Roberto Viviani

Associate Professor Roberto Viviani, PhD is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck, where he leads neuroimaging research in clinical psychology. His work focuses on bridging psychopathology with brain function networks through functional neuroimaging, genetic variation, and statistical modeling.

Research Interests:

• Functional neuroimaging of affective processes and social cognition
• Genetic polymorphisms in drug-metabolizing enzymes and their neurobiological effects
• Pharmacogenetics in polypharmacy and affective disorders
• Statistical analysis of neuroimaging data
• Development of tools like PHATE for high-dimensional data visualization

Methodological Contributions:

• Advocates for multimodal imaging to enhance brain structure-function characterization
• Active in validating neuroimaging inference through advanced analytical techniques

Grants: Recipient of a NEURON-Eranet grant for studying genetic influences on brain imaging endophenotypes.

Collaborations: Engages in interdisciplinary projects, including AI-driven semantic similarity assessments and clinical applications of neuroimaging in depression, borderline personality disorder, and Parkinson's disease.