Suchismita Ray, Ph.D.

1. 06/01/21-08/31/22 Principal Investigator, Rutgers University Brain Imaging Center PILOT grant on the new PRISMA. Acute mindfulness intervention effects on mood, anxiety, emotional regulation, and resting state brain signal in women opioid users.

2. 1/1/2021-06/30/2022 Principal Investigator, Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey grant award (Grant # 3888). Utilization of an evidence-based Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction intervention to improve mental and physical health and decrease drug craving and use in a vulnerable population in Newark. $53,000.

3. 9/1/2020-8/30/2023 Principal Investigator, Rutgers School of Health Professions-Dean’s Grant Award. A pilot study to examine the efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention on brain response, emotional regulation, and stress in women opioid users. $35,000.

4. 7/1/2019–6/30/2023 Co-Principal Investigator, (Rutgers University-Newark Initiative for Multidisciplinary Research Teams Award, IMRT award). Negative affect mechanisms underlying opioid use in lab and daily life. PI (Delgado). $103,000.

5. 2/1/2018 – 10/30/2018 Principal Investigator, Rutgers-Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (214:205740). Trauma related neurobiological predictors of adverse child outcomes: Secondary analysis of the Healthy Brain Network database. $ 9,312 (Co-PI: Hien)

6. 09/01/2017 – 08/31/2020 (NCE) Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH, NIDA: I/START-Imaging Science Track Award for Research Transition). Prescription opiates, drug-cue processing network, and neural connectivity. $245,924.

7. 04/01/11 -3/31/2018 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA K01DA029047A). Career Development Award (K01). Mentors: Dr. Stephen J. Hanson (Rutgers Brain Imaging Center-Newark; Dr. Margaret Haney (Columbia University). Impact Score 19. Cocaine, Appetitive Memory, and Neural connectivity. $661,025.

8. 2/1/01 – 1/31/03 (Co-Principal Investigator) Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation. Alcohol’s Dissociation of Implicit and Explicit Memory Processes (PI: Benjamin Martin Bly). $78,000.

Co-Investigator

1. 10/12/2022-10/11/2023 Co-Investigator, Rutgers Collaborative Multidisciplinary Awards Program (Rutgers Brain Health Institute). Validating and Exploring Promoted Spiritual Experience: A Pilot fMRI Study. $37,000.

2. 04/01/2020 – 06/30/2023 Co-Investigator (R21, NIH/NIDA). Using combined EEG and non-invasive brain stimulation to examine and improve cognitive control functioning in opioid use disorder. $400,000. PI (Baker).

3. 05/31/2018 – 5/30/2019 Co-Investigator, Rutgers Opioid IRG funding. Developing a
trauma-informed technology based psychosocial adjunct to MAT treatment for female opioid users in primary care: A formative study (Principal Investigator, Denise Hien). $20,000.

4. 02/01/2014 – 01/31/2017 Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH, NIAAA, R21AA022748). fMRI and Integrated Neurocardiac Control of Alcohol Cue Reactivity. $406,876 (PI: Marsha E. Bates).

5. 07/01/11- 6/30/2014 Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH, NIDA, R03 DA031060). Marijuana Cues, Arousal and the Central Autonomic Network. $227,652 (PI: Marsha E. Bates).

6. 7/1/04 – 6/30/2010 Co- Investigator, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA; R01 AA0 15248-05). Alcohol, Memory, and Affective Regulation (PI: Marsha E. Bates). $1,000,000.

7. 7/1/04 – 9/30/2009 Co-Investigator, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA; P20 DA017552). Rutgers University Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center Grant (Co-Investigator, Project 3. PI: Robert J.Pandina). $6,000,000.

Ms. Jennifer McMaster
Ph.D. Student
mcmastje@shp.rutgers.edu

Amrutha Vadrevu
Master’s Student
av873@shp.rutgers.edu

Surabhi Dutta
Ph.D. Student
duttasu@shp.rutgers.edu

Ahmed Sabra
Volunteer student, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
afs110@njms.rutgers.edu

Ann Ellis
Ph.D. Student

2022  

Nominated for New Jersey Health Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award

2021

Dr. Ray’s article published in a high impact journal (NeuroImage: Clinical, 2021; Structural MRI and functional connectivity features predict current clinical status and persistence behavior in prescription opioid users) was highlighted in Rutgers news and telecasted in New Jersey radio channel 101.5.

2012

Editorial Board member: Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (2012 – present)

Selected Publications

Ray, S. (2022, December 2). Efficacy of a 6-Week Mindfulness Intervention in Underserved Residents Receiving Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Jersey: A Multisite Pilot Feasibility Study. Journal of Addiction & Addictive Disorders, 9(4), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.24966/aad-7276/100104

Bhanji, J. P., Delgado, M. R., & Ray, S. (2021, March 18). Neural responses to negative events and subsequent persistence behavior differ in individuals recovering from opioid use disorder compared to controls. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2021.1888960

Mill, R. D., Winfield, E. C., Cole, M. W., & Ray, S. (2021). Structural MRI and functional connectivity features predict current clinical status and persistence behavior in prescription opioid users. NeuroImage: Clinical, 30, 102663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102663

Ray, S., Di, X., & Biswal, B. B. (2016, November 9). Effective Connectivity within the Mesocorticolimbic System during Resting-State in Cocaine Users. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00563

Ray, S., Haney, M., Hanson, C., Biswal, B., & Hanson, S. J. (2015, June 3). Modeling Causal Relationship Between Brain Regions Within the Drug-Cue Processing Network in Chronic Cocaine Smokers. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40(13), 2960–2968. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.150