Leadership Team
We are grateful to have leadership team filled with inspiring and dedicated members with a broad range of experience.
Leadership Team
Mojtaba Barzegar
PhD | CEO, Director SBMT Iran | Research Fellow (2021-2023)
Medical Physicist/ Researcher
Jasmine Ramezanzadeh
Intern (2023-2024) | Marketing and Sales Outreach | Program Coordinator 2024 - Archived
Conor H Murray
Psychedelics Subcommittee | Neuropsychiatric Subcommittee
Conor H. Murray, PhD is a neuroscientist who has recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship (NIDA T32) at the University of Chicago. Trained on the neurobiology of substance use disorders, his prior work has spanned both preclinical and translational studies, from projects investigating the breakdown of endocannabinoid signaling during cocaine withdrawal to the acute cognitive effects of THC in adolescent men and women, and potential roles for LSD and MDMA in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and autism spectrum disorders
Dahabada Lopes
PhD | SBMT Research Scientist 2021 - 2022
Nasser Kashou
PhD | SBMT Research Scientist 2021- 2022
Dr. Nasser Kashou has provided strategic planning and leadership across multiple institutions by establishing and leading several research groups, centers and labs. Dr. Nasser Kashou has mentored, supervised and led hundreds throughout his career. “Great leadership requires a high level of emotional intelligence and not the use of intimidation and manipulation. Selflessness allows you to accept other peoples ideas and most importantly keep your mind open to clearly see the long term vision that is of benefit to the whole, rather than one or two individuals.” His career has included basic, clinical & translational research, vision science, image processing, neuroimaging, neuroengineering, computation, medical imaging and medical devices.
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson, MD | KEYNOTE Annual World Congress SBMT 2024
J. Patrick Johnson, MD is a renowned neurosurgeon specializing in spinal disorders and has served as the Director of the Institute for Spinal Disorders at Cedars Sinai Medical Center since 2001 and previously as the Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center from 1993-2001.
He now serves as the Director of Education and Co-Director of the Spine Stem Cell Research Program at Cedars Sinai. He also serves as a Director for the California Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Cyrus A. Raji
Cyrus A. Raji, MD, PhD
Cyrus A. Raji, MD, PhD is an associate professor of radiology and a principal investigator in the Neuroimaging Labs Research Center at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR), the academic radiology department of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Alya Michelson
2024 GFC Humanitarian Award WBMF
Co-chair of Michelson Philanthropies a Los Angeles-based private operating foundation striving to create transformative opportunities that support vulnerable and underserved communities. Founded FirstGen, a storytelling platform that creates communal spaces for immigrant women to gather in celebration of their diverse experiences.
