Selected Publications
My research highlights in schizophrenia, genetics, neuroscience, and brain development
Peer-reviewed scientific publications
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Molecular Changes in Cortical Neural Circuits in Schizophrenia
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Developmental Disturbance versus Illness Progression in Schizophrenia
03
Cutting edge single cell and bulk RNA sequencing in Autism in the Cerebral Cortex
04
A Genetics First Approach to Understanding Autism and Schizophrenia
05
Understanding Neurotransmitter Development Across Brain Areas
06
Developmental of Specific Brain Cell Types in the Prefrontal Cortex
07
Development and Alterations in Schizophrenia of Brain Circuits
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Development of Brain Circuits in the Prefrontal Cortex
09
Schizophrenia Topic Review
Topic detailing clinical and neurobiological understanding of schizophrenia. In the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470015902.a0000062.pub3
2013
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Blood Profiling in a Genetic Syndrome that Increases Risk for Schizophrenia
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Special Issue: Diagnostic and Prognostic Brain-based Biomarkers in Psychosis Spectrum
I was a co-editor with my colleagues at Harvard and the Karolinska Institute. We collected a special issue of articles focused on cutting edge research examining biomarkers in psychosis.
Links to my scientific publications:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y7auHUwAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/gil.hoftman.1/bibliography/public/
The Burden of Mental Illness Beyond Clinical Symptoms: Impact of Stigma in Schizophrenia
Other publications
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The Freedom in Accepting Our Limits
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Schizophrenia: A Burden for the Ages
As a medical student, I wrote a brief article in the series "Why the world needs saving" and an excerpt was published in the Pitt Med Magazine. 2010
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Book Chapter: Neurobiology of Schizophrenia
In: Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
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Book Chapter: Genetics in Child Psychiatry, In: Kaplan and Sadok's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 11th edition
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Lessons from a Physician in Haiti
I wrote an essay about working with Father & Doctor Rick Frechette in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2008. It received an honorable mention in the National Essay Contest from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine