Email

rsalas@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Psychiatry Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Core Faculty

Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Office)

Room: BCMA-A277
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from Baylor College Of Medicine

01/2009 - Houston, Texas United States

Ph.D. from Baylor College Of Medicine

01/1999 - Houston, TX United States

Professional Interests

• Brain Imaging
• Neuropharmacology
• Reward/disappointment brain processing
• microbiome, brain connectivity, and inflammation

Professional Statement

Dr. Ramiro Salas’ research focuses on human brain imaging, specifically to study drug addiction, depression, anxiety, autism, and other brain-related problems. Dr. Salas laboratory strives to find relationships between brain imaging parameters, genetic and clinical data to advance toward improved psychiatric diagnostics and personalized treatment.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Poblete G, Nguyen T, Gosnell S, Sofela O, Patriquin M, Mathew SJ, Swann A, Nielsen DA, Kosten TR, Salas R. "A Novel Approach to Link Genetics and Human MRI Identifies AKAP7-Dependent Subicular/Prefrontal Functional Connectivity as Altered in Suicidality.." Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.). 2022 March 21; 6 : Pubmed PMID: 35340866
• Oh H, Lee J, Patriquin MA, Oldham J, Salas R. "Reward Processing in Psychiatric Inpatients With Depression.." Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2021 June 24; : Pubmed PMID: 34174484
• Zwir I, Del-Val C, Hintsanen M, Cloninger KM, Romero-Zaliz R, Mesa A, Arnedo J, Salas R, Poblete GF, Raitoharju E, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, de Erausquin GA, Tattersall I, Lehtimäki T, Cloninger CR. "Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity.." Mol Psychiatry.. 2022 January ; 27 (1): 354-376. Pubmed PMID: 33879864
• Gosnell SN, Meyer MJ, Jennings C, Ramirez D, Schmidt J, Oldham J, Salas R. "Hippocampal Volume in Psychiatric Diagnoses: Should Psychiatry Biomarker Research Account for Comorbidities?." Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks). 2020 February 26; : Pubmed PMID: 32440605

Languages

Spanish