Joanna Mattis, MD, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Joanna Mattis, MD, PhD
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Assistant Professor
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    • Qualifications
    • MD, Medicine
      Stanford University, Stanford, United States
      2015
    • PhD, Neuroscience
      Stanford University, Stanford, United States
      2013
    • M Phil, Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience
      University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
      2007
    • BS, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
      Yale University, New Haven, United States
      2006
    • MS, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
      Yale University, New Haven, United States
      2006

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Taubman Institute

    Recent Publications

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    • Presentation
      K Independence – How I Did It?
      Mattis J. 2026 Apr 9;
    • Journal Article
      Characterization and application of hyperthermia-evoked seizures in a mouse model of focal cortical dysplasia.
      Zhang X, Rana C, Shen R, Yang T, Barden J, Haberland H, Jiang M, Qureshi R, Siddiqui S, Sajdak A, Lawlor P, Wang Y, Mattis J. Neurobiol Dis, 2026 Apr 20; 107405 DOI:10.1016/j.nbd.2026.107405
      PMID: 42019822
    • Presentation
      Neuromodulation Session
      2026 Feb 12;
    • Presentation
      Seizure-evoked activity patterns of candidate subcortical neuromodulation targets
      Mattis J. 2026 Feb 12;
    • Presentation
      The impact of seizures on subcortical neuromodulatory arousal networks: lessons from a Dravet syndrome mouse model
      Mattis J. 2026 Mar 23;
    • Preprint
      The impact of seizures on REM sleep and the cholinergic pedunculopontine nucleus in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome.
      Santiago-Colon KM, Rana C, Toth B, Kravchenko JA, Barden J, VanHorn I, Jack A, Hollier A, Qureshi R, Haberland H, Disla J, Eldroubi N, Siddiqui S, Erb-Watson S, Burgess C, Isom LL, Mattis J. 2026 Feb 18; DOI:10.64898/2026.02.17.706417
      PMID: 41756866
    • Presentation
      The impact of seizures on subcortical neuromodulatory arousal networks: lessons from a Dravet syndrome mouse model
      Mattis J. 2025 Oct 28;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Assessing the function of cholinergic input to the inferior colliculus
      Meyers CC, Safirta M, Zhao M, Mattis J, Roberts MT. 2026 Mar 23;

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