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Craig Ferris
Professor of Psychology and Phar­ma­ceu­tical Science
617.373.3519
Expertise
brain mechanisms and psychiatric disorders, drug abuse and brain function, neurological disorders, neuroscience, traumatic brain injury

Craig Ferris for Northeastern Global News

Psiolcybin Mushrooms growing in DC.

Can psilocybin — the main element in magic mushrooms — be the key to treating head injuries?

This is the first report to find that PSI can treat brain injury.
Craig Ferris working in a lab wearing a blue lab coat, safety goggles, and blue gloves.

Does diet outweigh genetics when it comes to Alzheimer’s risk? Northeastern research offers insight

Professor Craig Ferris was part of a research team that evaluated the effects of a high-fat, high-sucrose diet on Alzheimer’s risk.

A rat had basically no brain. But it could still see, hear, smell, and feel.

Many scientists subscribe to the idea that, even though the brain can grow and develop, specific parts are meant only for specific functions, says Northeastern professor Craig Ferris. What if there were an animal that proved them wrong? I smell a rat.

Sniffing out a mystery of the brain

A couple weeks ago I attended the pharmaceutical sciences research expo, where, as you might imagine, a bunch of pharmaceutical scientists got together to present their current work. Among a slew of other cool things I learned, I discovered that we have something called the Center for Translational Neuro-Imaging on campus. If you want to […]

Breakthrough technology for testing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s drugs

Northeastern research center introduces imaging method that could become the gold standard for initial testing of new therapeutic compounds

Nobel laureate is a start-up "champion"

MIT biologist Phillip A. Sharp discusses his translational research at Northeastern University’s PharmSci Research Showcase.