Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhD

• Understanding the neuroscience of cognitive functions that characterize consciousness experience, with a particular focus on memory formation and pain perception.
• Determining the systems-level neural correlates of the action of anesthetic and analgesic agents in the brain, including during the experience of pain
• Investigate the mechanisms of cognitive and analgesic neuromodulatory interventions
• Develop structural and functional biomarkers for cognitive vulnerability and neurocognitive dysfunction

My work has the unifying theme of acquiring systems-level neural data, predominantly using functional MRI, to understand cognitive processes that characterize consciousness. Our lab has been focused on memory formation and pain perception and their inhibition: amnesia and analgesia. As a practicing anesthesiologist, most of our projects have high relevance to clinical anesthesiology and pain relief. However, I am intensely intrigued by fundamental neuroscience unknowns surrounding our understanding of consciousness. I welcome future students who are interested in pursuing foundational questions about human cognitive function. I fully support and actively engage in team science and am excited to work at the interface of human neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and the practice of medicine.