Mind-Body Psychiatry
Depression-focused studies connecting symptom change with physiologic patterns.
Daniel I. Copeland, MD, MSc
Physician-Engineer | Psychiatry Research | Mind-Body Medicine
I am a physician-engineer and psychiatry residency applicant whose work focuses on connecting clinical symptoms with objective biological measurement. My research integrates psychiatry, sensing technology, and behavioral science to better understand how mental illness manifests in the body.
I study mind-body interventions, particularly heated yoga, whole-body hyper- and hypothermia, and behavioral treatments, and examine how physiological signals such as sleep, temperature regulation, movement, and activity patterns can inform mental health assessment and treatment.
My broader goal is to develop scalable, low-burden tools that enable the measurement, monitoring, and delivery of mental health care in real-world settings.
Staff Researcher, MIT Device Realization Lab (IMES)
Focus Areas
Sensing & Engineering
Non-contact sensing and quantitative tools for continuous, low-burden measurement.
Clinical Translation
Interventions including heated yoga designed for real-world integration in care.