Department of Health Sciences Faculty

Helen Barbas

Professor of Health Sciences

BA, Kean College; PhD, McGill University (Canada). Dr. Barbas has researched the organization of the frontal cortex in primates, the evolution of the neocortex, and the interaction of cognitive and emotional processes in the nervous system. Her work has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She has published and lectured extensively on the cerebral cortex and its interactions with other neural structures. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the International Brain Research Organization, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Phone: 617-353-5036/6429 | email: barbas@bu.edu |Neural Systems Lab