Syed H. Husaini, MD, PhD Candidate
Syed
H. Husaini graduated from medical school in 2007. Since then, he has
worked in different capacities. Syed spent two years working at the
Neurostimulation Research Lab at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas. He worked on various neurostimulation research
studies for the treatment of pharmacotherapy resistant depression.
After UT Southwestern, Syed joined the United States Army Medical
Command as a defense contractor. Syed worked on designing and developing
training models for Army medics. The models are used to train medics
for procedures performed on the battlefield. Syed joined Dr. Elena
Volpi’s group at UTMB in 2012. His main job was performing muscle
biopsies on research subjects, planning and executing multiple research
protocols, and IRB submissions.
Syed
joined the IMH in the fall of 2014. His primary interest is the
philosophy of mind. His other interests are political theory, the human
condition, and history. Syed completed his qualifying examination with
distinction in 2018 and is working on his dissertation. The title of his
dissertation is Neurobiology of Human Agency, Neurophilosophy, and
Neurolaw: Could Neuroscience Become a coercive force in the future?
Mentor: William J. Winslade, PhD, JD, Ph