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University Affiliations
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dept. of Epidemiology of Brain Disorders, Deputy Director  
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Lieber Center  


Education and Training
MD 1987 Jeffferson Medical College
 
Alan S. Brown

Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health

and:
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute (home dept.)

Dr. Brown is leading several National Institute of Mental Health-funded grants on the relationship between early developmental risk factors and schizophrenia and major affective disorders. Among these studies, Dr. Brown is examining prenatal exposure to influenza and nutritional deficiency as risk factors for schizophrenia. He and his colleagues demonstrated for the first time that serologically documented influenza infection was associated with a threefold increase in risk of schizophrenia in the offspring. The research also demonstrated effects of prenatal exposure to rubella, toxoplasmosis, cytokines, and homocysteine levels on risk of schizophrenia. Dr. Brown is also studying the relationship between early developmental insults and brain abnormalities in schizophrenia, using neuroimaging and neuropsychological assessments. He was also funded by an NIMH grant to examine to examine early life risk factors for bipolar disorder. Dr. Brown is a recipient of the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, an Independent Scientist Award from the NIMH, and Independent Investigator Awards from NARSAD.

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