Michael M. Halassa, MD, PhD

Dr Halassa is a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, with appointments in Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC) School of Medicine and in Biomedical Engineering at the College of Engineering. He is the inaugural faculty member of the Virginia Tech Patient Research Center at VTC, where he conducts patient-based research alongside his laboratory program. He is also a board-certified psychiatrist and maintains an active clinical practice treating patients with severe psychotic disorders.