Douglas F. Levinson, M.D.
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Psychiatry Department 401 Quarry Road, 3322 MC 5797 Palo Alto, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 724-2827 Fax (650) 724-3263
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Psychiatry
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Child Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1982) |
| Board Certification: | Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1981) |
| Residency: | Mount Sinai Medical Center NY (1979) |
| Internship: | Bronx Municipal Hospital Ctr NY (1977) |
| Medical Education: | University of Pennsylvania PA (1976) |
| --: | Bronx Psychiatric Center, Biological Psychiatry (1982) |
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Levinson directs the Program on the Genetics of Brain Function in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The program investigates the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia and major depressive disorder), using genetic association, linkage and resequencing methodologies. In collaboration with Dr. Alice Whittemore, we are also actively engaged in statistical methods testing and development for genetic research.
Publications
- Copy number variants in schizophrenia: confirmation of five previous findings and new evidence for 3q29 microdeletions and VIPR2 duplications. Am J Psychiatry. 2011; (3): 302-16
- Genome-wide association study of recurrent early-onset major depressive disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2011; (2): 193-201
- Genomewide association analysis of symptoms of alcohol dependence in the molecular genetics of schizophrenia (MGS2) control sample. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011; (5): 963-75
- Common variants on chromosome 6p22.1 are associated with schizophrenia. Nature. 2009; (7256): 753-7
- Significance levels for studies with correlated test statistics. Biostatistics. 2008; (3): 458-66
- A comparison of the familiality of chronic depression in recurrent early-onset depression pedigrees using different definitions of chronicity. J Affect Disord. 2007; (1-3): 171-7
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