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Emily Olfson, MD/PhD

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Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center
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Solnit Integrated Program, Yale Child Study Center

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Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center

Solnit Integrated Program, Yale Child Study Center

Biography

Emily Olfson is a physician-scientist whose research focuses on the genetics of childhood-onset psychiatric conditions. She received her MD-PhD from Washington University in St. Louis where her dissertation in Human and Statistical Genetics focused on the genetics of smoking and alcoholism in the laboratory of Dr. Laura Bierut. She then completed residency and fellowship training in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry in the Yale Solnit Integrated Program. At Yale, Dr. Olfson also pursued research training focused on the neurogenomics of trichotillomania, excoriation disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and childhood anxiety disorders in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Fernandez. Under the mentorship of Dr. Fernandez and Dr. Michael Bloch, she has developed the first DNA sequencing study focused on parent-child trios impacted by body-focused repetitive behaviors (tabsstudy.org). Dr. Olfson works clinically with adults and children in the Tic and OCD Program in the Yale Child Study Center. She has received research support from the NIMH, AACAP, IOCDF, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, and Alan B. Slifka Foundation through the Riva Ariella Ritvo endowment.

Appointments

Education & Training

Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine, Child Study Center (2022)
Residency
Yale School of Medicine, Psychiatry (2021)
MD/PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Human and Statistical Genetics (2016)
BA
Oberlin College, Biology and Mathematics

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Anxiety Disorders; Child Psychiatry; Genetics; Genomics; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Trichotillomania

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Emily Olfson's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Career Development Award

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