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Chadi Abdallah, MD

Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry
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Deputy Director for Research, and Director of Neuroimaging, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD

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Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry

Deputy Director for Research, and Director of Neuroimaging, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD

Biography

Dr. Chadi G. Abdallah has expertise in antidepressants clinical trials, translational clinical neuroscience, multimodal neuroimaging, and the development of rapid acting antidepressant for the treatment of depression, PTSD and other stress-related psychiatric disorders. He employs broad range of pharmacological challenges, neuroimaging modalities, and network neuroscience approaches to study the neurobiology of depression and other psychiatric disorders and the mechanisms underlying treatment response and resistance. His research program focuses on understanding the mechanisms underlying trauma, depression, and chronic stress, with emphasis on the role of synaptic connectivity and neuroenergetics.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Associate Professor Adjunct
    Primary

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Education & Training

Neuroimaging Fellow
Yale University (2013)
McNeil Psychopharmacology Fellow
Yale University (2013)
Chief Resident
SUNY Downstate (2011)
Research Trainee
Cornell University (2011)
Resident
SUNY Downstate (2010)
MD
Lebanese University (2006)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Chadi Abdallah's published research.

Publications

2024

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Klerman Award, Honorable Mention

  • honor

    Patterson Trust Award in Clinical Research

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    NARSAD Young Investigator Award

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    Young Investigator Travel Award

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    Early Academic Career Award on Schizophrenia Research

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