Professor
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Department of Psychiatry, Geriatric/Psychiatry (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Post-doctoral Training & Residency
NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 1993 - 1996
Internship/Residency Cornell University/The New York Hospital (Payne Whitney Clinic) 1989 - 1993
Education
MD | Einstein College Medicine.Medicine.1989
BA | Colgate University.Philosophy.1980
Awards
Member.2010
M.L. Meyers Teaching Award.2005
Fellow,.2003
Associate Member.2003 - 2010
Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare..2002 - 2006
'One of America's Top Psychiatrists'.2002 - 2004
Young Faculty Development Program.1999
Pepper Pilot Award.1998 - 1999
The Leonard Salzman Award..1998 - 1999
Stanley Research Award: Funding award for research in neurobiology of the dopamine system..1996 - 1998
Oskar Diethelm Award for Clinical Excellence.1993
Research
The Fudge Lab studies the Anatomy and neurochemistry of brain regions associated with symptoms in major psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia and mood disorders. Studies include the role of the amygdala in aberrant emotional processing which plays a key role in symptoms such as psychosis, and ...
The Fudge Lab studies the Anatomy and neurochemistry of brain regions associated with symptoms in major psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia and mood disorders. Studies include the role of the amygdala in aberrant emotional processing which plays a key role in symptoms such as psychosis, and the severe mood and anxiety disorders. Areas of interest include the afferent influence of the amygdala and related limbic structures on the dopamine system, and defining new limbic regions of the striatum based on amygdaloid inputs. Ongoing studies also include identifying amygdaloid subregions whose molecular and connectional features place them in a vulnerable position for aberrant plastic changes after exposure to chronic stress.