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Resident Achievements

Gabriela Balf

Papers

  • Balf G, Stewart TD, Whitehead R, Baker RA. Metabolic adverse events in patients with mental illness treated with antipsychotics: a primary care perspective. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;10(1):15-24.
  • Balf G. Olanzapine treatment and weight gain: considering the lipid side effects of antipsychotics. Am J Psychiatry. 2008 Sep;165(9):1206-7

Paulo Correa

Publications

  • Kruglov EA, Correa PRAV, Arora G, Yu J, Nathanson MH and Dranoff JA (2007) Molecular basis for calcium signaling in hepatic stellate cells. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology 292(4):G975-982.
  • Correa PRAV, Kruglov EA, Thompson M, Leite MF, Dranoff JA and Nathanson MH (2007) Succinate is a paracrine signal for liver damage. Journal of Hepatology 47(2):262-269.
  • Correa PRAV, Guerra MT, Leite MF, Spray DC and Nathanson MH (2004) Endotoxin unmasks the role of gap junctions in the liver. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications 322(3):718-726.

Ariadna Forray

  • American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, 2009
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), 2007
  • American Psychiatric Association Minority Student Summer Fellowship, 2004

Constance Guille

Publications

  • Guille, C. Mood Repair and Rumination: An Investigation in Cognitive Processes. PSI CHI Connecticut College Journal of Psychology, 1998;16:23-29.
  • Guille, C. & Chrisler, J. Does Feminism Serve as a Protective Function Against Eating Disorders in Lesbians? Journal of Lesbian Studies 1999; 3:141-148.
  • Sachs, G., & Guille, C. Weight Gain and Psychotropic Medications. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1999; 60: 16-19.
  • Sachs, G., Baldassano, C., Truman, C., & Guille, C. Comorbidity of Attention Deficit  Hyperactivity Disorder with Early and Late Onset of Bipolar Disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2000;157:466-468.
  • Guille, C., Sachs., & Ghaemi, N. A Naturalistic Comparison of Clozapine, Risperidone, and Olanzapine in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2000; 61:638-642.
  • Guille, C. & Sachs, G. Clinical outcome of adjunctive topiramate treatment in a sample of refractory bipolar patients with comorbid conditions. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 2002; Oct;26:1035-9.
  • Sachs GS, Guille C, McMurrich SL. A clinical monitoring form for mood disorders. Bipolar Disorder. 2002;4:323-7.
  • Guille C, Spencer S, Cavus I, Epperson CN. The Role of Sex Steroids in Catamenial Epilepsy  and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment. Epilepsy and Behavior 2008; 13:12-24.  

Book Chapter

  • Baldassano, C., Guille, C., Truman, C. & G. Sachs. Women’s Health and Psychiatry. Gender Differences in Bipolar Mood Disorder and Implications for Treatment. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002. 

Awards

  • 2007 American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Travel Award
  • 2008 Seymour L. Lustman, Yale University School of Medicine, Resident Research Award

Timothy Liu

Publications

  • Scott TM., Peter I., et al.  The Nutrition, Aging, and Memory in Elders (NAME) study: design and methods for a study of micronutrients and cognitive function in a homebound elderly population.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.  21(6):519-28, 2006 June.
  • Sun X., Mwamburi D., et al.  Depression, antidepressants, and plasma amyloid β (beta) peptides in those elderly who do not have cardiovascular disease.  Biological Psychiatry.  62(12):1413-1417, 2007 June.
  • Folstein M., Liu T., et al.  The homocysteine hypothesis of depression.  American Journal of Psychiatry.  164(6):861-7, 2007 June.
  • Liu T. and Potenza, MN.  Problematic internet use: clinical implications.  CNS Spectrum.  12(6):453-466, 2007 June.
  • Liu T. and Potenza MN.  Problematic internet use.  In: Impulse Control Disorders: A Clinical Guide.  Editors: Aboujaoude E. and Koran L. (Stanford University) In press.
  • Liu T., Potenza MN., et al.  The relationship between recreational gambling and substance abuse/dependence: Data from a nationally representative sample.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence.  2008 November 18.  [Epub ahead of print]
  • Liu T.  Problematic internet use and other compulsive uses of the computer.  In: Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience.  Editors: Koob G., Thompson RF. and Le Moal M.  Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.  In press.

