Rebecca Birnbaum, MD
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences
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Specialties
Psychiatry
Gene Discovery, Gene Expressions, Genetics, Neurobiology, Prefrontal Cortex, RNA, Schizophrenia
Dr. Birnbaum's research interests focus on translating the emerging findings of complex genetic risk of schizophrenia, to elucidate biological mechanisms of risk. Within patients, to improve diagnostic precision, and to improve therapeutic potential by employing gene-based or genotype-based strategies.

MD, Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Internship, Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center

Residency, Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Dr. Birnbaum has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

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