Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsMichal Assaf, MD
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2026
Brain age prediction in generalized anxiety disorder using a convolutional neural network
Richier C, Zugman A, Harrewijn A, Cardinale E, Khosravi P, Aghajani M, Bruin W, Hilbert K, Cardoner N, Porta-Casteràs D, Cano M, Gosnell S, Salas R, Jackowski A, Pan P, Salum G, Blair K, Blair J, Milad M, Burkhouse K, Phan K, Schroeder H, Strawn J, Beesdo-Baum K, Jahanshad N, Thomopoulos S, Nielsen J, Smoller J, Soares J, Mwangi B, Wu M, Zunta-Soares G, Assaf M, Diefenbach G, Brambilla P, Maggioni E, Hofmann D, Straube T, Andreescu C, Price R, Manfro G, Agosta F, Canu E, Cividini C, Filippi M, Kostić M, Munjiza Jovanovic A, Benson B, Freitag G, Leibenluft E, Ringlein G, Werwath K, Zwiebel H, Grabe H, Van der Auwera S, Wittfeld K, Völzke H, Bülow R, Balderston N, Ernst M, Mujica-Parodi L, van Nieuwenhuizen H, Critchley H, Makovac E, Mancini M, Meeten F, Ottaviani C, Fonzo G, Paulus M, Stein M, Gur R, Gur R, Kaczkurkin A, Larsen B, Satterthwaite T, Harper J, Perino M, Sylvester C, Yu Q, McClure P, Pereira F, Lueken U, Veltman D, Thompson P, Groenewold N, Bas-Hoogendam J, Stein D, Van der Wee N, Winkler A, Pine D, Sawyers C. Brain age prediction in generalized anxiety disorder using a convolutional neural network. Translational Psychiatry 2026 PMID: 42177199, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-026-04078-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommentary on Ziermans, Hadjúk, Pinkham et al. “Call to action on social cognition measures in clinical research” and on Happé's commentary to the call to action
Corbera S, Assaf M. Commentary on Ziermans, Hadjúk, Pinkham et al. “Call to action on social cognition measures in clinical research” and on Happé's commentary to the call to action. Schizophrenia Research Cognition 2026, 44: 100421. PMID: 41657705, PMCID: PMC12877812, DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2026.100421.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2025
Editorial: Underlying neurobiological, genetic, and behavioral mechanisms in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder
Corbera S, Penadés R, Assaf M. Editorial: Underlying neurobiological, genetic, and behavioral mechanisms in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2025, 16: 1694809. PMID: 41089316, PMCID: PMC12515854, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1694809.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersUsing the excitation/inhibition ratio to optimize the classification of autism and schizophrenia
Uscătescu L, Hyatt C, Dunn J, Kronbichler M, Calhoun V, Corbera S, Pelphrey K, Pittman B, Pearlson G, Assaf M. Using the excitation/inhibition ratio to optimize the classification of autism and schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry 2025, 15: 234. PMID: 40634290, PMCID: PMC12241497, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03455-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain-wide connectivity changes due to social–emotional regulation during a naturalistic fMRI task
Hyatt C, Wexler B, Diefenbach G, Dichter G, Mazefsky C, Uscatescu L, Wolf J, Sahl R, Pittman B, Pearlson G, Assaf M. Brain-wide connectivity changes due to social–emotional regulation during a naturalistic fMRI task. Cerebral Cortex 2025, 35: bhaf118. PMID: 40401354, PMCID: PMC12096004, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternational perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps
Corbera S, Kurtz M, Achim A, Agostoni G, Amado I, Assaf M, Barlati S, Bechi M, Cavallaro R, Ikezawa S, Okano H, Okubo R, Penadés R, Uchino T, Vita A, Yamada Y, Bell M. International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps. European Psychiatry 2025, 68: e9. PMID: 39812093, PMCID: PMC11795453, DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.1776.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsSocial functioning and frontal alpha asymmetry in schizophrenia
Farina E, Assaf M, Corbera S, Choi J, Yantz C, Chen C. Social functioning and frontal alpha asymmetry in schizophrenia. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2025, 182: 74-82. PMID: 39799666, PMCID: PMC11830537, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Empathic disequilibrium in schizophrenia: An individual participant data meta-analysis
Shalev I, Shamay-Tsoory S, Montag C, Assaf M, Smith M, Eran A, Uzefovsky F. Empathic disequilibrium in schizophrenia: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 181: 253-261. PMID: 39637716, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.11.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCategorical and Dimensional Approaches for Psychiatric Classification and Treatment Targeting: Considerations from Psychosis Biotypes
Clementz B, Assaf M, Sweeney J, Gershon E, Keedy S, Hill S, Ivleva E, Tamminga C, McDowell J, Keshavan M, Gibbons R, Carpenter W, Pearlson G. Categorical and Dimensional Approaches for Psychiatric Classification and Treatment Targeting: Considerations from Psychosis Biotypes. Advances In Neurobiology 2024, 40: 685-723. PMID: 39562461, PMCID: PMC12054367, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-69491-2_23.ChaptersDisentangling negative and positive symptoms in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder
Corbera S, Wexler B, Bell M, Pittman B, Pelphrey K, Pearlson G, Assaf M. Disentangling negative and positive symptoms in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. Schizophrenia Research 2024, 271: 1-8. PMID: 39002525, PMCID: PMC11384336, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research