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lief.fenno@austin.utexas.edu
Office Location: UT Main
Lief Fenno
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department Research Area
Neuroengineering
Cell and Tissue Engineering
About
Lief Ericsson Fenno, MD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Dell Medical School and an assistant professor of neuroscience in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Fenno received his bachelor’s degree in neurobiology from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in neuroscience, and an M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed the adult psychiatry residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and is board-certified in adult psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Additionally, he completed postdoctoral training in bioengineering at Stanford University.
Research Interests
- Molecular biology, genetics and genomics
- Cellular/molecular structures
- Optical imaging
- Cognition and sensory systems
- Neurological disease/addiction
- Electrophysiology, optogenetics and chemogenetics
- Neuroscience
Research Focus
Dr. Fenno's clinical specialty is the medical management of addiction, with a focus on the use of medication-assisted treatment, including buprenorphine and methadone, for the treatment of opioid use disorder.
Dr. Fenno's scientific goal is to design, construct, validate and apply novel molecular and viral tools to understand the brain in health and disease for the benefit of diverse patient populations. His specific research interests include the development and application of novel molecular tools that enable precision manipulation of targeted neuron populations in awake, behaving subjects.
Related Websites
Fenno Lab
Dell Medical School Faculty Profile
UT Austin Department of Neuroscience Faculty Profile