David Matuskey

Honors

  • 2009 NARSAD Young Investigator’s Award

David Ross

Publications

  • “Absolute pitch in children prior to the onset of musical training” Ross, DA and Marks, LE. Ann NYAS, 2009 (in press).
  • Book Review: “The Origin of Mind: Evolution of Brain, Cognition, and General Intelligence, by David C. Geary” Ross, DA, Martin, A. Am J Psychiatry, 2006: 163(9): 1652-1653.
  • “Absolute Pitch: Music and Beyond” Ross, DA, Gore, JC, Marks, LE. Epilepsy & Behavior, 2005: 7(4): 578-601.
  • “Auditory Processes of Musical Pitch Perception” Ross, DA. Doctoral Dissertation, Yale University, 2004.
  • “A non-musical paradigm for identifying possessors of absolute pitch” Ross, DA, Olson, IR, Marks, LE, Gore, JC. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2004; 116(3): 1793-1799.
  • “Absolute Pitch Does Not Depend on Early Musical Training,” Ross, DA, Olson, IR, Gore, JC. Ann. NYAS, 2003; 999:522-6. 
  • “Evidence for Distinct Types of ‘Perfect Pitch’” Ross, DA, Gore, JC, Marks, LE. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2003: 113(4): 2290-2291.
  • “Cortical Plasticity in an Early Blind Musician: an fMRI study,” Ross, DA, Olson, IR, Gore, JC. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2003: 21(7): 821-828.

Awards/Honors

  • NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program, 2007

Srijan Sen

Peer Reviewed Scientific Publications

  • Sen S, R Duman and G Sanacora. Serum BDNF, Depression and Anti-Depressant Medications: Meta-Analyses and Implications. Biological Psychiatry. 64(6):527-32.
  • Sen S, P Naik and M Burmiester. 2008. Hardy-Weinberg Analysis of a Large Set of Published Association Studies Reveals Genotyping Error and a Deficit of Heterozygotes Across Multiple Loci. Human Genomics. in press.
  • Sen S, G Sanacora. 2008. Emerging Pharmacotherapeutics for Major Depression. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine75(3):204-25.
  • Bloch M, A Landeros-Weisenberger, S Sen, Dombrowski, B Kelmendi, V Coric M.D, C Pittenger, and J Leckman. 2008. Systematic Review: Association of the Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics).147B(6):850-8
  • Bueller JA, M Aftab, S Sen, J Xu, D Gomez-Hassan, M Burmeister and J Zubieta. 2006. Val66Met Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Variant is Associated with Differences in Human Hippocampal Volumes. Biological Psychiatry.59(9):812-5
  • Sen S, M Burmeister and D Ghosh. 2005. 5-HTTLPR and Anxiety-Related Personality Traits Meta Analysis Revisited: Response to Munafo and Colleagues. Molecular Psychiatry.10(10):893-5
  • Sen S, RM Nesse, L Sheng, SF Stoltenberg, L Gleiberman, M Burmeister and AB Weder. 2005. Association between a Dopamine 4 Receptor Polymorphism (DRD4) and Blood Pressure. American Journal of Hypertension. 18(9):1206-10 (Featured in New York Times 10/24/05)
  • Sen S, M Burmeister and D Ghosh. 2004. Meta-Analysis of the Association Between a Serotonin Transporter Promoter Polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and Anxiety-Related Personality Traits. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics).127B(1):85-9
  • Sen S, S Villafuerte, RM Nesse, L Sheng, L Gleiberman, SF Stoltenberg, AB Weder and M Burmeister. 2004. Polymorphisms in the Serotonin Transporter and GABA-A6 Genes are Associated with Neuroticism. Biological Psychiatry. 55(3):244-9
  • Sen S, RM Nesse, SF Stoltenberg, S Li, L Gleiberman, A Chakravarti, AB Weder and M Burmeister. 2003. A BDNF Coding Variant is Associated with the NEO Personality Inventory Domain Neuroticism, a Risk Factor for Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology.28(2):397-401; (featured in Nature: This week’s highlights. 2/28/03)
  • Gupta RR, S Sen, LL Diepenhorst, CN Rudick and S Maren. 2001. Estrogen modulates sexually dimorphic contextual fear conditioning and hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) in rats. Brain Res; 888(2):356-365

Non Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Sen S 2004. Searching for Genes in Depression. MichiganMedical Journal.5(1) 23-9.

