Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 2:00 pm EST
Obsessive-compulsive disorder can be profoundly disabling, and some people continue to experience severe symptoms despite best available treatments. Dr. Provenza will discuss how deep brain stimulation can help people with severe OCD and how recordings from implanted devices are allowing researchers to identify patterns of brain activity associated with symptoms, treatment response, and recovery, with the long-term goal of developing more precise and personalized treatments.
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Presented by
Nicole Renee Provenza, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, McNair Scholar
Baylor College of Medicine
2025 Young Investigator Grant
Dr. Nicole Provenza is an assistant professor of Neurosurgery and McNair Scholar at Baylor College of Medicine. She holds adjunct appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at Rice University. She received her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Brown University and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Provenza’s laboratory studies the neurophysiology underlying cognition and emotion and the effects of neuromodulation on neural activity and behavior. Her work integrates real-world neural recordings and deep phenotyping approaches to better understand psychiatric disorders and develop neuromodulation strategies that more effectively guide brain activity toward healthy states.
Moderated by
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., serves as the President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the largest private funder of mental health research grants. Dr. Borenstein developed the Emmy-nominated public television program “Healthy Minds,” and serves as host and executive producer of the series. The program, broadcast nationwide, is available online, and focuses on topics in psychiatry in order to educate the public, reduce stigma and offer a message of hope. Dr. Borenstein served as Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatric News, the newspaper of the American Psychiatric Association from 2012 - 2023.
Dr. Borenstein is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and serves as the Chair of the Section of Psychiatry at the Academy. He also has served as the President of the New York State Psychiatric Association. Dr. Borenstein earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard and his medical degree at New York University.
