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Ran Barzilay, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Lifespan Brain Institute
Dr. Barzilay aims to understand what drives variability in the development of brain and behavior of youths growing up under stress. He studies biological and environmental mechanisms leading to suicidal behavior, using big datasets of diverse genotyped youths with deep phenotyping of environment.
Bio
Dr. Barzilay is a child and adolescent psychiatrist with background in translational neuroscience ranging from basic molecular neuroscience to clinical studies. He studies a broad range of brain mechanisms that affect developmental psychopathology. Specifically, his work focuses on the effects of developmental stress on psychopathology, attempting to dissect the interplay of host and environmental factors in underpinning a patient’s susceptibility versus resilience. Dr. Barzilay is also interested in studying developmental trajectories of brain disorders that involve social cognition deficits such as autism and schizophrenia.
Education and Training
BS, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (Preclinical MD Studies), 2004
PhD, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 2008
MD, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University (Clinical Studies), 2011
Titles and Academic Titles
Assistant Professor, Lifespan Brain Institute at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Attending Psychiatrist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Publication Highlights
Avrahami M, Peskin M, Moore TM, Drapisz A, Taylor JH, Segal-Gavish H, Balan-Moshe L, Shachar I, Levy T, Weizman A, Barzilay R. Body mass index increase in preschoolers with heterogeneous psychiatric diagnoses treated with risperidone. J Psychopharmacol. 2021 Sep; 35(9): 1134-1140.PubMed PMID: 33892604
Hertz-Palmor N, Moore TM, Gothelf D, DiDomenico GE, Dekel I, Greenberg DM, Brown LA, Matalon N, Visoki E, White LK, Himes MH, Lifshitz-Schwartz M, Gross R, Gur RC, Gur RE, Pessach IM, Barzilay R. Association among income loss, financial strain and depressive symptoms during COVID-19: evidence from two longitudinal studies. J Affect Disord. 2021 Aug; 291: 1-8. PubMed PMID: 34022550
Shoval G, Visoki E, Moore TM, DiDomenico GE, Argabright ST, Huffnagle NJ, Alexander-Bloch AF, Waller R, Keel L, Benton TD, Gur RE, Barzilay R. Evaluation of ADHD medications, externalizing symptoms, and suicidality in children. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun; 4(6): e2111342. PubMed PMID: 34086035
Barzilay R, Moore TM, Calkins ME, Maliackel L, Jones JD, Boyd RC, Warrier V, Benton TD, Oquendo MA, Gur RC, Gur RE. Deconstructing the role of the exposome in youth suicidal ideation: Trauma, neighborhood environment, developmental and gender effects. Neurobiol Stress. 2021 Mar; 14: 100314. PubMed PMID: 33869680
Schwartz-Lifshitz M, Ben-Dor DH, Bustan Y, Zalsman G, Gothelf D, Weizman A, Barzilay R. Phenotypic characterization of youth admitted to acute psychiatric inpatient unit following self-harm behavior. Arch Suicide Res. 2021 Jan; 1-12. PubMed PMID: 33403931