Research Interests
Keywords: psychiatric genetics, genomics, human genetics, mental health, epidemiology, neuroscience
Dr. Crowley’s research focuses on psychiatric genomics and includes molecular genetic, epidemiological and twin studies of several psychiatric disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia and anorexia nervosa. Dr. Crowley earned a BS in biology from Cornell University and a PhD in pharmacology from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by postdoctoral work in genetics at Duke University.
Publications
James Crowley in UNC Genetics News
April 20, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for March 2nd – 29th, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 30 papers during March 2nd - 29th 2025.
February 6, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for January 19th – February 1st, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 17 papers during January 19th - February 1st 2025.
November 11, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for October 27th – November 9th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 8 papers during October 27th - November 9th, 2024.
October 17, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for September 29th – October 12th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 13 papers during September 29th - October 12th, 2024.
August 2, 2024
Dr. Jim Crowley Awarded Focus Grant from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Jim Crowley, PhD (Professor, Genetics) has received a collaborative grant with the Karolinska Institutet, funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for the project titled “Saving lives: Constructing a nationwide cohort with multimodal data to improve precision in prediction and prevention of suicide”.
July 7, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for June 23rd – July 6th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during June 23rd - July 6th 2024.
June 10, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for May 12th – June 8th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 23 papers during May 12th - June 8th 2024.
June 3, 2024
Dr. Jim Crowley Receives New R13 Conference Grant from NIMH
Jim Crowley, PhD (Professor, Genetics) was awarded an R13 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to fund student, postdoc, and junior faculty attendance to the Annual Latin American Congress on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
April 29, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for April 14th – 27th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during April 14th - 27th 2024.
April 5, 2024
James Crowley, PhD, Promoted to Professor
Dr. James (Jim) Crowley has been promoted to Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective March 1, 2024.