Awards

  • APA/Lilly Resident Research Award, 2009
  • American College of Psychiatry, Laughlin Fellowship, 2009-2010
  • Seymour Lustman Award, June 2008
  • Indo-American Psychiatry Association Outstanding National Resident, 2008
  • Daniel X. and Mary Freedman Fellowship in Academic Psychiatry, 2007-8
  • Weinshilboum Prize, Runner-up 2007
  • Seymour Lustman Award, Honorable Mention June 2006
  • Raymond Waggoner Award, June 2005
  • Michigan Society of Fellows, Associate Fellowship 2001-02
  • National MD-PhD Conference, Travel Awardee, July 2001-02
  • Conference on Health Emotions, Travel Awardee, May 2001
  • Biologic Basis of Personality, Travel Awardee, August 2004
  • APA, Travel Awardee, May 2005
  • WCPG, Travel Awardee, October 2007
  • Society of Biological Psychiatry, Travel Awardee, May 2008
  • Annual Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, Travel

Samuel Sostre

Publications/Presentations

  • Sostre SO, Varma D, Sostre SS. 'Morning sickness' in pregnancy loses psychogenic stigma. Current Psychiatry 2008; 7(7): 31-39.
  • Sostre SO, Wulsin LR. Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities Over the Course of Life edited by William W. Eaton. Psychosomatics 2008; 49(5): 453-4.
  • Sostre SO, Kellner CH, Fink, M. Electroconvulsive Therapy. American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology's Model Psychopharmacology Curriculum for Psychiatric Residency Programs 5th edition.
  • Massie MJ, Gitlin D, Sostre SO, Wise T, Wulsin, LR. Component Workshop: Evaluating Competency in Psychosomatic Medicine. APA Council on Psychosomatic Medicine. 2008 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Honors/Awards

  • UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School, William T. Burke Contribution to Resident Life Award 2008

Felipe Porto De Souza Suplicy

Presentations

  • Apr 2008 “Cultural Impact on somatic presentation among Latin American Groups” Accepted for presentation at the First International Congress GLADET – Latin American Group of Transcultural Studies, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Hanna Stevens

Honors and Awards

  • NARSAD Young Investigator Award, 2009
  • APIRE and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Psychiatric Research Fellowship, 2009
  • Contributing Editor Appointment:  Journal of Amer. Acad. of Child & Adol. Psych., 2008-2010
  • AACAP Pilot Research Award, 2007-2008
  • Ira R. Levine Award for Clinical Excellence: Dept Psych, Yale School of Med, 2007
  • Fellow- Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry; Child Psych. Comm., 2007-2009
  • AACAP Educational Outreach Program Selection, 2006
  • APA/Shire Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, 2006-2007
  • NIH Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) for MD/PhD Candidates, National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)                                             

