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Rebecca Birnbaum, MD
Psychiatry
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About Me
Rebecca Birnbaum received a BA in Molecular Biology from Princeton University along with high honors. After obtaining an MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Birnbaum was a Phipps Resident in Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She then completed a schizophrenia research fellowship at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Birnbaum is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Psychiatry, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Education
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Internship, Internal Medicine
Jacobi Medical Center
Residency, Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Research
Dr. Birnbaum's research interests focus on translating the emerging findings of complex genetic risk of schizophrenia, to elucidate biological mechanisms of risk. Within patients, to improve diagnostic precision, and to improve therapeutic potential by employing gene-based or genotype-based strategies.
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Publications
Selected Publications
- The Genesis of Schizophrenia: An Origin Story. Rebecca Birnbaum, Daniel R. Weinberger. American Journal of Psychiatry
- Rediscovering tandem repeat variation in schizophrenia: challenges and opportunities. Rebecca Birnbaum. Translational Psychiatry
- A Sex-Dependent Association between Doxycycline Use and Development of Schizophrenia. Lot D. De Witte, Thomas Munk Laursen, Cheryl M. Corcoran, Rene S. Kahn, Rebecca Birnbaum, Trine Munk-Olsen, Veerle Bergink. Schizophrenia Bulletin
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Dr. Birnbaum has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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