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This research, led by Jessica Girault, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, was conducted as part of the NIH-funded Infant Brain Imaging Study Network, which used MRI to document crucial differences in the visual processing system in the brains of infants who went on to be diagnosed with autism.

June 14, 2022

Welcome Devon Suitt, MSW!

June 14, 2022

Roubinov named lead of new Foundation of Hope Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP)

June 8, 2022
Dr. Danielle Roubinov is a nationally recognized clinician-scientist who will lead the new Foundation of Hope Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP) in the UNC Department of Psychiatry. The Foundation of Hope has been a long term dedicated partner of the UNC Department of Psychiatry, supporting our...

Congratulations to Adrienne Aiken Morgan, PhD, FGSA on being named a Gerontological Society of America Fellow! Fellow status is peer recognition for outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology and represents the highest class of GSA membership👏

June 8, 2022

Translaminar recurrence from layer 5 suppresses superficial cortical layers

June 3, 2022
The cerebral cortex is full of recurrent connectivities, and their disturbance leads to diseases such as epilepsy and schizophrenia. We found in the auditory cortex that layer 5 to layer 2/3 interlaminar recurrence provides inhibitory feedback, which may stabilize the neural activity and help appropriate information processing in the cortical...

Infant Visual Brain Development and Inherited Genetic Liability in Autism

June 3, 2022
For the first time, scientists have found that brain differences in the visual brain systems of infants who later are diagnosed with autism are associated with inherited genetic factors.

Dr. Mary Kimmel, Director of the Perinatal Psychiatry Program writes for UNC Health Talk sharing the need to be vigilant of your maternal mental health, “Anxiety and depression are the two most common psychological disorders that arise during pregnancy.”

June 2, 2022

The number of people dying from opioid use disorder has skyrocketed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alex Gertner, a recent UNC MD-PhD Program graduate, is focused on finding better ways to provide treatment in order to save lives. He will also be joining us for his internship with our Physician Scientist Research Program

June 2, 2022

Tamara Baker, PhD, professor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, has been named co-director of a new North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on Healthy Aging funded through the Duke Endowment, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, and AARP North Carolina.

June 2, 2022

Congratulations Dr. Winston Li on being recognized as the 2021-22 School of Medicine Academy of Educators Faculty Teaching Resident/Fellow Award Winner!

June 2, 2022