DR. PAUL J. LAURIENTI

Paul Laurienti, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Laboratory for Complex Brain Networks (LCBN), a multidisciplinary group with faculty, students and staff from departments across Wake Forest Baptist Health.

The laboratory is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study brain networks. At the lab, Paul and his team use and develop advanced network neuroscience methods to study normal and abnormal brain function, with a focus on mobility declines and weight loss in older adults, pesticide exposure in Latino children, and alcohol consumption and craving. Paul received both his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.