Bernadette M. Cortese PhD

Bernadette M. Cortese, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and a leading investigator advancing the science of olfaction as a window into brain and emotional health. Her research sits at the convergence of sensory neuroscience, affective circuitry, and translational psychiatry, with a focus on anxiety, stress, fear learning, and the role of smell as both a biomarker and modulator of neuropsychiatric function.