Scott Grafton, MD, received BAs in mathematics and psychobiology from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1980 and an MD from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1984. After completing residencies in neurology at University of Washington (1988) and nuclear medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, 1990), he acquired expertise in functional imaging at UCLA using positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. He developed brain imaging programs at USC, Emory University and Dartmouth College and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He has 35 years of experience imaging patients with movement disorders including studies of people with Parkinson’s disease undergoing tissue implants, neurosurgery or brain stimulation. At UCSB, he oversees an interdisciplinary research team working at the interface of learning theory, the organization of skilled action, network science and the generation of goal-oriented action.