MISSION

The Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroimaging Center (DNI) was created in response to the brain imaging needs of USC scientists seeking to understand the relation between neural and mental phenomena in humans. The Center is dedicated to pursuing structural and functional studies of the human brain using state-of-the-art techniques, contributing to the development of future brain imaging modalities, and disseminating knowledge about brain, mind, and imaging to students and the public.

INVESTIGATORS

The Center is open to researchers from USC and other institutions who want to pursue inquiries into brain structure and function in human subjects of any age. It is not available to perform clinical scans. Research protocols involving stable patients are allowed.

The Center will grant Fellow status to a limited group of faculty from both USC and other institutions. Fellows can be nominated by members of the Center and be approved by the Management Committee. The fellows will receive information about the Center and be invited to meetings and seminars held at the Center. 

In addition to meetings of standing committees, the Center will schedule meetings for investigators and staff aimed at discussing new analysis procedures and presenting ongoing work. The Center also anticipates holding public meetings aimed at discharging the Center’s broader educational mission. 

ADMINISTRATION

The administrative team encompasses a Director and a co-Director, and a Technical Advisor to the Director, supported by a Proposal Review Committee, a Technical Committee, and a Management Committee. The Director, the co-Director and all committee members are USC faculty and staff who contribute part of their effort to the Center. The staff also includes a full-time physicist (the Technical Advisor to the Director), a full-time technical assistant, a full-time receptionist/secretary, and a part-time administrative assistant.

The Center is housed in the Dornsife Neuroscience Pavilion, side by side with the Brain and Creativity Institute.