Psychiatry
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Akinkunle Owoso, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders, psychosis risk, general medicine-psychiatry interface
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Steven Paul, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Understanding how apoE contributes to the clearance and metabolism of Aβ in Alzheimer’s disease
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Michele Pergadia, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Nicotine withdrawal and related conditions such as major depression
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Susan Perlman, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Cognitive and neural analyses of mechanisms underlying the development of emotion and its effects on social interactions focussing on the infancy and early childhood periods
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John Pruett Jr., MD, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Functional Brain Networks in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Mechanisms Supporting Joint Attention Behaviors
- Theory of Mind and Higher-Order Relational Reasoning
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Tahir Rahman, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Repurposing antipsychotic drugs for cancer treatment
- Extreme Overvalued Beliefs
- Ethical issues in psychiatry
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Alex Ramsey, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Implementation of evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders
- Integrating genomic applications into clinical practice
- Use of technology-based tools to support treatment delivery
- Organizational behavior and change in health care settings
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Angela Reiersen, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Genetics of childhood-onset psychiatric disorders including autism, ADHD, and others
- Childhood precursors to schizophrenia
- Relationships between psychiatric disorders and neurological disorders
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John Rice, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Method development in genetic epidemiology
- Collection and analysis of family and population data on bipolar disorder, major depression, schizophrenia and substance abuse
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Cynthia Rogers, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Neuroimaging biomarkers of abnormal social and emotional development in formerly preterm children
- Effects of adverse environmental factors on social and emotional development of preterm and full term infants
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Eugene Rubin, MD, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Psychopathology of dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT)
- Characterization of presymptomatic DAT and very mild DAT
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Scott Saccone, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Methods of integrating genomic databases into the design, analysis and interpretation of SNP association studies of human disease
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Timothy Spiegel, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Child Maltreatment
- Consult Liaison Psychiatry
- Psychotherapy
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Dragan Svrakic, PhD, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Chemical dependency
- Personality and Personality Disorder
- Genetics of Schizophrenia
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Chad Sylvester, MD, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Functional Brain Networks in Childhood Anxiety Disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
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Mini Tandon, DO
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Nicotine exposure, course of childhood ADHD, and disruptive outcomes
- Parenting as a moderator for disruptive outcomes in early childhood
- Characterization of disorders in the preschool period, including ADHD
- Empirically-supported psychotherapies for preschoolers
- Child maltreatment
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Alexandre Todorov, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Psychiatric genetics
- Study design and methods for genetic epidemiological studies
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Robinson Welch, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Family Therapy and Fluoxetine in the Treatment of Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Therapy
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Diana Whalen, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Interests:
- Positive role of physical activity on the developing brain and affective systems
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Denise Wilfley, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Causes, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults
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Kevin Xu, MD, MPH
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Substance use disorders in birthing people
- Inequities in psychiatric diagnosis
- Prescribing controlled substances in people with addiction
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Carla Yuede, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Alzheimer's disease
- Behavioral phenotyping of new genetic models
- Evaluating functional effects of specific treatment strategies on diverse models of neurological disorders
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Charles Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor and Head of Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Physiology and pharmacology of amino acid neurotransmitters with emphasis on the regulation of responses at glutamate and GABA receptors