Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Brown University

EDUCATION:
Dr Dickstein completed his undergraduate and medical studies in Brown University's Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), an 8-year combined AB/MD progam. He then completed post-graduate residency training at Brown's triple board program, so named because it combined pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child/adolescent
psychiatry into a single, integrated program.

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Bio-behavioral Research Award For Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS Award) (2009)
• NIMH's Richard J Wyatt, MD, Memorial Fellowship Training Award for outstanding scientific accomplishment
• NIMH's Mentor of the Year Award
• National Institutes of Health Fellows’ Award for Research Excellence
• The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outstanding Resident Award

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Daniel Dickstein leads Bradley Hospital's Pedi-MIND research program, which uses brain imaging techniques, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and behavioral measures to identify biological markers of psychiatric illness, including bipolar disorder, in children and adolescents. Such markers could help physicians make more accurate diagnoses and improve treatment.