Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment
Chief, Center of Excellence in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Friedman Brain Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Scientific Council Member (Joined 2010)
Dr. Buxbaum is a molecular neurobiologist at the forefront of research into human psychiatric and neurological diseases. His laboratory focuses on autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease using the methods of genetics, gene expression and protein-pathway analysis to identify molecules that contribute to disease. His team studies these molecules in cell biological assays and in animal models to understand their function and how they act in disease progression. The fi ndings are ultimately being used to defi ne novel targets for possible therapeutic interventions. The laboratory has published over 180 papers in these areas.
Dr. Buxbaum received his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel and was a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University with Dr. Paul Greengard. He holds the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Research Professorship of Geriatrics and Adult Development at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., serves as the President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the largest private funder of mental health research grants. Dr. Borenstein developed the Emmy-nominated public television program “Healthy Minds,” and serves as host and executive producer of the series. The program, broadcast nationwide, is available online, and focuses on topics in psychiatry in order to educate the public, reduce stigma and offer a message of hope. Dr. Borenstein served as Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatric News, the newspaper of the American Psychiatric Association from 2012 - 2023.
Dr. Borenstein is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and serves as the Chair of the Section of Psychiatry at the Academy. He also has served as the President of the New York State Psychiatric Association. Dr. Borenstein earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard and his medical degree at New York University.
