Wade Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA
Wade
Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D., is the Karl E. Rickels Professor of
Psychiatry and director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at the
University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The center is a group of
interdisciplinary investigators who study biologic influences on behavior,
including human behavioral disorders and relevant animal models. Dr.
Berrettini is one of the world's authorities on genetic susceptibility to
bipolar disorder. His group has several projects designed to identify
susceptibility genes for common behavioral disorders, including bipolar
disorder, idiopathic epilepsy, anorexia nervosa and heroin dependence.
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Wade
Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D., is the Karl E. Rickels Professor of
Psychiatry and director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at the
University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The center is a group of
interdisciplinary investigators who study biologic influences on behavior,
including human behavioral disorders and relevant animal models. Dr.
Berrettini is one of the world's authorities on genetic susceptibility to
bipolar disorder. His group has several projects designed to identify
susceptibility genes for common behavioral disorders, including bipolar
disorder, idiopathic epilepsy, anorexia nervosa and heroin dependence.