Bio
I am a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. I completed the Research Track Psychiatry Residency Program at Stanford University and I earned my MD and PhD degrees from the University of California, San Diego where I conducted my graduate studies with Samuel L. Pfaff, PhD, at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. My Bachelor of Arts was earned from Columbia College, Columbia University. I am an attending physician in Stanford's Evaluation Clinic. My basic neurobiology translational research identifies and corrects gene networks in human neural cell types associated with varied brain disorders, including autism, motor neuron disease, neurodegeneration, and aging. I apply advanced single cell transcriptomics and deep learning models applied on mice and human stem cell derived models of the brain called neural organoids. The products of my research include first author publications in Science and Neuron, patents, presentations at national and international conferences, and recognition and funding from the NIH and private foundations including the BBRF and the Deeda Blair Research Initiative.