Publications

  • Stevens HE (2009) In this issue/abstract thinking: the contribution of longitudinal studies to child psychiatry. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 48(3):235-6.
  • Stevens HE, Coplan JD, Leckman JF and Suomi SJ (2009) Risk, Resilience and Recovery: Early Manipulation of Macaque Social Experience Result in Persistent Behavioral and Neurophysiological Outcomes,Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 48 (2): 114-127.
  • Vaccarino FM, Smith KM, Stevens HE (2009) Regulation of cerebral cortical size and neuron number by FGF: Implications for Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities. Mar;39(3):511-20. Epub 2008 Oct 13.
  • Müller Smith K, Fagel DM, Stevens HE, Rabenstein RL, Maragnoli ME, Ohkubo Y, Picciotto MR, Schwartz ML, Vaccarino FM (2008) Deficiency in inhibitory cortical interneurons associates with hyperactivity in fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 mutant mice. Biol Psychiatry. 63(10):953-62. Epub 2007 Nov 7.
  • Picchietti DL, Stevens HE (2008) Early manifestations of restless legs syndrome in childhood and adolescence. Sleep Med. 9(7):770-81. Epub 2007 Nov 19.
  • Stevens HE (2007) Oral Candidiasis Secondary to Adverse Anticholingeric Effects of Psychotropic Medications. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. vol. 17(1), pp 145-6
  • Sporn AL, Bobb AJ, Gogtay N, Stevens HE,  Greenstein DK, Clasen LS, Tossell JW, Nugent T, Gochman PA, Sharp WS, Mattai A, Lenane MC, Yanovski JA, and Rapoport JL (2005)  Hormonal Correlates of Clozapine-induced Weight Gain in Psychotic Children: an Explorative Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol . 44 (9), pp 925-933..
  • Stevens HE, Wickesberg RE. (2005) Auditory nerve representation of naturally-produced vowels with variable acoustics. Hearing Research, vol. 205, pp 21-34.
  • Stevens HE, Wickesberg RE (2002) Representation of whispered word-final stop consonants in the auditory nerve. Hearing Research, vol. 173, pp 119-133.
  • Stevens HE, Wickesberg RE (1999) Ensemble responses of the auditory nerve to normal and whispered stop consonants. Hearing Research, vol. 131, pp 47-62.
  • Wickesberg RE, Stevens HE (1998) Responses of auditory nerve fibers to trains of clicks. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 103 (4), pp 1990-1999.

Michael Bloch

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • Keese Prize (Best Medical Student Research Thesis) 2004, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Tourette Syndrome Association Research Award, 2005, Funding Level $75,000.  Functional Neuroimaging Study of Prepulse Inhibition in Tourette Syndrome, Co-Principal Investigator.
  • National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program Award Recipient 2005-2009 for research efforts in Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Child Psychiatry.
  • AACAP Travel Grant Award for Young Leaders in Child Psychiatry, 2004, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
  • APA – Janssen Psychiatric Resident Research Scholar Award, 2006, Funding Level $3,000, American Psychiatric Association.  Awarded for Psychiatric Research Training in Meta-analysis.
  • AACAP – Pilot Research Award, 2006, Funding Level $9,000, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  Awarded for Longitudinal Follow-up Study of Adulthood Outcome in Pediatric-Onset OCD.
  • APA/APIRE – Junior Investigator Travel Award, 2007, American Psychiatric Association.
  • ACNP Young Investigator Travel Award, 2007, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
  • APIRE/Eli Lilly Psychiatric Research Fellowship, 2008, Funding Level $45,000, American Psychiatric Association.
  • Career Development Institute for Mental Health Researchers, 2009, Participant.
  • NARSAD Young Investigator’s Award, 2009-2010, Funding Level $60,000

