About the working group

Connecting mechanism to clinical outcome in the brain.

NeuroQSP is a community of modelers, pharmacologists, and neuroscientists working to make quantitative, mechanistic modeling a standard part of how CNS therapies are discovered and developed.

Our mission

A shared language for quantitative neuropharmacology.

We combine mechanistic modeling, pharmacology, and human neuroscience to improve decision-making in brain drug discovery — translating molecular mechanisms into clinical outcomes.

Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) has transformed how many therapeutic areas reason about dose, mechanism, and response. The brain has lagged — its models are fragmented across disciplines that use different tools, vocabularies, and data. NeuroQSP exists to close that gap and build workflows practitioners can actually use.

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Disciplines bridged — pharmacometrics, systems biology & neuroscience
Monthly
Open seminars, recorded and freely shared
ISoP
Special Interest Group of the Int'l Society of Pharmacometrics

The scope of our work

Three modeling worlds, one continuum.

Each captures part of the path from drug to effect. NeuroQSP connects them.

Exposure & pharmacology

PBPK, PKPD, and systems-biology models that describe how a molecule reaches the brain, engages its target, and perturbs downstream pathways.

Circuits & dynamics

Computational neuroscience — biophysical neurons, networks, and electrophysiology — translating molecular perturbations into neural activity.

Human readouts

EEG/MEG, imaging, and behavior that anchor models to measurable, clinically meaningful signals in real patients.

What we're building toward

Our goals.

  • Establish shared workflows and vocabulary across QSP and neuroscience.
  • Account for exposure, target engagement, and patient heterogeneity in a single framework.
  • Link molecular mechanisms to clinical-level outcomes with quantitative rigor.
  • Support real decisions: dose selection, biomarkers, stratification, and trial design.
  • Grow an open, cross-sector community across academia, industry, and regulators.

Who should join

This group is for you if you work on…

  • Pharmacometrics
  • QSP / systems biology
  • Computational neuroscience
  • Translational medicine
  • Clinical pharmacology
  • Biomarkers
  • Neuroimaging / EEG
  • CNS drug discovery
  • Regulatory science

Whether you're a student exploring the field or a senior scientist shaping a pipeline, there's a place for you here.

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Affiliation

A Special Interest Group of ISoP.

NeuroQSP is a Special Interest Group of the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP), connecting our community to the broader pharmacometrics and QSP ecosystem.

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