Boston CIDAR Study
Longitudinal Assessment and Monitoring of Clinical Status and Brain Function in Adolescents and Adults

Larry Seidman, PhD

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Biography

Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist, is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center (MMHC) Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Dr. Seidman is Vice Chair (Research at MMHC), Public Psychiatry Division of the BIDMC, Director of the Center for Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience and Psychopharmacological Research funded by the Department of Mental Health, and located at the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry affiliates at MMHC and BIDMC, and Director of the Neuropsychology Laboratory at MMHC. He is Director of Neuroimaging studies at the MGH Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology. He is an Associate Editor of the journal "Neuropsychology" and a member of a number of editorial boards including the journals, "Schizophrenia Bulletin", and "Journal of Attentional Disorders".

At Harvard Medical School he is principal investigator on several National Institute of Health grants designed to clarify the etiology and pathophysiology of Schizophrenia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He is co-investigator on several studies aimed at clarifying the biology of schizotypal personality disorder, and evolution of psychotic disorders. In a major new initiative, an NIMH funded P50 center grant ("Vulnerability to Progression in Schizophrenia", McCarley, PI), he is Principal Investigator of the Operations and Clinical Assessment Core and of a project on "Functional anatomy of neurocognitive deterioration in schizophrenia".

As Director of the state funded Center for Excellence, he leads a program on "Early Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis". He is also involved in a number of studies evaluating the role of pregnancy and birth complications in the occurrence of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADHD and dyslexia. He is author of over 180 peer reviewed papers and more than 30 other book chapters, reviews and other educationally relevant materials. He is an active teacher and clinician, particularly with respect to neurodevelopmental disorders in psychiatry.

Last updated December 8, 2008.