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A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that schizophrenia is a risk factor for mortality in patients with COVID-19. The authors looked at data from March – May 2020 in a New York health system and their findings held true after adjusting for other factors. Study authors include NKI Director Donald Goff, MD (senior … Study Shows Increased Risk of Death from COVID-19 for Patients with Schizophrenia

In the wake of the upheaval following the murder of George Floyd, faculty members of NKI’s Center for Research on Cultural & Structural Equity (C-CASE) created an educational video addressing systemic racism and strategies to counter it. Our Racist America is a ‘call to action’ video presentation that discusses: (1) white privilege; (2) individual-institutional-structural racism against … Educational Video Addresses Systemic Racism in America

Dr. Stephen Ginsberg of the Center for Dementia Research was a key contributor to a paper recently published in Nature Communications (Inda et al., 2020). This research provides novel evidence of a pathological process underlying Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, and suggests a new potential therapeutic target. The research team, led by Dr. Gabriela … Investigating How Stress and Aging Can Lead to Alzheimer’s Disease

Helen Scharfman, PhD, has received the annual Basic Science Research Award from the American Epilepsy Society (AES), in recognition of her distinguished research career which holds promise for the improved understanding and treatment of epilepsy. The award was presented on December 7 at the 2019 AES Annual Meeting in Baltimore, where Dr. Scharfman presented on “Contributing to … Dr. Helen Scharfman Receives Basic Science Research Award

The Highly Cited Researchers list from the Web of Science Group recognizes the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year. The 2019 list features four scientists affiliated with the Nathan Kline Institute: Dr. Castellanos … NKI’s Highly Cited Researchers

Joseph LeDoux, Director of the Emotional Brain Institute, has published a new book titled The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains (Viking, 2019). You can learn more about it by reading Dr. LeDoux’s Psychology Today blog, by listening to his interview with Joe Rogan, or by watching his … New Book by Joseph LeDoux Explores the Evolution of the Human Mind

Regina Sullivan, PhD, a member of the NKI Emotional Brain Institute, has received a five-year renewal of her MERIT award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). MERIT stands for Method to Extend Research In Time, and these prestigious awards are given to investigators who have demonstrated superior competence and outstanding … Emotional Brain Institute Investigator MERITs Renewal

Dr. Helen Scharfman coauthored a new Science paper (Luna et al.) examining the role of adult neurogenesis in hippocampal brain circuitry. The authors found that adult-born neurons either inhibited or excited the dentate gyrus, depending on whether synaptic inputs originated from the lateral or the medial entorhinal cortex. The action of adult-born neurons depended on … Dr. Helen Scharfman Contributes to Neurogenesis Research

Efrat Levy, Ph.D., a Research Scientist in the Center for Dementia Research, has been promoted to the rank of Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology at the New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Levy’s laboratory studies the factors that initiate and propagate pathology in neurodegenerative disorders. She is currently … Dr. Efrat Levy Promoted to Full Professor