UIC Department of Psychiatry

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Suma Jacob, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Director, Laboratory of Developmental Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry. 

The Laboratory of Developmental Neuroscience is dedicated to studying the developmental neurobiological basis of pediatric onset neuropsychiatric disorders. We use neurochemical and molecular genetic research tools to develop new knowledge that may lead to improvement in clinical pharmacology. We began as a neurochemistry lab studying the relationship between hyperserotonemia and autistic disorder. We are now working with collaborators on molecular genetic and clinical pharmacological studies of autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, childhood onset obsessive-compulsive disorder, stuttering, adolescent depression, and pediatric and early onset bipolar mood disorder. 

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