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| Kathleen R. Merikangas, Ph.D., Senior Investigator |
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Dr. Merikangas received her B.A. in experimental psychology and music from the University of Notre Dame, and her M.S. in clinical and counseling psychology and Ph.D. in chronic disease epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed postdoctoral training in genetic epidemiology at the Yale University. Before joining the NIMH, Dr. Merikangas was the Director of the Genetic Epidemiology Research Unit in the Department of Public Health at Yale. In 2001, Dr. Merikangas became Chief of the Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology within the NIMH's Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program as well as Associate Director of Epidemiology. Her current research focus is a community-based family study of affective spectrum disorders and their overlap with other mental and physical disorders.
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Staff:
- Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D., Staff Scientist shelli.avenevoli@nih.gov
- Francesca Belouad, M.A., Psychologist francesca.belouad@nih.gov
- Erica Brostedt, Ph.D., Research Fellow ericabrostedt@mail.nih.gov
- Lihong Cui, M.S., Research Assistant ciul@mail.nih.gov
- Michelle Geiss, B.A., Post baccalaureate Fellow michellegeiss@mail.nih.gov
- Richard Herrell, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow richard.herrell@nih.gov
- Erin Knight, B.A., Research Assistant knighter@mail.nih.gov
- Nancy C.P. Low, M.D., Postdoctoral Fellow nancy.low@nih.gov
- Evelyn McClung, Administrative Assistant emcclung@mail.nih.gov
- Linda Nguyen, B.A., Research Assistant lindanguyen@mail.nih.gov
- Andrew Palsgrove, B.A., Research Assistant apalsgro@mail.nih.gov
- Barbara Usher, Ph.D., Psychologist barbara.usher@nih.gov
Research Interests:
The Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology applies the tools of epidemiology and genetics to identify risk factors for mood and anxiety disorders, and their association with other mental and medical disorders. The group's major research project is a community-based family study investigating affective spectrum disorders and their overlap with other mental disorders, especially anxiety disorders and medical disorders such as migraine and cardiovascular disease. The goal of this research is to identify the endophenotypes that are closer to the biologic expression of genes underlying these disorders as well as environmental moderators of genetic expression. Findings from this research are likely to have important implications for targets of prevention and treatment of affective illness.
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Contact Information:
Dr. Kathleen R. Merikangas
Developmental Genetic Epidemiology Section, NIMH
Porter Neuroscience Research Center
Building 35, Room 1A-201
35 Convent Dr., MSC 3720
Bethesda, MD 20892-3720
Telephone: (301) 496-1172 (office),
(301) 480-2915 (fax)
Email: kathleen.merikangas@nih.gov
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