Brian Sweis, MD, PhD
Psychiatry
About Me
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. Completed BS/BA at Loyola University Chicago (2008-2012), MD/PhD training in neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School's Medical Scientist Training Program (2012-2020), and psychiatry residency training on the physician-scientist research track at Mount Sinai (2020-2024, Chief Resident 2023-2024). PI of the Sweis lab, applying principles in neuroeconomics in combination with neuromodulation techniques translated across species to study complex decision-making changes in psychiatric disorders. Also serving as Director of Neuroeconomics within the Center for Affective Neuroscience, a Principal Investigator in the Center for Computational Psychiatry, as well as Assistant Training Director for Research in the Psychiatry Residency Program to help accelerate the path toward independence for physician-scientists.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neuroscience, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Research Topics
Addiction, Behavioral Health, Brain, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Depression, Electrophysiology, Endocrinology, Healthcare, Hippocampus, Memory, Neural Code, Neural Networks, Neurobiology, Neuromodulation, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Patient Care, Prefrontal Cortex, Psychiatry, Stress, Synapses, Synaptic Plasticity, Systems Neuroscience
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Neuroscience [NEU]
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BS, BA (Bio & Psych Majors, Neuro & Phil Minors), Loyola University Chicago
MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
MD, PhD (Neuroscience), University of Minnesota
Physician-Scientist Track (Chief Resident), Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency, Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Awards
2025
Young Investigator Award (NARSAD)
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
2025
Seaver Foundation Fellowship
Seaver Autism Center, Mount Sinai
2024
Resident-Fellow Pilot Grant
American Psychiatric Association
2024
Resident Research Poster Award, 2nd Place
New York State Psychiatric Society, APA
2024
Paper of the Year (Durand-de Cuttoli...Sweis 2022 Sci Advances)
Society for Neuroeconomics
2024
Resident Research Paper Award, 2nd Place
New York County Psychiatric Society, APA
2024
R01MH136230 Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS R01 award)
NIMH
2024
Nina Schooler Early Career Research Award Grant
ASCP
2023
New Investigator Award
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
2023
Research Award for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators
American Psychiatric Association
2023
Psychiatry Research Award
Career Development Institute
2023
Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program Research Track Award
Anxiety & Depression Association of America
2023
Leon Levy Scholar in Neuroscience
New York Academy of Sciences
2023
Career Award for Medical Scientists
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
2023
Pilot and Feasibility Project Grant
Animal Models for the Social Dimensions of Health and Aging Research Network – National Institute of Aging (NIA): R24 AG065172
2023
Rising Star
National Institute on Aging, American Geriatric Society R13 Bench To Bedside
2022
Outstanding Resident Award Program in Psychiatry
NIMH
2022
Administrative Supplement for MD/PhD Physician-Scientists
NIMH
2022
Travel Award
Society of Biological Psychiatry
2021
Loan Repayment Award
NIMH
2021
Resident Research Paper Award, 2nd Place
New York State Psychiatric Society, APA
2020
Resident Research Paper Award, 3rd Place
New York County Psychiatric Society, APA
2019
30 Under 30 in Science
Forbes
2019
Best National Dissertation Award in the Biological and Life Sciences
National Council for Graduate Studies
2019
Donald B. Lindsley Prize for Outstanding PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience
Society for Neuroscience
2019
Best Dissertation Award in the Biological and Life Sciences
University of Minnesota
2019
Travel Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Research
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