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    Chadi Abdallah, MD

    Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry
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    Additional Titles

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

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    Titles

    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

    • honor

      NARSAD Young Investigator Award

    • honor

      Young Investigator Travel Award

    • honor

      Early Academic Career Award on Schizophrenia Research

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