Robert R. Freedman, M.D.
BBRF Awards & Recognition
Scientific Council Member (Joined 2001)
2015 Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research
2006, 1999 Distinguished Investigator Grant
Robert R. Freedman, M.D.
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Professor and Chairman
Department of Pharmacology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
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Dr. Freedman's laboratory is concerned with understanding the development of schizophrenia. Using psychophysiological tools such as auditory evoked potentials with patients with schizophrenia and their families, his laboratory identifies individuals who may carry genes which convey risk for schizophrenia. Molecular biological tools such as gene sequencing and in situ hybridization are used to search for the genetic abnormalities in schizophrenia. Facilities range from a laboratory nursery school, where one can observe the development of children of mothers with schizophrenia, to basic science laboratories, where psychophysiological abnormalities can be modeled in animals and studied at the single neuron level.
Robert Freedman, MD, is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and trained at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Chicago.
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