{"id":7330,"date":"2025-03-07T11:27:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=7330"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:35:27","slug":"robert-g-mealer-md-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/directory\/robert-g-mealer-md-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert G. Mealer, MD, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Areas of Interest<\/h1>\n<p>Genetics of severe mental illness, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder<\/p>\n<h1>About<\/h1>\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__about\">\n<p>As an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, Dr. Mealer\u2019s research focuses on schizophrenia risk genes and glycosylation, the process of adding carbohydrates to proteins and lipids to regulate their function. He hopes to develop new tools to diagnosis and treat individuals affected by conditions including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder based on our understanding of how specific genes increase the risk of developing severe mental illness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__education-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__education\">\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__titles\">\n<ul class=\"education-list\">\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">M.D.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"som-directory-profile-single__institution\">Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"som-directory-profile-single__institution\">Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">MGH Translational Neuroscience Training for Clinicians T32 Fellowship<\/h3>\n<p class=\"som-directory-profile-single__institution\">Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">Dupont Warren Fellowship in Psychiatry<\/h3>\n<p class=\"som-directory-profile-single__institution\">Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mentor Training:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty Mentor Training for Biomedical Researchers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Training Program Affiliations:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Genetics and Molecular Biology<\/li>\n<li>Neuroscience Curriculum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Mealer+R+G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PubMed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/myncbi\/robert.mealer.1\/bibliography\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCBI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Areas of Interest Genetics of severe mental illness, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder About As an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, Dr. Mealer\u2019s research focuses on schizophrenia risk genes and glycosylation, the process of adding carbohydrates to proteins and lipids to regulate their function. 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