James Leckman, MD, PhD
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Biography
James F. Leckman, M.D. is the Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics at Yale. Dr. Leckman is a well-known child psychiatrist and patient-oriented clinical investigator. For more than 20, years he served as the Director of Research for the Yale Child Study Center.
His peers have regularly selected him as one of the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Leckman is the author or co-author of over 430 original articles published in peer-reviewed journals, twelve books, and 140 book chapters. Dr. Leckman has a longstanding interest in Tourette syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). His research on these disorders is multifaceted from phenomenology and natural history, to neurobiology to genetics, to risk factor research and treatment studies. One area of active research interest concerns the role of the immune system in the pathobiology of Tourette syndrome and other neuropsychiatric disorders.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of São Paulo, Clinical Science (2014)
- FellowYale University School of Medicine (1981)
- ResidentConnecticut Mental Health Center (1979)
- Postdoctoral trainingNational Institute of Mental Health Intramural Program, Psychiatric Genetics (1976)
- MDUniversity of New Mexico (1973)
- BACollege of Wooster (1969)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Julius Axelrod Mentorship Award | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology | 2019 |
Transformative Research Award | National Institutes of Health | 2011 |
Departments & Organizations
- Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program
- Child Study Center
- Formative Childhood and Peace Building
- Global Health Studies
- MacMillan Center
- Middle East Studies
- Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP)
- Office of Global Health Education
- Program in Neurodevelopment and Regeneration
- Tic Disorder & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures