Gun Ahn
Gun Ahn is an MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences PhD candidate researching neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and the future of personalized mental health care.
Book a First SessionResearch Areas
Precision Psychiatry
Using AI to predict which treatments are most likely to help a specific patient.
Behavioral Addiction
Understanding why gaming, social media, and AI become difficult to control.
Dopamine & Habit Formation
Studying the neural systems that drive compulsive behavior.
Why Wondi Exists
During COVID, Gun experienced his own struggle with sleep disruption, depression, and unhealthy technology use. That experience ultimately led him into mental health research and shaped his belief that people deserve faster, better and more personalized care.
What Most People Get Wrong About Behavioral Addictions
Most people think addiction is a willpower problem. Neuroscience suggests otherwise.
Gaming, social media, gambling and AI systems are built around reward systems that capture attention and reinforce behavior.
Recovery is not about trying harder. It is about building a life that no longer depends on the behavior.
Featured Publications
- 01
Artificial Intelligence Prediction of Individual Treatment Response to Smartphone-Based Mindfulness in Autistic Adults with Anxiety Symptoms
JMIR Artificial Intelligence · 2026
- 02
From Content Moderation to Clinical Severity: Benchmarking Multi-Provider LLM Frameworks for Ordinal Suicide Risk Classification
COLM · 2026
- 03
Predicting Suicidal Attempts Using Psychosocial Data: A Foundational Model Study from the ABCD Cohort
Society for Neuroscience · 2025
- 04
Striatal Astrocytes Influence Dopamine Dynamics and Behavioral State Transitions
Nature Neuroscience · Under Review
- 05
Striosomes Target Nigral Dopamine-Containing Neurons via Direct-D1 and Indirect-D2 Pathways
Current Biology · 2024
Role at Wondi
Gun leads research, outcomes measurement, clinical analytics, and data strategy. His work helps Wondi learn from every patient and continuously improve treatment over time.
Book a First SessionFrequently asked questions
Is Gun a clinician?
No. Gun is a researcher, not a treating clinician. All clinical care at Wondi is led by Dr. Jungjin Kim and the clinical team. Gun's role is research, measurement, and data strategy.
What does Gun research?
Gun studies precision psychiatry, behavioral addiction, and the neuroscience of dopamine and habit formation, with a focus on how AI can help match patients to the treatments most likely to help them.
Why is Gun involved in Wondi?
During COVID, Gun experienced his own struggle with sleep disruption, depression, and unhealthy technology use. That experience led him into mental health research and shaped his belief that people deserve faster, better, and more personalized care.
What do most people misunderstand about behavioral addictions?
That they are a willpower problem. Neuroscience suggests otherwise. Gaming, social media, gambling, and AI are built around reward systems that capture attention and reinforce behavior, so recovery is about building a different life, not simply trying harder.
How is AI changing behavioral addiction?
AI systems are increasingly engineered to be maximally engaging and personally responsive, which can make them powerful sources of comfort and difficult to step back from. Understanding that design is central to treating the dependency it can create.
Better Answers Start with Better Understanding
Wondi combines clinical expertise, neuroscience, and data-driven care to help families find a path forward.
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