads multiple clinical trials investigating mechanisms of emotional regulation, brain circuitry modulation, and translational neuroscience applications.

Education and Affiliations: Holds a PhD, affiliated with MUSC College of Medicine and collaborating with the Charleston Alcohol Research Center and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Her work spans interdisciplinary studies in neuroimaging, psychophysiology, and personalized medicine.

Research Interests: Includes neurocircuitry of motivation, addiction neuroscience, stroke rehabilitation, and developing precision neurostimulation protocols. She explores how brain stimulation can remediate emotional deficits and cognitive impairments, with an emphasis on translational research bridging laboratory findings to clinical interventions.

Selected Projects: Currently investigates accelerated rTMS for alcohol use disorder and cognitive dysfunction in older adults, and integrates TMS with cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD. She also develops stroke rehabilitation protocols enhancing emotional wellness through telehealth integration.

Key Contributions: Published extensively on TMS parameter optimization, neuromodulation safety profiles, and neuroimaging biomarkers. Pioneers studies on dose-response curves for brain stimulation techniques and their application across psychiatric and neurological conditions.