Joel Gelernter, MD
Foundation Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neurobiology; Director, Division of Human Genetics (Psychiatry)
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics
Office of International Medical Student Education
Global Health Initiative: Social & Behavioral Health
Neurobiology
Genetics
Psychiatry: Division of Human Genetics | Molecular Psychiatry | Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism | VA-Yale Clinical Neurosciences PTSD Research Program | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program | VA Alcohol Research Center
Research Interests
Complex trait genetics; Psychiatric genetics; Population genetics; Substance dependence; Gene mapping more...
Education
- BS, Yale University, 1979
- M.D., SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 1983
Selected Publications
- Listman JB, Hasin D, Kranzler HR, Malison RT, Mutirangura A, Sughondhabirom A, Aharonovich E, Spivak B and Gelernter J: Identification of population substructure among Jews using STR markers and dependence on reference populations included. BMC Genetics 2010, 11:48.
- Panhuysen CI, Kranzler HR, Yu Y, Weiss RD, Brady K, Poling J, Farrer LA, and Gelernter J: Confirmation and Generalization of an Alcohol Dependence Locus on Chromosome 10q. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010 May;35(6):1325-32. Epub 2010 Feb 10. PMID: 20147890 PMCID: 2855759 NIHMSID167988
- Xie P, Kranzler HR, Poling J, Stein MB, Anton RF, Brady K, Weiss RD, Farrer L, and Gelernter J: The Interactive Effect of Stressful Life Events and Serotonin Transporter 5-HTTLPR Genotype on PTSD Diagnosis In Two Independent Populations. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Nov; 66(11):1201-9 PMID: 19884608 NIHMSID188327
