Research

Faculty Research Topics

Dr. Kristen Jacobson

 

Dr. Royce Lee

Dr. Kate Keenan

 

Dr. Jon Grant

 

Dr. Kristen Jacobson

Dr. Andrea King

 

Dr. Harriet de Wit

 

Dr. Jon Grant

 

Dr. Dan Fridberg

Dr. Sarah Keedy

 

Dr. Elliot Gershon

 

Dr. Molly Erickson

 

Dr. Pablo Gejman

 

Dr. Jubao Duan

Dr. Jennifer Wildes

Dr. Kate Keenan

 

Dr. Kristen Jacobson

 

Dr. Jon Grant

Dr. Gregory Chasson

Dr. Elliot Gershon

 

Dr. Alan Sanders

 

Dr. Jubao Duan

 

Dr. Pablo Gejman

Dr. Jubao Duan

Training

Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience offer training opportunities at every level from undergraduate to post-doctoral.  See links below.

Research education is part of clinical training programs as well, including Psychiatry Residency and Fellowships, and our Clinical Psychology Internship.

Eating Disorders.  A training grant (T32) in Eating Disorders, directed by Dr. Jennifer Wildes, offers two years of support in both research and clinical aspects of eating disorders. Eating Disorders

Addictions.  A multidisciplinary training grant (T32) from NIDA in addictions offers training in both basic and applied research relating to drug and alcohol abuse.  Dr. de Wit is a MPI on this program, and Dr. Andrea King is an active faculty trainer. Integrative Training in Addictions

Clinical Pharmacology.  The Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics offers a post-doctoral training program that supports both PhD’s and MD’s.  Dr. de Wit is an active member of this training program. 

Individual faculty laboratories.  Post doctoral opportunities may also be available from individual faculty members.  Contact individual faculty members for information.

Clinical Pharmacology.  The Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics offers a post-doctoral training program that supports both PhD’s and MD’s.  Dr. de Wit is an active member of this training program.

Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience supervise graduate students from several doctoral and master’s degree programs at the university, including those listed below.

Neuroscience (PhD)

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)

MA in Social Sciences

MA in Computational Social Science

Research for Pritzker Medical School students

Pritzker students may find current available projects by selecting Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience from “All Specialties”

https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/academics/scholarship-discovery

First year Pritzker students may participate in the Summer Research Program

Undergraduates may join individual laboratories as volunteers or through work-study programs. See individual lab websites for more information. Support is available through several programs including:

Katen Scholars Program

Metcalf Internship

College Research Fellows Program  

Faculty

Research topic(s): Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Faculty page

Research topic(s): Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Body Focused Repetitive Behavior, Hairpulling, Hoarding Disorder, Hypochondriasis, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Skin Picking, Tics, Tourettes Disorder

Faculty page

Chasson lab

Research topic(s): Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Faculty page

De Wit lab

Research topic(s): Serious Mental Illness, Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders, Functional Genomics of Psychiatry 

Faculty page

Duan lab

Research topic(s): Serious Mental Illness

Faculty page

Erickson lab

Research topic(s): Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Faculty page

Fridberg lab

Research topic(s): Serious Mental Illness, Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders

Faculty page

Gejman lab

Research topic(s): Serious Mental Illness, Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders

Faculty page

Gershon lab

Research topic(s): Health Disparities, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Compulsive and Impulsive Disorders

Faculty page

Grant lab

Research topic(s): Trauma Exposure and Mental Health, Health Disparities, Developmental Psychopathology

Faculty page

Jacobson lab

Research topic(s): Serious Mental Illness, Substances of abuse neurocognitive effects

Faculty page

Keedy lab

Research topic(s): Health Disparities, Developmental Psychopathology

Faculty page

Keenan lab

Research topic(s): Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Faculty page

King lab

Research topic(s): Trauma Exposure and Mental Health

Faculty page

Lee lab

Research topic(s): Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders

Faculty page

Sanders lab

Research topic(s): Eating Disorders

Faculty page

Wildes lab

Studies Seeking Volunteers

Bipolar Disorder

Child Stress

Depression

Eating Disorder studies                                                                      

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder

Skin Picking

Substance Use Disorder

Trichotillomania (hair pulling)

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Some studies of psychiatric disorders require comparison with individuals who do not have disorders.  Also, some studies in our department seek to understand normal cognitive, developmental, or emotional processes in healthy individuals.