He is the recipient of numerous national and international grants and awards to study the neurobiological underpinnings of borderline personality disorder. His current research focuses on biological markers that may run in families affected with BPD, and the ways in which neural systems involved in emotion regulation and impulse control may change through dialectical behaviour therapy, as well as new brain stimulation interventions that may be effective for people with BPD. Dr. Ruocco’s presentation during the thie year's AGM focused on recent findings showing a neural basis for symptoms of emotion dysregulation in people with BPD.