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Daniel Mamah, MD, MPE
Current
Position
Instructor in Psychiatry
University Roles
Committee on Admissions, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (2005- )
Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) Training Faculty (2007- )
Lee Robins Lectureship Committee (2008- )
MPE Steering Committee (2008- )
Education and Training
MPE (Master of Psychiatric Epidemiology): Washington University Medical School (2007)
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship: Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Washington University Medical School (2005-2007)
Residency: Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School (2005)
Medical School: Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (1998)
High School: Federal Government College, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1991)
Major Awards
President, Eastern Missouri Psychiatric Society (2008- )
DSM-V Task Force, American Psychiatric Association: Member (2006- )
Board of Trustees, American Psychiatric Association: Member-in-Training Trustee (2004-2006)
Biophysics Award, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (1993)
Areas of Clinical Interest
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Autistic Disorders
Areas of Research Interests
1. Computational Mapping of Brain Structures using MRI
2. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) of White Matter Fiber Tracts
3. Basic Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Psychiatric Disorders
4. Psychiatric Epidemiology
Key Publications
Mamah D, Barch DM, Csernansky JG. Neuromorphometric measures as endophenotypes of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In: Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers, Endophenotypes, and Genes: Promises, Advances and Challenges. Michael S. Ritsner (ed). Springer (in press, 2009) Full Article ->
Wang L, Mamah D, Harms MP, Karnik M, Price JL, Gado MH, Thompson PA, Barch DM, Miller MI, Csernansky JG (2008 Sep 22). Progressive Deformation of Deep Brain Nuclei and Hippocampal-Amygdala Formation in Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. Full Article ->
Smith MJ, Barch DM, Wolf TJ, Mamah D, Csernansky JG (2008 Sep 4). Elevated rates of substance use disorders in non-psychotic siblings of individuals with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. Full Article ->
Mamah D, Harms MP, Wang L, Barch D, Thompson P, Kim J, Miller MI, Csernansky JG (2008 Jul 15). Basal ganglia shape abnormalities in the unaffected siblings of schizophrenia patients. Biol Psychiatry. 64(2): 111-20. Full Article ->
Harms MP, Wang L, Mamah D, Barch DM, Thompson PA, Csernansky JG (2007 Dec 12). Thalamic shape abnormalities in individuals with schizophrenia and their nonpsychotic siblings. J Neurosci. 27(50): 13835-42. Full Article ->
Mamah D, Wang L, Barch D, de Erausquin GA, Gado M, Csernansky JG (2007 Jan). Structural analysis of the basal ganglia in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 89(1-3): 59-71. Full Article ->