Patrick F. Sullivan

Patrick F. Sullivan FRANZCP is an American psychiatric geneticist. He is the Yeargen Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is also the director of the Center for Psychiatric Genomics and the lead principal investigator of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. He is also a professor at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. His research focuses on the genetics of schizophrenia,[5][6][7] major depressive disorders such as post-partum depression,[8][9] eating disorders, and autism.[10]

Patrick F. Sullivan
Born
St. Paul, Minnesota[1]
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BS, Biology, 1981)
University of California, San Francisco (MD, 1988)
Known forGenetics of schizophrenia
Spouse(s)Cynthia M. Bulik, PhD[2]
ChildrenBrendan Bulik-Sullivan[3]
AwardsFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[4]
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatric genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Karolinska Institute

References
  1. "Author: Patrick F. Sullivan, M.D., FRANZCP". The Dana Foundation. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  2. "Two Universities, Two Continents, One Life-Saving Goal to End Eating Disorders". UNC Global. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. "'Summer project' lands on cover of Nature Genetics". Vital Signs. UNC Health Care. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. "Faculty elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science". UNC Lineberger. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. Scudellari, Megan (2013-11-01). "The Psychiatrist's Jigsaw". The Scientist. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  6. Wright, Jessica (April 2014). "Genetics: Unravelling complexity". Nature. 508 (7494): S6–S7. doi:10.1038/508s6a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 24695335.
  7. Pittman, Genevra (2012-07-05). "Schizophrenia, autism may be linked in families". Reuters. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  8. "Study triples number of known depression genes". The Japan Times Online. 2018-04-27. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  9. Belluck, Pam (2016-03-22). "Hunting the Genetic Signs of Postpartum Depression With an iPhone App". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  10. "Patrick Sullivan". UNC School of Medicine. Retrieved 2018-08-22.


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