Matthew Girgenti, PhD
Matthew Girgenti, PhD
Research Biologist
Clinical Neurosciences Division
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Academic Appointment
- Yale School of Medicine, Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Education
- Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019
- University of Connecticut, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, PhD, 2015
- Fairfield University, Department of Molecular Biology, BS, 2002
Expertise and Interests
- Molecular Pathology of PTSD and suicide
- Psychiatric Genomics
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of traumatic stress
Membership in Professional Societies
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society of Biological Psychiatry
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Awards and Honors
- VISN1 VA Career Development Award
- Brain and Behavior Research Young Investigator Award
- NIDA/Yale Neuroproteomics Pilot Award
Selected Publications
Girgenti, M. J., & Duman, R. S. (2018). Analysis of bulk tissue transcriptome data reveals convergence of cell types altered in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 84(11), 772-774. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.09.014
Girgenti, M. J., & Duman, R. S. (2018). Transcriptome alterations in posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 83(10), 840-848. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.023
Girgenti, M. J., Hare, B. D., Ghosal, S., & Duman, R. S. (2017). Molecular and cellular effects of traumatic stress: Implications for PTSD. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 19(11): 85. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-017-0841-3
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