Dr. Bryan Denny is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University and Director of the Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (T-SCAN) Lab. He received his BA in psychology in 2005 from Stanford University and his PhD in psychology in 2012 from Columbia University. He completed postdoctoral training in clinical applications of social cognitive neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, and he has been at Rice since 2016. Dr. Denny has had a longstanding interest in seeking to understand the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie successful and unsuccessful emotion regulation across a spectrum of healthy and clinical populations. Further, he is interested in utilizing the results of basic investigations into these processes in order to design and examine novel interventions focused on improving real-world emotion regulation outcomes in a variety of contexts. Outside the lab and teaching, he enjoys traveling, éclairs au chocolat, sushi, playing drums, and karaoke.

RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP(S)

Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine

Bryan Denny, Ph.D. – Career and Grant Development Core, Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation

Dr. Bryan Denny serves as the Associate Director of the Career and Grant Development Core at the Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation. His research focuses on understanding how emotion regulation affects mental and physical health, using a translational social cognitive neuroscience approach that combines neuroimaging, psychophysiology, and behavioral analysis.

As Associate Director of the Career and Grant Development Core, Dr. Denny oversees initiatives to mentor early-career scientists, provide training on grant development and research methodology, and foster cross-disciplinary collaborations. He also oversees workshops on grant writing, career development, and advanced data analysis, which are key components of the institute’s professional development programs and support trainees in securing NIH funding and advancing their research careers.