Stewart A. Anderson, M.D.

Stewart A. Anderson, M.D.
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Scientific Council Member (Joined 2009)

2016 Independent Investigator Grant

2002, 1995 Young Investigator Grant

1999 Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research

Stewart A. Anderson, M.D.

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Professor of Psychiatry

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Associate Chair for Research, Child Psychiatry

Associate Director, Lifespan Brain Institute

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Dr. Anderson’s research focuses on the neurodevelopmental disorders epilepsy, autism, and schizophrenia. These studies primarily involve the use of human stem cell-derived neurons, blood brain barrier neurovascular cells, astrocytes and microglia, often grown in multicellular  "carpet cultures." An emphasis in the Anderson lab is the study of mitochondria, their influences on blood brain barrier integrity as well as synaptic transmission at the cellular level, and their influences on the development of autism and schizophrenia on the level of young people. They are also studying the potential for enhancers of mitochondrial  function as novel treatment or prevention opportunities for the development of schizophrenia in the context of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

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