Francisco Javier Zamorano Mendieta

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Francisco Javier Zamorano Mendieta, PhD

Associate Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3516-3630

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    20092025

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    Research interests

    Francisco Zamorano Mendieta's research interests and lines of investigation focus on cognitive neuroscience, quantitative neuroimaging, and brain modulation. His work explores biomarkers in advanced imaging, the neurobiological mechanisms of social cognition, and brain networks associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. Additionally, he investigates the integration of technologies such as fMRI and EEG to understand cognitive and emotional processes and their application in developing clinical tools. He also addresses the impact of cognitive training on sports performance and the study of brain networks related to social cohesion and human behavior.

    Personal profile

    Francisco Zamorano Mendieta is a distinguished researcher and academic in cognitive neuroscience and medical imaging. Holding a Doctorate in Medical Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, he worked for nearly 10 years at Universidad del Desarrollo, focusing on social neuroscience and quantitative imaging biomarkers. Since 2023, he has been a faculty member at the School of Health Sciences at Universidad San Sebastián. His research lines include cognition, social neuroscience, and advanced neuroimaging technology. An active member of the RSNA, he has led FONDECYT projects and holds a patent in neuroimaging.

    Teaching

    Francisco Zamorano Mendieta has taught and supervised theses in Medical Technology at Universidad San Sebastián, integrating his expertise in neuroimaging and quantitative biomarkers into advanced medical imaging analysis. He has designed an elective course for the Master’s and Doctorate programs in Psychology, incorporating his research in cognitive neuroscience and brain modulation. His teaching is deeply influenced by his projects involving advanced technologies such as fMRI and EEG, enabling students to apply this knowledge in clinical and research settings, thereby strengthening interdisciplinary and evidence-based training in health and applied neuroscience.

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    • SDG 4 - Quality Education
    • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

    External positions

    Unidad de Imágenes Cuantitativas Avanzadas (UNICA), Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile

    2019 → …

    División de Neurociencia, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

    2013 → 2022

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    Jerarquía Académica

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    • Brain Mechanisms across the Spectrum of Engagement in Football Fans: A Functional Neuroimaging Study

      Zamorano, F., Hurtado, J. M., Carvajal-Paredes, P., Salinas, C., Stecher, X., Soto-Icaza, P., Von Bernhardi, R., Méndez, W., Billeke, P., López, V. & Silva, C., 2025, In: Radiology. 317, 2, p. 1-9 9 p.

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    • Human development, inequality, and their associations with brain structure across 29 countries

      Medel, V., Alliende, L. M., Bethlehem, R., Seidlitz, J., Ringlein, G., Arango, C., Arnatkevičiūtė, A., Asmal, L., Bellgrove, M., Benegal, V., Bernardo, M., Billeke, P., Bosch-Bayard, J., Bressan, R., Busatto, G., Castro, M., Chaim-Avancini, T., Costanzi, M., Czepielewski, L. & Dazzan, P. & 59 others, De La Fuente-Sandoval, C., Diaz-Caneja, C. M., Di Forti, M., Diaz-Zuluaga, A. M., Du Plessis, S., Duran, F., Fittipaldi, S., Fornito, A., Freimer, N., Gadelha, A., Gama, C., Garani, R., Garcia-Rizo, C., Gonzalez Campo, C., Gonzalez-Valderrama, A., Guinjoan, S., Holla, B., Ibañez, A., Ivanovic, D., Jackowski, A., Leon-Ortiz, P., Lochner, C., Lopez-Jaramillo, C., Luckhoff, H., Massuda, R., Mcguire, P., Miyata, J., Mizrahi, R., Murray, R., Ozerdem, A., Pan, P., Parellada, M., Phahladira, L., Ramirez-Mahaluf, J. P., Reckziegel, R., Marques, T. R., Reyes-Madrigal, F., Roos, A., Rosa, P., Salum, G., Scheffler, F., Schumann, G., Serpa, M., Stein, D. J., Tepper, A., Tiego, J., Ueno, T., Undurraga, J., Undurraga, E. A., Valdes-Sosa, P., Valli, I., Villarreal, M., Winton-Brown, T. T., Yalin, N., Zamorano, F., Zanetti, M., Winkler, A. M., Evans-Lacko, S. & Crossley, N. A., 2025, In: European Psychiatry. 68, 1, e100.

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    • White matter volume and microstructural integrity are associated with fatigue in relapsing multiple sclerosis

      Figueroa-Vargas, A., Navarrete-Caro, S., Cárcamo, C., Ciampi, E., Vásquez-Torres, M., Soler, B., Montalba, C., Iriarte-Carter, M., Martínez-Molina, M. P., Carvajal-Paredes, P., Ayala-Ochoa, M., Márquez-Rodríguez, V., Figueroa-Taiba, P., Díaz-Díaz, M., Herrero, J., Henríquez-Ch, R., Stecher, X., Manterola, C., Zamorano, F. & Guevara, P. & 2 others, Aboitiz, F. & Billeke, P., 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 16417.

