Getting to know PLOS Mental Health: Underlying Mechanisms of Mental Health Conditions and Therapies
Our first ‘Getting to know PLOS Mental Health‘ blog of 2025 focuses on our newest Section Editor – Dr AZA Allsop, who co-leads our ‘Underlying Mechanisms of Mental Health Conditions and Therapies’ section alongside Professor Michael Breakspear. Here we learn more about Dr Allsop’s groundbreaking work at the intersection of music, mindfulness and social connection as well as his reasons for joining PLOS Mental Health and what he hopes to see as we continue to develop….
Dr. AZA Stephen Allsop is an Assistant Professor at both Yale University and Howard University, where he focuses on neuroscience and mental health research. His work centers on understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying social behavior, music mindfulness, and psychedelics.
Dr. Allsop is particularly interested in the intersection of neuroscience and psychiatry with community-centered approaches and how to translate these findings into meaningful interventions.
You can learn more about Dr Allsop’s work here:
Dr Allsop says…
I joined PLOS Mental Health as a Section Editor because it is an exciting opportunity to contribute to advancing our understanding and treatment of mental health and to support rigorous and impactful research that is seeking to merge critical perspectives on mental health. In the Underlying Mechanisms section, I hope to see submissions that delve into cutting-edge methods, interdisciplinary approaches, and innovative frameworks for exploring neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying mental health. The field urgently needs deeper insights into how molecular, cellular, and systemic processes drive mental health challenges, with a focus on translational research that can inform tool and intervention development.
The field urgently needs deeper insights into how molecular, cellular, and systemic processes drive mental health challenges, with a focus on translational research that can inform tool and intervention development.
PLOS Mental Health are always open to receiving submissions that expand on the areas that Dr Allsop discusses. Some highlights from our ‘Underlying Mechanisms’ section include…
Please feel free to reach out to our Executive Editor if you have any questions regarding the suitability of your paper for PLOS Mental Health!
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