Brain and Wellness Institute

Brain and Wellness Institute is a mental and behavioral health center in Chicago focused on translating science into services for adults and children with cognitive and emotional problems. The institute is led by Mani Pavuluri, MD, a board-certified specialist in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Her background includes serving as Tenured Full Professor, Founding Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Program, and Endowed Berger-Colbeth Term Chair in Child Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her scientific work has advanced understanding of brain circuitry and medication effects in mood disorders and ADHD through functional magnetic neuroimaging.