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    • Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ): Rationale and Study Design of the Largest Global Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Rationale and Study Design of the Largest Global Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

      Wannan, C. M. J., Nelson, B., Addington, J., Allott, K., Anticevic, A., Arango, C., Baker, J. T., Bearden, C. E., Billah, T., Bouix, S., Broome, M. R., Buccilli, K., Cadenhead, K. S., Calkins, M. E., Cannon, T. D., Cecci, G., Chen, E. Y. H., Cho, K. I. K., Choi, J. & Clark, S. R. & 227 others, Coleman, M. J., Conus, P., Corcoran, C. M., Cornblatt, B. A., Diaz-Caneja, C. M., Dwyer, D., Ebdrup, B. H., Ellman, L. M., Fusar-Poli, P., Galindo, L., Gaspar, P. A., Gerber, C., Glenthøj, L. B., Glynn, R., Harms, M. P., Horton, L. E., Kahn, R. S., Kambeitz, J., Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L., Kane, J. M., Kapur, T., Keshavan, M. S., Kim, S. W., Koutsouleris, N., Kubicki, M., Kwon, J. S., Langbein, K., Lewandowski, K. E., Light, G. A., Mamah, D., Marcy, P. J., Mathalon, D. H., McGorry, P. D., Mittal, V. A., Nordentoft, M., Nunez, A., Pasternak, O., Pearlson, G. D., Perez, J., Perkins, D. O., Powers, A. R., Roalf, D. R., Sabb, F. W., Schiffman, J., Shah, J. L., Smesny, S., Spark, J., Stone, W. S., Strauss, G. P., Tamayo, Z., Torous, J., Upthegrove, R., Vangel, M., Verma, S., Wang, J., Rossum, I. W. V., Wolf, D. H., Wolff, P., Wood, S. J., Yung, A. R., Agurto, C., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Amminger, P., Armando, M., Asgari-Targhi, A., Cahill, J., Carrión, R. E., Castro, E., Cetin-Karayumak, S., Mallar Chakravarty, M., Cho, Y. T., Cotter, D., D’Alfonso, S., Ennis, M., Fadnavis, S., Fonteneau, C., Gao, C., Gupta, T., Gur, R. E., Gur, R. C., Hamilton, H. K., Hoftman, G. D., Jacobs, G. R., Jarcho, J., Ji, J. L., Kohler, C. G., Lalousis, P. A., Lavoie, S., Lepage, M., Liebenthal, E., Mervis, J., Murty, V., Nicholas, S. C., Ning, L., Penzel, N., Poldrack, R., Polosecki, P., Pratt, D. N., Rabin, R., Eichi, H. R., Rathi, Y., Reichenberg, A., Reinen, J., Rogers, J., Ruiz-Yu, B., Scott, I., Seitz-Holland, J., Srihari, V. H., Srivastava, A., Thompson, A., Turetsky, B. I., Walsh, B. C., Whitford, T., Wigman, J. T. W., Yao, B., Yuen, H. P., Ahmed, U., Byun, A. J. S., Chung, Y., Do, K., Hendricks, L., Huynh, K., Jeffries, C., Lane, E., Langholm, C., Lin, E., Mantua, V., Santorelli, G., Ruparel, K., Zoupou, E., Adasme, T., Addamo, L., Adery, L., Ali, M., Auther, A., Aversa, S., Baek, S. H., Bates, K., Bathery, A., Bayer, J. M. M., Beedham, R., Bilgrami, Z., Birch, S., Bonoldi, I., Borders, O., Borgatti, R., Brown, L., Bruna, A., Carrington, H., Castillo-Passi, R. I., Chen, J., Cheng, N., Ching, A. E., Clifford, C., Colton, B. L., Contreras, P., Corral, S., Damiani, S., Done, M., Estradé, A., Etuka, B. A., Formica, M., Furlan, R., Geljic, M., Germano, C., Getachew, R., Goncalves, M., Haidar, A., Hartmann, J., Jo, A., John, O., Kerins, S., Kerr, M., Kesselring, I., Kim, H., Kim, N., Kinney, K., Krcmar, M., Kotler, E., Lafanechere, M., Lee, C., Llerena, J., Markiewicz, C., Matnejl, P., Maturana, A., Mavambu, A., Mayol-Troncoso, R., McDonnell, A., McGowan, A., McLaughlin, D., McIlhenny, R., McQueen, B., Mebrahtu, Y., Mensi, M., Hui, C. L. M., Suen, Y. N., Wong, S. M. Y., Morrell, N., Omar, M., Partridge, A., Phassouliotis, C., Pichiecchio, A., Politi, P., Porter, C., Provenzani, U., Prunier, N., Raj, J., Ray, S., Rayner, V., Reyes, M., Reynolds, K., Rush, S., Salinas, C., Shetty, J., Snowball, C., Tod, S., Turra-Fariña, G., Valle, D., Veale, S., Whitson, S., Wickham, A., Youn, S., Zamorano, F., Zavaglia, E., Zinberg, J., Woods, S. W. & Shenton, M. E., 2024, In: Schizophrenia Bulletin. 50, 3, p. 496-512 17 p.

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    • Functional Dizziness as a Spatial Cognitive Dysfunction

      Breinbauer, H. A., Arévalo-Romero, C., Villarroel, K., Lavin, C., Faúndez, F., Garrido, R., Alarcón, K., Stecher, X., Zamorano, F., Billeke, P. & Delano, P. H., 2024, In: Brain Sciences. 14, 1, p. 1-23 23 p., 16.

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