conducted numerous studies among Israeli veterans and prisoners of war, 9/11 bereaved, low-income primary care patients exposed to 9/11 attacks in New York City, and young adults exposed to ongoing missile and rockets attacks in southern Israel. While his main focus has been the study of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) his studies have shown that the effects of psychological trauma are not limited to PTSD, and are often resulted in other debilitating disorders, beyond PTSD, including bipolar illness, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depressive disorder (MDD), substance and alcohol abuse, borderline personality disorder, complicated grief, functional impairment and physical disorders. To date, his lab at Columbia and NYSPI is focused on identification of biomarkers of PTSD, which may aid in diagnosis and treatment development. Specifically, members of the lab are using multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to describe altered connectivity among hippocampus sub-regions, associations between hippocampus size and treatment outcome and a series of measurable, functional and structural changes in the brain of PTSD patients following treatment. In a 2021 publication in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Neria described key discoveries in the neuroscience of PTSD and their application to clinical settings. He argued that the heterogeneity of the PTSD diagnosis is the most significant barrier to better understanding of the underlying neural signatures of PTSD, why they can't be effectively addressed by current treatments, and the potential of "big data" to facilitate diagnostic precision and personalized treatment. Publications Neria has authored a war novel, Fire (Zmora Bitan, 1986), and more than 190 articles and book chapters. He was the lead editor of the books: "9/11: mental health in the wake of terrorist attacks" (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and "The Mental Health Consequences of Disasters" (Cambridge University Press, 2009), and co-edited two additional books "Anxiety Disorders: Theory, Research and Clinical Perspectives." (Cambridge University Press, 2010), and "Interdisciplinary Handbook of Trauma and Culture: (Springer, 2016). References 1952 births Living people Israeli psychiatrists Columbia Medical School faculty Recipients of the Medal of Valor (Israel) Peace Now people