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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.
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- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
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
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
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
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Education
MD, Yeshiva University 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
- 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
- Phenotypic Impact of Rare Potentially Damaging Copy Number Variation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Chronic Tic Disorders. Behrang Mahjani, Rebecca Birnbaum, Ariela Buxbaum Grice, Carolina Cappi, Seulgi Jung, Marina Natividad Avila, Abraham Reichenberg, Sven Sandin, Christina M. Hultman, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Dorothy E. Grice. Genes
- Clinical Characterization of Copy Number Variants Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in a Large-scale Multiancestry Biobank. Rebecca Birnbaum, Behrang Mahjani, Ruth J.F. Loos, Andrew J. Sharp. JAMA Psychiatry
Industry Relationships
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Dr. Birnbaum did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2022 and/or 2023: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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