His research lab conducts multi-method research that examines the relation between depressive and anxiety disorders; the nature and familial transmission of emotional disorders; and basic questions in the study of emotions. To this end, his research group integrates clinical and epidemiological approaches with neuroscience and psychophysiological methods and has strong collaborations with researchers in the UIC Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacy and at other institutions. He has 48 publications (41 peer-reviewed) and has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, and from several internal mechanisms within UIC.