Education:

• 2007-2010 National Institute of Mental Health Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience Bethesda, MD Postdoctoral Training in Behavioral Pharmacology and Genetics
• 2000-2007 University of Maryland, School of Medicine Program in Neuroscience Baltimore, MD Ph.D. Neuroscience
• 1994-1999 Rutgers University Rutgers College New Brunswick, NJ B.A. Biology and Psychology Honors: Psychology

Research Interests:

In the summer of 2012, I was recruited with a faculty appointment, to the University of California Davis and MIND Institute. My research projects have employed a multi-tiered comprehensive phenotyping strategy, designed by our group that has led to the discovery of clinically relevant phenotypes in mutant rodent models of human genetic diseases associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), Fragile X syndrome, 22q13 deletion (Phelan-McDermid), Angelman, Prader-Willi and Duplication 15q syndromes. In 2015, I was awarded resources to develop my own research program on rare genetic developmental disorders characterized intellectual disabilities and pediatric epilepsies (UC Davis MIND Institute). Specifically, our laboratory has a large sub-focus on genetic disorders of the chromosomal region 15q11.2-q13.

Research Summary:

The Silverman Lab is a part of the Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute and Psychiatry Department located at the University of California, Davis, Medical School. We are a multi-disciplinary lab focusing on preclinical research in multiple species to characterize and treat rare neurodevelopmental disorders. Researchers in the lab are using behavioral parameters, electrophysiological recordings, and immunohistochemical tools to link genetic mutations with translationally-relevant phenotypes.

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