Publications

  • Bloch MH, Hwang WC, Baehring J, Chambers SK.  Case Report: Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis – Ovarian Cancer Presents As Anterograde Amnesia.  Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1994; 104:1174-7.
  • Bloch MH, Leckman JF, Zhu H, Peterson BS.  Basal Ganglia Volumes and Future Tic Severity in Children with Tourette Syndrome – Neurology 2005; 65:1253-8.
  • Pittenger C, Kelmendi B, Bloch MH, Krystal JH, Coric V.  Clinical Treatments of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  Psychiatry 2005 2005; November: 2-11.
  • Bloch MH, Peterson BS, Leckman JF.  Clinical Predictors of Future Tic Severity in Children with Tourette Syndrome – Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2006; 160(1):65-9.
  • Bloch MH, Sukhodolsky DS, Leckman JF, Schultz RT.  Fine-Motor Skill Deficits in Childhood Predict Adulthood Tic Severity and Global Psychosocial Functioning in Tourette’s Syndrome –Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2006; 47: 51-59.
  • Bloch MH.  Book Review: Handbook of Tourette’s Syndrome and Related Tic and Behavioral Disorders: Second Edition – Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry April 2006.
  • Bloch MH, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Kelmendi BK, Coric V, Bracken MB, Leckman JF.  Systematic Review: Antipsychotic Augmentation for Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  Molecular Psychiatry 2006; 11: 622-632.
  • Leckman JF, Bloch MH, King RK, Scahill L.  Natural History of Tics and Phenomenology of Tic Disorders.  Advances in Neurology 2006; 99: 1-16.
  • Leckman JF, Bloch MH, Scahill L, King RA.Tourette syndrome: the self under siege.  J Child Neurol. 2006; 21:642-9.
  • Martin A, Bloch MH, Pruett K, Stubbe D, Belitsky R, Ebert M, Leckman JF.From Too Little Too Late to Early and Often: Child Psychiatry Education During Medical School (and Before and After).  Child Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 2007; 16: 17-43.
  • BlochMH, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Dombrowski P, Kelmendi B, Wegner R, Nudel J, Pittenger C, Leckman JF, Coric V. Systematic Review: Pharmacological and Behavioral Treatment for Trichotillomania. Biological Psychiatry  2007; 62:839-46.
  • Coric V, Kelmendi B, Pittenger C, Wasylink S, Bloch MH, Green J.Beneficial effects of the antiglutamatergic agent riluzole in a patient diagnosed with trichotillomania. J Clin Psychiatry 2007; 68:170-1.
  • Bloch MH, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Sen S, Dombrowski P, Kelmendi B, Coric V, Pittenger C, Leckman JF.  Association of the serotonin transporter polymorphism and obsessive-compulsive disorder: systematic review.Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008;147B:850-8.
  • Stubbe D, Martin A, Bloch MH, Belitsky R, Carter D, Ebert M, Friedman A, Giese A, Kirwin P, Ross RG, Leckman JF.  Model curriculum for academic child and adolescent psychiatry training.Acad Psychiatry. 2008;32:366-76
  • Pittenger C, Kelmendi B, Wasylink S, Bloch MH, Coric V.  Riluzole augmentation in treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a series of 13 cases, with long-term follow-up.J Clin Psychopharmacol 2008;28:363-7.
  • Bloch MH.  Emerging treatments for Tourette's disorder.Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2008;10:323-30.
  • Leckman JF, Bloch MH.  A developmental and evolutionary perspective on obsessive-compulsive disorder: whence and whither compulsive hoarding?Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:1229-33.
  • Bloch MH, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Rosario MC, Pittenger C, Leckman JF.  Meta-analysis of the symptom structure of obsessive-compulsive disorder.Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:1532-42.
  • Pittenger C, Coric V, Banasr M, Bloch MH, Krystal JH, Sanacora G.  Riluzole in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders.  CNS Drugs, in press.
  • Bloch MH, Coric V, Pittenger C.  Novel Pharmacological Therapies for Treatment-Refractory OCD. US Psychiatry Reviews,in press.
  • Bloch MH. Psychopharmacological Perspectives: Trichotillomania Across the Lifespan. JAACAP, in press.
  • Bloch MH, Craiglow BC, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Dombrowski PA, Panza KE, Peterson BS, Leckman JF.  Predictors of Early Adult Outcome in Pediatric-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Pediatrics, in press.
  • Bloch MH, McGuire J, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Leckman JF, , Pittenger C.  Dose-Response Relationship of Selective-serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Mol Psychiatry in press.
  • Landeros-Weisenberger A, Bloch MH, Kelmendi B, Wegner R, Nudel J, Dombrowski PA, Pittenger C, Krystal JH, Goodman WK, Leckman JF.  Dimensional Predictors of Response to SRI Pharmacotherapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. J Aff Dis, in press.

Book Chapters

  • Bloch MH, Leckman JF.  Tourette syndrome and Other Tic Disorders. In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A comprehensive textbook4th edition (editors A Martin, FR Volkmar), Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
  • Leckman JF, Bloch MH. Tourette’s syndrome.  In: Molecular Neurology (editor SG Waxman).  Elsevier Academic Press, London, 2007.
  • Bloch MH, Leckman JF. Tic disorders and Childhood-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  In: Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Psychiatry 2nd edition (editors MH Ebert, PT Loosen, B Nurcombe) in press.
  • Bloch MH. Trichotillomania. In: Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology (editor IP Stolerman) in press.
  • Bloch MH, Leckman JF. Pediatric-onset OCD.  In: Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology (editor IP Stolerman) in press.