Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine
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Member, Bio-X
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Faculty Fellow, Stanford ChEM-H
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Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Administrative Appointments
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The Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute (2019 - Present)
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Associate Division Chief for Advancing Science, Stanford University School of Medicind (2020 - Present)
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Director, Physician-Scientist Advanced Mentorship Program (2018 - Present)
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Director, Stanford Neuroscience Stem Cell Core, Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute (2015 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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Falling Walls Breakthrough in Life Sciences Prize, Falling Walls, Berlin (2020)
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C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy, American Association of Anatomy (AAA) (2020)
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Ben Barres Investigator, Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) (2019-)
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Nature Medicine’s Featured Physician-Scientists, Nature Medicine (2019)
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Scientist to Watch, The Scientist (2019)
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A.E. Bennett Award, Society of Biological Psychiatry (2018)
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Daniel H. Efron Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) (2018)
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Günter Blobel Early Career Award, American Society of Cell Biology (2018)
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Vilcek Award for Creative Biomedical Promise, Vilcek Foundation (2018)
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Visionaries in Science and Medicine, New York Times (2018)
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NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator, New York Stem Cell Foundation (2017-)
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Jordi Folch-Pi Award for Neurochemistry, American Society for Neurochemistry (2017)
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NARSAD Independent Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2017)
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NIH Top Research Highlights of 2017, National Institute of Health (NIH) (2017)
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Top Breakthroughs of 2017, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF/NARSAD) (2017)
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NIMH Director's BRAINS Award, National Institute of Mental Health (2015-2020)
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Baxter Faculty Scholar Award, Baxter Foundation (2015)
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MQ Fellow Award for Transforming Mental Health, MQ Foundation, London (2014-2017)
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Alumni Excellence Research Award, Medicalis (2013)
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Grand Prize Best Romanian Student Abroad, LRSA (2013)
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NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2013)
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Best Postdoctoral Research Award, Stanford University (2012)
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Sammy Kuo Award, Best Postdoctoral publication in Neuroscience at Stanford University (2012)
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Tashia & John Morgridge Endowed Fellow, Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) (2010-2012)
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IBRO Outstanding Research Fellow, International Research Organization (IBRO) (2009-2010)
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Medical Student of the Year, VIP Foundation (2006)
Professional Education
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Postdoctoral, Stanford University School of Medicine, Neuroscience (2013)
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Medical Doctor, Hatieganu School of Medicine, Romania, Medicine (2007)
Community and International Work
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Stanford Brain Organogenesis Hands-On Course
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Co-Organizer of the FENS/SfN Summer School on Neural Stem Cells and Organoids
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Co-Organizer of the Inaugural Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Human Brain Development and 3D Modeling
Location
International
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Co-Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Course in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Topic
Clinical, epidemiological, genetics, neurobiological and treatment aspects of ASD
Location
US
Ongoing Project
Yes
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
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Working group: Translating Mechanisms to Treatments in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Ongoing Project
No
Opportunities for Student Involvement
No
Patents
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Sergiu Pasca, Jimena Andersen, Fikri Birey. "United States Patent 10,676,715 Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids and methods of use thereof", Stanford University, Jun 9, 2020
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Sergiu Pasca, Steven Sloan, Ben Barres, Anca Pasca. "United States Patent 10,494,602 Functional astrocytes and cortical neurons from induced pluripotent stem cells and methods of use thereof", Stanford University, Dec 3, 2019