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Daniel R. Weinberger
M.D.
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
AwardsK.J. Zulch Neuroscience Prize[1]
NIH Mider Lecture[2]
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry
InstitutionsLieber Institute for Brain Development
Johns Hopkins University

Daniel R. Weinberger (born 1947) is a professor of psychiatry, neurology and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University[3] and Director and CEO of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development,[4] which opened in 2011.[5]

Life

He is an alumnus of the

University of Pennsylvania Medical School and completed two residencies, one in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School[6] and another in neurology at George Washington University.[7]

In 1987, he transitioned from an NIMH research fellow under Richard Wyatt to Chief of the Clinical Brain Disorders Branch.

McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, and the Johns Hopkins University.[11]

Work

Weinberger is most known for his work on identifying genetic factors and biochemical mechanisms in mental illness, and promoting research in these areas to further explain causes behind disorders such as schizophrenia. He is the original author of the landmark neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia (first published in The Neurology of Schizophrenia, Elsevier, 1986)[12] and in the more cited reference, Arch Gen Psychiatry 1987, (the most cited publication [>4100 citations] about the biology of schizophrenia in Google Scholar).[13]

Neuregulin-1 in a large collection of brain samples from schizophrenic patients and found that the regulation of the gene contributes to schizophrenia.[16]

In a review in Neuron, Weinberger wrote that individuals of African ancestry must be included in research for brain illnesses.[17] In studies of brain disorders, individuals of African descent make up, on average, less than 5% of research cohorts.

He has published over 800 papers in peer-reviewed journals,[18] and has written for The Hill[19] and The New York Times.[20] He maintains columns on mental health at the Huffington Post,[21] Medium,[22] and The Conversation.[21]

Honors and awards

2019: Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine[23]

References

  1. ^ "Zülch Prize". Mpg.de. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Weinberger To Give Mider Lecture, Oct. 12 - The NIH Record - October 7, 2005". Nihrecord.nih.gov. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Daniel Weinberger". neuroscience.jhu.edu.
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  6. ^ "Neurotree - Daniel R. Weinberger Family Tree". Neurotree.org.
  7. ^ a b Nugent, Tom. "Alumni Profiles: Gene Detective". The Pennsylvania Gazette.
  8. ^ "Neuroscience@NIH". Neuroscience.nih.gov.
  9. ^ "The School of Medicine & Health Sciences | The George Washington University". Gwumc.edu.
  10. ^ "Daniel R. Weinberger". Libd.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  11. ^ "Daniel Weinberger". Neuroscience.jhu.edu.
  12. PMID 28941096
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  13. PMID 3606332
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  14. ^ a b "Weinberger To Give Mider Lecture, Oct. 12 - The NIH Record - October 7, 2005". nihrecord.nih.gov. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  15. doi:10.1126/science.302.5653.2039
    . Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  16. ^ Nicholas Wade "Schizophrenia as Misstep by Giant Gene" New York Times, 18 April 2006.
  17. S2CID 220728605
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  18. ^ Pub Med Search Weinberger DR[Author]
  19. ^ Daniel R. Weinberger, MD Brain injury: A public health crisis in the spotlight The Hill, 14 March 2016
  20. ^ Daniel R. Weinberger, MD "A Brain Too Young for Good Judgment" The New York Times, 10 March 2001
  21. ^ a b "Daniel R. Weinberger | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com.
  22. ^ "Medium".
  23. ^ "The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

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