Professor
Director, Epidemiology-Genetics Program in Schizophrenia,
Bipolar Disorders, and Related Disorders
Main Office Address
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
1820 Lancaster Street, Suite #300
Baltimore, Maryland, 21231
Phone: 410-955-0455
Fax: 410-955-0644
E-mail: aepulver@jhmi.edu
Education
1970 | B.S. Special Education (Psychology) | Boston University |
1974 | M.H.S. Mental Hygiene (Psychiatric Epidemiology) | Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health |
1978 | Sc.D. Mental Hygiene (Psychiatric Epidemiology) | Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health |
| 1978-80 | Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychiatry | University of Maryland, School of Medicine |
| 1980-1981 | NIH Research Fellowship in Human Genetics | Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine |
Professional Interests
To identify the biological underpinnings of severe mental disorders and further characterize any potential risk factors using innovative epidemiological, statistical, and genetic methods. Dr. Pulver directs a multidisciplinary team of investigators in the Epidemiology-Genetics Program in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Related Disorders.
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Selected Publications
Fallin MD, Lasseter VK, Avramopoulos D, Nicodemus KK, Wolyniec PS, McGrath JA, Steel G, Nestadt G, Liang KY, Huganir RL, Valle D, Pulver AE (2005) Bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia: a 440-single-nucleotide polymorphism screen of 64 candidate genes among Ashkenazi Jewish case-parent trios. Am J Hum Genet 77:918-936.
Pulver AE, McGrath JA, Liang KY, Lasseter VK, Nestadt G, Wolyniec PS (2004) An indirect test of the new mutation hypothesis associating advanced paternal age with the etiology of schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 124:6-9.
McGrath JA, Nestadt G, Liang KY, Lasseter VK, Wolyniec PS, Fallin MD, Thornquist MH, Luke JR, Pulver AE (2004) Five latent factors underlying schizophrenia: analysis and relationship to illnesses in relatives. Schizophr Bull 30:855-873.
Fallin MD, Lasseter VK, Wolyniec PS, McGrath JA, Nestadt G, Valle D, Liang KY, Pulver AE (2003) Genomewide linkage scan for schizophrenia susceptibility loci among Ashkenazi Jewish families shows evidence of linkage on chromosome 10q22. Am J Hum Genet 73:601-611.
Fallin MD, Lasseter VK, Wolyniec PS, McGrath JA, Nestadt G, Valle D, Liang KY, Pulver AE (2004) Genomewide linkage scan for bipolar-disorder susceptibility loci among Ashkenazi Jewish families. Am J Hum Genet 75:204-219.
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