This project aims to develop and test new treatments for persons with schizophrenia.
The Schizophrenia Research Center is dedicated to using molecular biology and neurobiology, at both the basic and clinical level, to design new treatments for schizophrenia. One such treatment, based on our discovery of a gene that influences inhibitory neuron function in schizophrenia, is currently under investigation. Students can participate in the clinical trial itself, by learning to interview and assess patients both physically and mentally. They can also participate in molecular analyses relevant to the trial, such as learning to genotype participants, or in related imaging studies using the department’s functional magnetic resonance imaging equipment and related physiological monitoring techniques. Students have learned to obtain and analyze brain images and electroencephalographic evoked potentials. Students can also participate in basic electrophysiological studies in animals to model the mechanism of the treatment response.
Preceptor Information |
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| Name: | Robert Freedman, M.D. |
| Department: | Psychiatry |
| Location: | Colorado Psychiatric Hospital |
| Room 1F15 | |
| 9th Avenue and Colorado Blvd. Campus | |
| Contact: | 303-315-8403 |
| robert.freedman@uchsc.edu | |
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Position Information |
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| Openings | 1-2 |
| Funding: | Stipend for summer semester may be available |